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Daily Inspiration: “The strength of your success is defined by how quickly you get back up to fight for the win, not how slowly you might deal with the pain of the loss!”

“The strength of your success is defined by how quickly you get back up to fight for the win, not...

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Retail Transformation: A Massive Number of Disruptive Trends In Such a Short Time Span!

I spoke at the annual conference for key customers of Revionics, a company involved in the retail...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your best ideas will always face the most intense opposition!”

“Your best ideas will always face the most intense opposition!" - Futurist Jim...

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Speed: Moore’s Law Defines Your Future, Regardless of Your Industry

A quick hit interview before I went on stage to talk to CIO's of major global organizations. I...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your enthusiasm for radical ideas will get you everywhere!”

“Your enthusiasm for radical ideas will get you everywhere!” - Futurist Jim CarrollSuch...

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Daily Inspiration: “Carroll’s Theorem: Those who dismiss a trend are the ones most likely to be negatively impacted by its arrival!”

“Carroll’s Theorem: Those who dismiss a trend are the ones most likely to be negatively...

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Daily Inspiration: “It’s those who are the least willing to accept the facts who are the ones most likely to be negatively impacted by their arrival!”

“It’s those who are the least willing to accept the facts who are the ones most likely to be...

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IT is Oxygen: Your Business is Transforming – Without World Class Infrastructure, You’ll Fail

Just before I hit the stage for a keynote for several hundred CIO's in Stamford, CT, I was asked to...

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Daily Inspiration: “The Prime Directive of An Optimistic Futurist: ‘If time is money, then you are richer than you think!’”

“The Prime Directive of An Optimistic Futurist: ‘If time is money, then you are richer than you...

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Daily Inspiration: “There are two types of people when it comes to the future. Those who see the potential in our progress – and those who demand perfection in the voyage!”

“There are two types of people when it comes to the future. Those who see the potential in our...

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“When You’re Up on the Stage is So Unbelievable…. Unforgettable…”

Jim lives on stages around the world. Here’s a sneak peak at his daily life!Reload the page...

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How Well is That Business Model Obstruction Working Out for You?

Organizations and industries tend to make the same mistakes over and over again.Such as funeral...

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Daily Inspiration: “You are probably suffering from a high degree of shared, mutual confusion about your future!”

“You are probably suffering from a high degree of shared, mutual confusion about your...

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Rethinking Your Future: Linking Disruptive Transformation To Fast Trends

For years, I've been describing the concept of innovation on stage with a simple structureIt's...

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Daily Inspiration: “Imitation is ultimately a failure when it’s compared to the originality that lies embedded within your imagination!”

“Imitation is ultimately a failure when it's compared to the originality that lies embedded...

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Transformational Leadership: From an “Innovation Expert” to a “Trends & Transformation Expert”

Hey, notice anything new on my home page?It went to this:From this:Why the...

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Daily Inspiration: “Transformation is the new innovation!”

“Transformation is the new innovation!” - Futurist Jim CarrollThe speed of change is...

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You’re Structured For Slow In the Era of Fast – And You Know It’s True!

Guess what!You’re structured for slow in the era of fast! You’ve got a boat anchor puling...

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Daily Inspiration: “Committees are the black holes of the corporate universe – it’s where innovation goes to die….”

“Committees are the black holes of the corporate universe - it’s where innovation goes to die,...

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Daily Inspiration: “Seek the inspiration that you need with your wins – learn from the hard lessons that come from your losses!” 

“Seek the inspiration that you need with your wins - learn from the hard lessons that come from...

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Were You Watching How Fast 2019 Happened? So What’s Your Plan for 2020?

It's the 'era of acceleration' and a race to the future.Were you even at the starting...

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The Acceleration of Risk – When AI Goes Bad…

A few months ago, the National Safety Council had me as the closing keynote speaker for their...

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Daily Inspiration: “When the speed of change is relentless, choose to be your faster self!”

“When the speed of change is relentless, choose to be your faster self!” - Futurist Jim...

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10 Surefire Ways to Kill Creativity, Innovation and Strategy!

You know that you are failing. Ideas are being lost, opportunities are being squandered, initiative...

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Daily Inspiration: “….the opportunities that you should pursue, the challenges you must avoid, and the wisdom to make the right decision…”

“Disrupting your future before it disrupts you? It’s all about knowing the opportunities that...

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Daily Inspiration: “You can defer your decisions, but you can’t defer your reality!”

“You can defer your decisions, but you can't defer your reality!” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “If you aren’t worried about your competition, check your assumptions. If you aren’t yet terrified about those that don’t yet exist, check your pulse!”

"If you aren't worried about your competition, check your assumptions. If you aren’t terrified...

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Find Your Future – Because It’s All Around You Right Now!

Over the last few months, I've spent some time to edit a few highlights of keynotes - from my talk...

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Daily Inspiration: “The easiest decision that you can make is to decide to do what you’ve always done before. Yet in your heart, you know it’s not the right decision!”

“The easiest decision that you can make is to decide to do what you’ve always done before. Yet...

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Disruption: Understand What It Means – Understand What It Does!

Here's a clip from an event where I'm doing a live text message poll with my audience - using...

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On This OK Boomer Thing: The NO PLATE story!

From the vaults. It's 2012. I’m on stage at an event in Orlando, talking about my book...

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The 10 Words That Can Jumpstart Your Innovation Efforts!

Last month, the Entrepreneur and Family Business Council of DePaul University had me in for a talk...

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Daily Inspiration: “A belief that your success is guaranteed, that you are immune to disruption …these FICTIONS are HARMFUL!”

“A belief that your success is guaranteed, that you are immune to disruption, and that what...

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Daily Inspiration: ““Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!”

“Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!” -...

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Keynote Clip: On Stage at the World Government Summit In Dubai

It's the era of acceleration: are you too slow when the world is too fast?It was a thrill to...

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Mindset Matters – Aligning to the Era of Acceleration

Actually, it doesn't. It all depends on how you look at it. Mindset matters!Here's a clip to...

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Daily Inspiration: “The future? It goes to 11!”

“The future? It goes to 11! You can’t become comfortably numb, or dazed and confused in how you...

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Unique Topics, Global Events, Deep Insight, Disruptive Thinking : This is What a Futurist Does!

I'm touring over in Portugal after an opening keynote last week for an event in Morocco for the...

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Daily Inspiration: “No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes….”

“No one knows what Spacely Sprockets actually makes, but you can be certain that it is some sort...

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Daily Inspiration: “There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!”

“There is no problem that we will solve by pretending that it doesn’t exist!” -Futurist Jim...

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he
covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.

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