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Article: “The Need for Speed: Soon Come; Must Go…..”

"Of particular interest to your editor were the words—and the AK-47 speed at which they were...

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Keynote: The Future of the Connected Home, Smartgrids and Energy – Lennox, Dallas

What's the future of the connected home? What comes next with HVAC? What happens when we integrate...

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“Everybody knows…..: : Why companies fail at innovation

I spend a LOT of time doing talks at corporate meetings; often, a CEO or CxO leadership event for a...

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Keynote: Big Trends in Agriculture: Transforming the World’s Oldest Profession – CHS Inc, Holland, Michigan

Whether it’s driverless tractors, weed-zapping robots or data-transmitting crops, the future of...

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Being Agile: How Innovators Thrive in the High Velocity Economy

I did a keynote a few weeks back for a leading North American food company. It was a highly...

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Book review: The Martian!

I've never done a book review on this blog before, and I suspect I'm not really good at...

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The HAL Project: Historical Archiving in Action

Some weeks back, a post caught my attention, I clicked the link, and followed through. I ended...

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25 Trends for 2025 – PDF

I've put together a full size PDF of my "25 Trends for 2025" document - grab it by clicking the...

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Video: A Rollicking Good Bit of Fun!

For all the baby boomers out there -- a bit of rollicking good fun, with a look at what we went...

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New Keynote Topic: The Internet of Things: Disruption and Opportunity in an Era of Pervasive Connectivity

Every industry is set to be transformed as an era of hyper connectivity becomes the new norm. The...

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Article: Going fast? The Future Will Be Faster

A few weeks ago, I was the closing keynote speaker for Potato Expo 2015 in Orlando, with a talk...

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Trend: Mobile is Eating Retail

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Keynote: Land o’ Lakes, Phoenix – Keynote: Fast Consumers and the New World of Retail

How do you innovate when everything is faster still? The typical consumer scans some 12 feet of...

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Keynote: Potato Expo 2015, Orlando – The Future of Agriculture

It's the largest potato conference in the world, and they had me in for the closing keynote with a...

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25 Trends for 2025 (Can you imagine how different your future might be ten years from now?)

Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading global futurists, trends and innovation experts, with a...

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Freddie Mac

When you are in the news for all the wrong reasons - in this case, the hangover from the global...

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Speed and agility in the retail sector

The rate of change in the retail sector is going from 'fast to furious' if you pardon the cliche....

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Augmented Reality and the World of Retail…

Earlier this year, I was featured in the UK's Retail NewsAgent 125th anniversary publication,...

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Trend Report: The Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology

There can't be a more exciting industry in the world today than what is happening with the...

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Nomadic workers and the future of careers

Here's a video clip from a recent keynote -- during the Q&A, I was asked by one member of the...

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Are you suffering from ‘Aggressive Indecision?’

Here's one from the vaults -- from a keynote for SAP way back in 2003![wonderplugin_video...

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Keynote: Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver – The Future of Transportation

Self-driving cars, electric vehicles, the future of intelligent highways and smart infrastructure....

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A really cool keynote summary!

Earlier this week, I was a keynote speaker at HealthAchieve 2014, one of the largest healthcare...

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Video: The new acquisition of knowledge and the outsourcing of gaming!

In this clip, I'm doing the opening keynote for the American Society of Testing Professionals --...

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Video: “Made In The Cloud: Meet The Companies Leading The Manufacturing Sector’s Digital Revolution”

Back in September, Kennametal, a leading global manufacturing / machine parts company, invited me...

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Keynote: World Pharma Innovation Congress: The future of pharma.

Jim was invited to be the opening keynote speaker for this prestigious international event...

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10 Questions to Assess Your Future Readiness!

Are you in the right frame of mind to cope with the future? Are you really ready?Here's a...

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Keynote: Wells Fargo, San Francisco – Banking in the Era of Acceleration

The future of banking is fast - and in this case, I led a keynote for several hundred members of...

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Video: “A blistering page of innovation…”

Back in June, I was invited to open The BigM, a major manufacturing conference held in Detroit; I...

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FutureVision’s Day-One Visionaries: Carroll, Thompson, Stone

A week ago, I had the pleasure to open the FutureVision, "an invitation-only event designed...

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The Next 90 in HealthCare

The Ontario Hospital Association -- based in Canada -- is celebrating it's 90th year. As part...

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Trend : The impact of crowdfunding / crowdsourcing on R&D

GE is running an article, A Fresh Perspective from Many Minds, that explores the impact of...

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Keynote: SHL Chicago – The Future of the Workforce

What a great event! I had the senior VP's of Human Resources for over 50 of the largest companies...

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Trend: Could the Energy Industry be “MP3’d?”

If anything, the year 2015 is going to be the year of 'continuous business model disruption.' It's...

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Keynote: Kennametal, Chicago IMTS Show – Manufacturing Moves to the Cloud

What happens when the machine shop and tooling move to the cloud? That was the unique topic I took...

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Keynote: Hunter Industries, San Diego – Agriculture in the era of Hyper-connectivity

Agriculture is a world defined by technology - and for the case of this manufacturer of irrigation...

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Article: “Will You Be Ranching Like The Jetsons In 10 Years?”

I recently spoke at the Cattle Feeders Business Summit in Denver. Turns out the folks at Beef...

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Trend: “…..they recognise me and run a customised commercial on an in-store TV….”

Some months back, the folks at Retail NewsAgent in the UK sent me a series of questions asking...

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Keynote: The GAP, San Francisco – The Future of Retail

Jim was invited to speak to a group of senior executives at their global headquarters in San...

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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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