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Colorado Cattle Feeders Association

We have 'fitbits for cows!' Connectivity on the ranch is widespread, as is every form of...

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Video promo for upcoming 2014 PLRExpo

On October 1, I'll be keynoting the 2014 PLRExpo in Toronto. The organizers asked if I would do a...

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Trend: “The Future of Careers and Vertical Farming Infrastructure Managers!”

Here's a fun little video clip from a keynote this February, when I opened the annual conference...

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“Embrace Your Geekness Day” – July 13

The folks at SingleHop approached me; they are running a blog series related to the fact...

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Trend: The Future of Insurance, and the Actuarial Profession

[caption id="attachment_13194" align="alignright" width="223"] "Actuaries can expect that all...

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Wall Street Journal Production: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast!

Back at the end of March, I worked on a custom video project with the Wall Street Journal...

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Trend: The Disappearance of Cash!

CNBC interviewed me a few weeks ago on the question of "trends that could shake up the...

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Whoah! Dude! What Happened?

Ask yourself this question: do you work in an organization that just simply doesn't get...

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The Renaissance That Is North American Manufacturing!

I was in Detroit last week, for an opening talk for the TheBigM - Manufacturing conference.I...

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Medical Device Innovation – Reinventing Revenue at High Speed!

I'm featured, this month, in an article in Medical Products Outsourcing Magazine, entitled...

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Business Model Transformation, and my Keynote for NASA!

It was a year ago today that my son Willie and I travelled to NASA's Goddard Space Flight...

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I’m Opening “The Big M: Manufacturing Convergence” Conference in Detroit!

Final preparation in the home office here for what will prove to be a fun event next...

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The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast!

The future belongs to those who are fast -- Jim Carroll, from the opening to a keynote to an...

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“….ask Siri where you can buy a dozen eggs….”

The folks at the UK's Retail News publication recently interviewed me on the future of retail;...

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Video: “Insurance 2020: Challenge and Change!”

Here's a clip from a recent keynote for an insurance association at their annual conference in New...

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Two Types of Farmers: What We Can Learn from the World’s Oldest Profession!

Caught your attention, didn't I, and you obviously want to point something out to me!But...

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In Praise of Mothers-in-Law!

It's Mother's Day in North America, a tradition that has extended back in some time. It's a...

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“The Package is the Brand”

Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for the Innovation Takes Root conference,...

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“Some people see a trend and see a threat – Innovators see the same trend, and see opportunity”

A quick clip focused on 'the velocity of change .... based on one of the best phrases that I think...

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Keynote: Flavor & Extract Manufacturers Association – The Acceleration of the Science of Food

New taste sensations used to take 5 years to go from a high-end restaurant to the mainstream - but...

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On Basic Turning 50, Logizomechanophbia, and Apple in 1997.

We celebrated the arrival of the BASIC computing language yesterday. I lived through that era,...

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Keynote: Camstar Systems, Orlando – Agility in Manufacturing

A software company, now owned by Siemens, that specializes in software for managing quality,...

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Video: “The Virtualization of Healthcare”

Here's a quick video clip from a health care keynote in Houston; I'm speaking about...

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“Win a Seminar With the Monster Motivator!”

Way back in 2003, Monster.com ran a promotion which offered the winner -- a corporate...

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Trend: Measuring and Testing the Acquisition of Knowledge

Microsoft runs one of the largest training and certification communities in the world, related to...

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“Business Mantra for the Future … Think Fast. Act Faster!”

Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for 2014 Ameriquest National Symposium,...

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Baby Boomers – Surviving the Information Age!

A video clip from a recent keynote in New Orleans. It was a look back at the past and a glimpse...

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Trends: Restaurants – “…we’ll be processing payments from our car dashboards…”

A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker in Las Vegas for the 2014 Multi-Unit...

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Keynote: Subway Canada, Montreal – The Era of Fast Consumer Change

Fast consumer change, a focus on health and wellness, the rapid emergence of new influencers, rapid...

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Trend: When Every Company Has to Innovate As Fast as Apple Does!

The CEO's are starting to notice.That is, a lot of my clients (I do a lot of private, corporate...

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Trend: On The Future of Manufacturing

At the end of the month, I'll be the opening keynote speaker for the Camstar Global Conference...

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“George Jetson, Spock and the Scanadu Scout”

Another video clip, hot off the press from a keynote I did for 2,000 in New Orleans a few months...

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Retail Trends: “Apple has completely eliminated the cash register”

The folks over at DealNews gave me a call to chat about a few of the trends I see occurring in the...

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“It’s time to take George Jetson seriously….”

On Monday, I was the opening keynote speaker in St. Louis for an event for the National Rural...

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Keynote: Wall Street Journal, New York – The Disruptive, Transformative Trends of Our Time

One of the world's most respected business news sources had me in to lead a discussion about the...

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Keynote: National Rural Electrical Cooperative, St. Louis – The Disruptive World of Energy & Renewables

The disruptive impact of local community hyper-grids. The era that involves the end of oil and...

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Jim Carroll named as one of 75 experts in Consumer Technology Magazine “The 2020 Imperative”

Each year, Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine puts together an issue that peers into the...

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Keynote: Brownlee Hyatt Farber Schreck, Las Vegas – The Future of the Legal Profession

What's the future of the legal profession? What happens in the era of knowledge acceleration, the...

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Keynote: Chubb Insurance, Phoenix, Arizona – The Disruption of the Insurance Industry

Real time insurance policies with risk underwritten based on hyper-connected data. Actuarial...

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Observations on a keynote!

A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker for the annual  Ameriquest Symposium. It's...

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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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