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Daily Inspiration – “Your absolutely worst failure? It’s also your biggest opportunity!”

“Your absolutely worst failure? It’s also your biggest opportunity!” - Futurist Jim...

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Keynote: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Chicago, IL : Healthcare 2025 and the Big Disruption!

This organization brought together 300 of their members who are focused on advancing,...

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Keynote: DePaul University Entrepreneur Family and Business Council, Chicago, IL – Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Family Enterprises in the Era of Acceleration

We live in a time of massive challenge and opportunity. Every industry is impacted by business...

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Daily Inspiration: “Stupid is not a strategy!”

“Stupid is not a strategy!” - #Futurist Jim CarrollAnd so the trade war escalates.I...

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Article: “8 Questions for a Futurist” – Interview for my upcoming manufacturing keynote in Marrakech, Morocco

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, is having me in to...

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Daily Inspiration: “The biggest problem with the information age is that everybody is busy making up their own information!”

"The biggest problem with the information age is that everybody is busy making up their own...

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Daily Inspiration: “..everything changes. A good example? Driver education shifts from ‘how do I drive a car’ to ‘how do I use a car?”

“In the era of autonomy, everything changes. A good example? Driver education shifts from ‘how...

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Daily Inspiration: “Great ideas die when a leadership team develops an organizational sclerosis….”

“Great ideas die when a leadership team develops an organizational sclerosis that clogs up their...

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Video: From the Vaults – Highlights from 2006 Swiss Innovation Forum Keynote!

The quality is kind of shaking, but here's a clip from my opening keynote for the global Swiss...

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Video: What Do Innovative Organizations Do?

One of the world's largest restaurant companies had me in keynote a massive global leadership...

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Daily Inspiration: “May your hope for the future outweigh your doubt about your potential for success!”

“May your hope for the future outweigh your doubt about your potential for success!” - Futurist...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your best ideas should be exactly like nothing else!”

“Your best ideas should be exactly like nothing else!” - Futurist Jim CarrollA shoutout...

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Daily Inspiration: “The future is right now. Are you here?”

“The future is right now. Are you here?” - Futurist Jim Carroll15 years ago, I’m on...

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Video: 10 Great Words

It's all you really need.Inspired? Learn more about them - hit...

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Daily Inspiration: “Be like Oblio. Embrace your inner oddness!”

“Be like Oblio. Embrace your inner oddness!” - Futurist Jim CarrollAt some point in...

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Video: The Risk in Preparing for Risk!

I had a keynote for the National Safety Council a few weeks ago in San Diego - the  largest...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your choice is simple: will you fight the future – or will you make it happen?”

“Your choice is simple: will you fight the future - or will you make it happen?” - Futurist Jim...

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Video: Highlight clip, EY Client Tax Conference : Dealing with the Disruptive Challenges of our Time

Two weeks ago I spoke for @EYCanada's National Client Tax conference.I challenged the audience...

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Video: The Acceleration of Medical Science!

Bio-printing body parts. Growing human tissue for implants. Smart technology. In this clip from a...

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Daily Inspiration: “The future is happening all around you. Are you a part of the discussion?”

“The future is happening all around you. Are you a part of the discussion?” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Futurists? We are logical people in an illogical world!”

“Futurists? We are logical people in an illogical world!” - Futurist Jim CarrollLet’s...

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Video: Linking the Acceleration of Golf to the Speed of Disruptive Change

So I went to Torrey Pines for a keynote, had a round of golf, and cut a video.Learn more...

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Daily Inspiration: “New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in order to acclimatize to your new surroundings!”

“New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your avoidable mistake will usually lead you to the predictable display of the result of your stupid decision!”

“Your avoidable mistake will usually lead you to the predictable display of the result of your...

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Keynote: Revionics Insight 2019, Torrey Pines, CA – Aligning to Acceleration: Innovating in Retail, the Era of Relentless Velocity

The average consumer scans some 12 feet of shelf space per second. Mobile interactions are...

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Video: “Keep Your Powder Dry – Because the Future is Bigger Than You Think!”

Microsoft had me in to open one of their major customer conferences - and so I opened the event...

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Daily Inspiration: “Retailers are no longer just in a battle with other retailers: they are now in a war of continuous technological disruption!”

““Retailers are no longer just in a battle with other retailers: they are now in a war of...

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Video: NEVER EVER let anyone crush your creativity!

Never let anyone crush your creativity! My original profession tried to do that when I was 21 years...

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Video: “A Drone Today Might be the Flying Car of Tomorrow ….”

Any trend today can 'go supernova'. Drones of today might scale up quickly to become the flying...

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Daily Inspiration: “Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!”

“Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!” - Futurist Jim CarrollComplacency is a...

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Article: “The future is approaching rapidly, prepare now!”

An article posted yesterday by Safety and Health Magazine yesterday, just hours after my keynote at...

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Daily Inspiration: “The future will happen — whether you like it or not. It’s your choice as to what role you will play when it arrives!”

“The future will happen — whether you like it or not. It’s your choice as to what role you...

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Video: The Future of Financial Services? Fast!

Silicon Valley owns the speed of innovation in financial services. It's Moore's law everywhere, and...

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Daily Inspiration: “The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined…..”

“The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined - the trends that have not yet...

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Keynote: NSC 2019 – National Safety Council, San Diego, CA – “The Future of Safety and Risk”

This is the largest occupational health and safety conference in the world, with over 15,000...

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Disruption? Some people watch the future go by. Others make it happen!

Do you really understand what is meant by the word 'disruption?' Maybe not - there is a little bit...

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Daily Inspiration: “Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns to destruction!”

“Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns...

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Keynote: EY National Tax Conference, Montreal, Canada – The Reality of Disruptive Trends

This global professional services organization had me on stage in Montreal, Canada, at their annual...

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Daily Inspiration: “Motivation? Give someone the gift of optimism — and make sure to package it with the magic of enthusiasm!”

“Motivation? Give someone the gift of optimism — and make sure to package it with the magic of...

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Keynote: Autoglass 2019, Indianapolis, IN: The Future of Automotive and Aftermarket Repair

What do you do in the automotive repair industry if you fix cars - and people are no longer buying...

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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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