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"Leaving Las Vegas" – But I’ll Be Back for More Keynotes!

I'm in the airport lounge at LAS. 3 keynotes in 13 days, all of them wildly successful.[caption...

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Keynote: APICS, Las Vegas – The Acceleration and Disruption of Retail

What is APICS? It's the leading organization involved in supply chain, logistics and operations...

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Video: The Nomadic Workforce

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Video: World class innovators obsess over speed!

Some years back, I worked on a project for Deloitte, which resulted in the video, "What Do World...

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Keynote Update: "Hot Topics for September 2015!"

As a popular keynote speaker with a focus on future trends and innovation, I'm often called...

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Trend: Physician Recruitment in the Era of ‘Digital Intimacy’

My reputation as a speaker has been built on my ability to take on a very diverse range of very...

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Keynote: Practice Match, Las Vegas – Physician Recruitment in the Era of Digital Intimacy

I take on a LOT of highly customized keynotes - and that is why I am so different from so many...

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Keynote: Optima Health, Williamsburg, VA – Back to The Future in Healthcare, Today!

If you are a health care insurer, you'll probably want your leadership event to get away from the...

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Article and Video: 5 Things to Know About the Connected Future

[caption id="attachment_13737" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Jim Carroll speaking at a GE...

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Trend: The Future of Sports & Fitness

I had the honor last week of being the opening keynote speaker for the Sporting & Fitness...

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Keynote: Sports & Fitness Industry Association, New Orleans – Interactive Technology, Disruption and the Future of Sports

It's always a fun event when Roger Goodell, the Commissioner of the NFL follows you on stage. I was...

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Article: Is the Auto Industry Ready for the World of 2030?

I was recently interviewed by the UK based Automotive Megatrends magazine, for a special report...

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Global economic turmoil? Time to innovate!

As the world wakes up on August 24, 2015, to news of turmoil with global stock markets, it's...

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Summary video: "WorldSkills Leaders forum Sao Paolo with Jim Carroll and Champions Trust"

Wrap up summary video from Sao Paolo WorldSkills 2015: "I'm here to inspire the audience about the...

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Keynote: World Skills International, San Paulo, Brazil: The Future of Careers and Knowledge

Worldskills is a massive global organization that focuses on accelerating young people into new...

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The miracle that is vision!

Two years ago this week, almost to the day, I walked in for the pre-24 hr checkup for a Lasik...

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Trend: The Emergence of the Vertical Farming Infrastructure Manager

At my recent opening keynote for the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, part...

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Trend: The Future of Government Technology Infrastructure

I was thrilled to have been invited to address the 2015 Graduating Class at the University of...

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Keynote: UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill – The Future of Governance in a Complex World

It's not often you get in to talk to the graduating class of a university program, but that's what...

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Potatoes, Fiji, and the Future!

If you are a futurist (like me), you always must be focused on the upside.Otherwise, you don't...

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What Will Golf Do With the Arrival of The Drones?

Sometime in the next few years, someone is going to arrive at a golf course, and have their entire...

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Keynote: Mondi, Prague, Czech Republic – Intelligent Packaging, Logistics and the Future of Retail

Mondi is a large scale European / Middle East / Africa / Asia packaging and paper company. And like...

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Why Prague Matters….

I grew up during the Cold War. I remember the era of atomic weapons as a threat above our...

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Keynote: Association of Private Sector Colleges & Universities, Denver : Education in the Era of Skills Acceleration

1/2 of the knowledge that a student gets in their very first year of a college or university...

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Keynote: HP Mexico, Miami – Key Customer CIO Summit

HP Mexico brought customers of key client companies to Miami for a CIO Summit. The overall agenda...

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Keynote: Honeywell, Baltimore – How Skills Acceleration Defines the Future of Talent Management

Over the years, I've been invited in to speak to the HR departments of many organizations. In this...

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Keynote: Patterson Veterinary, Dallas, Texas: The Future of Veterinary Medicine

The acceleration of medical science, new diagnostic technology, advanced medical procedures, and...

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Trend Report: The Future of Trucks – Connected, Proactive and Data Driven

[caption id="attachment_13639" align="alignright" width="300"] My son and I in front of one of...

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Keynote: Kone Cranes, Orlando – The Future of Global Shipping and Logistics

You ever see those massive overhead cranes at container piers and shipping locations? That's Kone!...

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Keynote: GE Lighting, New York – Construction Design, Methodology and Concepts in the Era of Smart

The energy and construction industry is being massively transformed by connectivity and the...

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Keynote: Volvo & Mac Trucks, Dallas – How to Sell Proactive, Self-Diagnosing, Connected, Data Driven Trucks

The typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna airplane. They are connected, aware,...

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Trend: The End of Life (Insurance)

Through the years, I've done a tremendous number of talks within the insurance industry, both...

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Everybody likes firetrucks! The lessons of upside-down innovation …

Of course everyone does, particularly young kids. And as you age, you still marvel at these roaring...

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Keynote: BASF – Transformative Trends Defining the Petrochemicals Industry : Houston, Texas

This global organization was celebrating their 150th anniversary throughout 2015 and their theme...

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Keynote: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Transformational Leadership.

The agency invited Jim to speak to a group of senior leaders to speak on the issue of what...

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We're slow, we're doomed, but we aren't going to do anything about it!

It's an interesting time for many organizations. There is a wave of business model disruption,...

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Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine: 2015 Innovation Outlook

I'm thrilled that I've again been cover in CG&T Magazine's annual outlook.  This marks 4 years...

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Article: 5 Things World Class Innovators Do that Others Do Not

[caption id="attachment_13585" align="alignright" width="200"] "Innovation is about much more...

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Trend: The Looming Corporate Governance Strategy Crisis

There was an interesting article in the New York Times on Feb 18: "Careers: 'Board Doctors,'...

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Video: The Acceleration of Knowledge

Some years back, I worked on a project for Deloitte, which resulted in the video, "What Do World...

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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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