Daily Inspiration: “When it comes to innovation, making mistakes is OK. Hiding them is not!”
March 27, 2017, BY JimCarroll“When it comes to innovation, making mistakes is OK. Hiding them is not!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t accept the status quo. Break it!”
March 24, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Don’t accept the status quo. Break it!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Establishing a committee is a guaranteed prescription for innovation paralysis”
March 23, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Establishing a committee is a guaranteed prescription for innovation paralysis" - Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Innovators take their own personal vision of the future — and turn it into reality!”
March 23, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Innovators take their own personal vision of the future — and turn it into reality!” -...
Daily Inspiration: “Think fast. Act faster!”
March 22, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Think fast. Act faster!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Surround yourself with optimists. Always ignore the pessimists!”
March 22, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Surround yourself with optimists. Always ignore the pessimists!" - Jim CarrollSome of the most...
Daily Inspiration: “To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!”
March 21, 2017, BY JimCarroll"To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!" - futurist...
Daily Inspiration: “If you can’t remember the last time you did something really cool, you have a bigger innovation problem than you think!”
March 21, 2017, BY JimCarroll“If you can’t remember the last time you did something really cool, you have a bigger...
“Focus Forward & Be a Slinky” – Powerful Lessons in Leadership from One of the World’s Fastest Ski Racers!
March 20, 2017, BY JimCarrollI'm always thinking about my clients and my keynotes and the messages that I need to deliver...
Article: FleetOwner Magazine: A Time When Technology Arrives to Market Obsolete
March 20, 2017, BY JimCarrollA time when technology arrives to market obsolete Futurist Jim Carroll describes trucking...
Daily Inspiration: “Every day, it is more obvious that the future isn’t just a fiction – it’s reality!”
March 20, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Every day, it is more obvious that the future isn’t just a fiction - it’s reality!” -...
Daily Inspiration: “What made you successful in the last 10 years will not make you successful in the next 10. Given that, what are you going to change in your thinking and your strategy to adjust to this harsh reality?”
March 17, 2017, BY JimCarroll"What made you successful in the last 10 years will not make you successful in the next 10. Given...
Daily Inspiration: “The function of a futurist? To help you understand where you want to go – and what you need to do to get there successfully!”
March 17, 2017, BY JimCarroll"The function of a futurist? To help you understand where you want to go - and what you need to do...
Daily Inspiration: “The world needs more people with a new type of degree that I call the Masters in Business Imagination!”
March 16, 2017, BY JimCarroll"The world needs more people with a new type of degree that I call the Masters in Business...
Self-driving Cars? It’s All About the Penguins!
March 15, 2017, BY JimCarrollLast week, I was in Palm Springs, California, with a session for a board of directors on what's...
In 1989 (28 years ago), I Was Almost Fired Because of an Article About Email. Read Why – And What Happened!
March 15, 2017, BY JimCarroll[caption id="attachment_16054" align="alignright" width="233"] "Why did this get me in...
Your Customers Know More Than You Do: Do You Accept That, And What Will You Do About It? Here Are 10 Things You SHOULD Do!
March 15, 2017, BY JimCarrollDoes your organization have the right stuff to deal with todays' information-empowered,...
Daily Inspiration: “It’s easier to be a success if you fail first”
March 15, 2017, BY JimCarroll"It's easier to be a success if you fail first" - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Shared ideas will give you better ideas”
March 14, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Shared ideas will give you better ideas" - Futurist Jim...
What Are the CEO’s worried About? Getting the Right Skills at the Right time for the Right Purpose!
March 14, 2017, BY JimCarrollSo ... last week I was in Miami, and did a talk on business disruption, transformation and...
Trend: Smart Homes Will be Smarter Than You Think – Who, Why, Where? And a Look Back to 1999!
March 14, 2017, BY JimCarrollAs with anything, the opportunity around the idea of the 'smart home', and the reality of what...
Daily Inspiration: “Agility is the only antidote for velocity”
March 13, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Agility is the only antidote for velocity" - Jim CarrollMany organizations engage me for an...
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t fear the results. Learn from them!”
March 13, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Don’t fear the results. Learn from them!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t tell me it can’t be done. Find a way to do it. Stop making excuses, and focus on solutions!”
March 11, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Don’t tell me it can’t be done. Find a way to do it. Stop making excuses, and focus on...
Hire People You Don’t Like. Stop Seeking Common Ground. Kill the Committee. & More Ideas to Accelerate Your Reality
March 10, 2017, BY JimCarrollThose who succeed possess a daring need for speed.That's your reality. If you think your world,...
People Will Always Laugh At Your Crazy Ideas: They Are Usually Wrong!
March 10, 2017, BY JimCarrollMany people have a belief system that has them convinced that the world of tomorrow will look much...
Daily Inspiration: “What used to be fiction is now reality!”
March 10, 2017, BY JimCarroll"What used to be fiction is now reality!" - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “What we know often gets in the way of what we can do!”
March 8, 2017, BY JimCarroll“What we know often gets in the way of what we can do!” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “The best time to pursue an idea is when other people laugh at it” –
March 7, 2017, BY JimCarroll“The best time to pursue an idea is when other people laugh at it” - Futurist Jim...
Daily Inspiration: “Fail fast. Fail often…”
March 6, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Fail fast. Fail often. Fail cheaply. Fail with intent. Fail on purpose. Fail in order to learn....
2017 Keynotes So Far: Future of Cars, Trucks, Agriculture, Banking, Architecture, Retail, Food, HiTEch and IoT! Whew!
March 3, 2017, BY JimCarrollOk, here goes -- it's been a fabulous 8 weeks, as I hit the road running, keynoting a wide...
Daily Inspiration: “Agility is the only antidote for velocity”
March 3, 2017, BY JimCarroll“Agility is the only antidote for velocity” - Futurist Jim...
Thinking Growth: Where’s the Growth? It’s Everywhere
March 2, 2017, BY JimCarrollI'm cleaning out some old research files, and came across this simple set of statistics: between...
On Coffins, Record Companies, and Self-Driving Cars: Why GM Deserves to Fail!
March 2, 2017, BY JimCarrollIn the 1990's, when e-commerce arrived on the scene, someone thought it would be a good idea to...
Daily Inspiration: “You know the phrase, ‘Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.’ So too is the future!”
March 2, 2017, BY JimCarroll“You know the phrase, ‘Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.’ So too is the...
Trend: In Trucking, Air Traffic Control Towers Are the New Offices!
March 1, 2017, BY JimCarrollEarlier this week, I spoke to several hundred executives from the trucking industry at a keynote...
New Keynote Topic: Insurance in the Era of Disruption: The Challenge of Change with Fintech, Accelerated Risk and Hyperconnectivity
March 1, 2017, BY JimCarrollLet's face it: the trends impacting life and property/casualty and groups benefits insurance...
Daily Inspiration: “With self-driving vehicles, connectivity is the new horsepower, silicon is the new transmission, electric is the new gasoline – and the future is all about acceleration!”
March 1, 2017, BY JimCarroll“With self-driving vehicles, connectivity is the new horsepower, silicon is the new transmission,...
Daily Inspiration: “With AI and the Internet of Things, we are building a massive new, connected and intelligent machine that will transform, change, challenge and disrupt every industry”
February 28, 2017, BY JimCarroll“With AI and the Internet of Things, we are building a massively new, connected and intelligent...
Daily Inspiration: “Perfection is the enemy of innovation”
February 27, 2017, BY JimCarroll"Perfection is the enemy of innovation" - Jim Carroll In my list of global...
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