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Daily Inspiration: “When it comes to innovation, making mistakes is OK. Hiding them is not!”

“When it comes to innovation, making mistakes is OK. Hiding them is not!” - Futurist  Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Don’t accept the status quo. Break it!”

“Don’t accept the status quo. Break it!” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Establishing a committee is a guaranteed prescription for innovation paralysis”

"Establishing a committee is a guaranteed prescription for innovation paralysis" - Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Innovators take their own personal vision of the future — and turn it into reality!”

“Innovators take their own personal vision of the future — and turn it into reality!” -...

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Daily Inspiration: “Think fast. Act faster!”

“Think fast. Act faster!” - Futurist  Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Surround yourself with optimists. Always ignore the pessimists!”

"Surround yourself with optimists. Always ignore the pessimists!" - Jim CarrollSome of the most...

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Daily Inspiration: “To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!”

"To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!" - futurist...

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Daily Inspiration: “If you can’t remember the last time you did something really cool, you have a bigger innovation problem than you think!”

“If you can’t remember the last time you did something really cool, you have a bigger...

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“Focus Forward & Be a Slinky” – Powerful Lessons in Leadership from One of the World’s Fastest Ski Racers!

I'm always thinking about my clients and my keynotes and the messages that I need to deliver...

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Article: FleetOwner Magazine: A Time When Technology Arrives to Market Obsolete

A time when technology arrives to market obsolete Futurist Jim Carroll describes trucking...

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Daily Inspiration: “Every day, it is more obvious that the future isn’t just a fiction – it’s reality!”

“Every day, it is more obvious that the future isn’t just a fiction - it’s reality!” -...

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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!”

"The function of a futurist? To help you understand where you want to go - and what you need to do...

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Daily Inspiration: “The world needs more people with a new type of degree that I call the Masters in Business Imagination!”

"The world needs more people with a new type of degree that I call the Masters in Business...

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Self-driving Cars? It’s All About the Penguins!

Last week, I was in Palm Springs, California, with a session for a board of directors on what's...

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In 1989 (28 years ago), I Was Almost Fired Because of an Article About Email. Read Why – And What Happened!

[caption id="attachment_16054" align="alignright" width="233"] "Why did this get me in...

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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!

Does your organization have the right stuff to deal with todays' information-empowered,...

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Daily Inspiration: “It’s easier to be a success if you fail first”

"It's easier to be a success if you fail first" - Futurist  Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Shared ideas will give you better ideas”

"Shared ideas will give you better ideas" - Futurist  Jim...

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What Are the CEO’s worried About? Getting the Right Skills at the Right time for the Right Purpose!

So ... last week I was in Miami, and did a talk on business disruption, transformation and...

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Trend: Smart Homes Will be Smarter Than You Think – Who, Why, Where? And a Look Back to 1999!

As with anything, the opportunity around the idea of the 'smart home', and the reality of what...

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Daily Inspiration: “Agility is the only antidote for velocity”

"Agility is the only antidote for velocity" - Jim CarrollMany organizations engage me for an...

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Daily Inspiration: “Don’t fear the results. Learn from them!”

“Don’t fear the results. Learn from them!” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Don’t tell me it can’t be done. Find a way to do it. Stop making excuses, and focus on solutions!”

“Don’t tell me it can’t be done. Find a way to do it. Stop making excuses, and focus on...

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Hire People You Don’t Like. Stop Seeking Common Ground. Kill the Committee. & More Ideas to Accelerate Your Reality

Those who succeed possess a daring need for speed.That's your reality. If you think your world,...

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People Will Always Laugh At Your Crazy Ideas: They Are Usually Wrong!

Many people have a belief system that has them convinced that the world of tomorrow will look much...

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Daily Inspiration: “What used to be fiction is now reality!”

"What used to be fiction is now reality!" - Futurist  Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “What we know often gets in the way of what we can do!”

“What we know often gets in the way of what we can do!” - Futurist  Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “The best time to pursue an idea is when other people laugh at it” –

“The best time to pursue an idea is when other people laugh at it” - Futurist Jim...

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Daily Inspiration: “Fail fast. Fail often…”

"Fail fast. Fail often. Fail cheaply. Fail with intent. Fail on purpose. Fail in order to learn....

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2017 Keynotes So Far: Future of Cars, Trucks, Agriculture, Banking, Architecture, Retail, Food, HiTEch and IoT! Whew!

Ok, here goes -- it's been a fabulous 8 weeks, as I hit the road running, keynoting a wide...

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Daily Inspiration: “Agility is the only antidote for velocity”

“Agility is the only antidote for velocity” - Futurist Jim...

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Thinking Growth: Where’s the Growth? It’s Everywhere

I'm cleaning out some old research files, and came across this simple set of statistics: between...

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On Coffins, Record Companies, and Self-Driving Cars: Why GM Deserves to Fail!

In the 1990's, when e-commerce arrived on the scene, someone thought it would be a good idea to...

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Daily Inspiration: “You know the phrase, ‘Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.’ So too is the future!”

“You know the phrase, ‘Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.’ So too is the...

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Trend: In Trucking, Air Traffic Control Towers Are the New Offices!

Earlier this week, I spoke to several hundred executives from the trucking industry at a keynote...

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New Keynote Topic: Insurance in the Era of Disruption: The Challenge of Change with Fintech, Accelerated Risk and Hyperconnectivity

Let's face it: the trends impacting life and property/casualty and groups benefits insurance...

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Daily Inspiration: “Perfection is the enemy of innovation”

"Perfection is the enemy of innovation" - Jim Carroll In my list of global...

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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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