Freeze, innovate or panic? Innovation strategies for RIGHT NOW
October 1, 2008, BY JimGiven the rapid pace of global economic developments, organizations are faced with a pretty...
Being an optimist: a keynote on economic development
September 29, 2008, BY JimSo I'm in an airport, on my way to keynote a conference on economic development. And of...
High velocity change in the food/consumer products sector
September 23, 2008, BY JimI'm in Manhattan tomorrow, speaking at an event for food, advertising and packaging companies...
Interview – “Is it time to panic?”
September 19, 2008, BY JimThe CBC contacted me for my thoughts on the events this week, and in particular, the impact...
Financial meltdown? Or environmentally responsible reporting?
September 17, 2008, BY JimI don't want to distract from the seriousness of the events unfolding on Wall Street, but...
Change! What happens when change happens?
September 11, 2008, BY JimWell, it seems that EVERYBODY is now talking about change. Given that, it's time to resurrect my...
7 Things to Do Right Now As the Upturn Begins!
September 11, 2008, BY JimI'm often providing detailed strategic guidance to senior executives and leaders on trends and the...
Reaching the new travel consumer
September 10, 2008, BY JimI'm off to keynote Tourism Alberta -- and will speak to some 200+ tourism marketing...
Setting the table: rapid consumer trends in the food industry
September 9, 2008, BY JimWe're witnessing hyper-innovation with packaging, design, in-store promotion, new product...
Keynote: Financial management and high velocity healthcare
September 9, 2008, BY JimI provided the opening keynote yesterday for over 275 CFO's of the Ontario Hospital...
A truly staggering, transformative trend yet to unfold
September 4, 2008, BY JimIt's been announced that I will be a keynote speaker at the World HealthCare Innovation &...
High velocity globalization – massive markets, major trends
September 2, 2008, BY JimI'm hitting the ground running this week, with an opening keynote presentation for a global...
Is there a future for associations?
August 29, 2008, BY JimAssociation Magazine has published my article, Metamorphosis: A Defining Success Factor for...
Innovation — in the most wonderful places
August 27, 2008, BY JimWell, I'm back from summer holidays, and the keynote in Australia was a particular bit of fun....
National Australia Bank, Sydney, Australia: Innovation Strategies for Financial Advisors & Financial Organizations
August 10, 2008, BY JimA keynote that looked at the key trends and opportunities in the areas of personal financial...
Toshiba, Sydney Australia: Mobile Technology and Business Disruption
August 6, 2008, BY JimThis keynote for 500+ senior executives in Sydney, Australia, looked at innovation trends in...
Why innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles
July 18, 2008, BY JimI'm off to keynote an event in Sydney, Australia; and after that, two weeks of family time in...
Faster is the new fast — also in auto
July 15, 2008, BY JimOne of the key tenets of my book, Ready, Set, Done -- How to Innovate When Faster is the New...
Soccer moms, text messaging, and the inevitability of virtuality
July 9, 2008, BY JimA few weeks ago, I arrived in my hotel room, and connected back to my home office via Skype. I...
Starbuck’s Icarus moment …..
July 7, 2008, BY JimI'm quoted in a Reuters article that has run in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, and the...
Get Fest-ed! Adding some life to your annual conference or event….
June 26, 2008, BY JimI've had a new article published for Association Executives for the CSAE, about how you can...
Pearson PLC: The Future of Media
June 25, 2008, BY JimThis keynote for the leadership meeting for the world’s largest publisher in New York,...
Extreme skills: what happens when knowledge runs out?
June 24, 2008, BY JimI'm in Vancouver, about to deliver a keynote to a global professional services firm, with the...
Is there hope for manufacturing? You bet!
June 20, 2008, BY JimI'm in Milwaukee today, speaking at a private group of manufacturers from across the country,...
Computational analytics is another new plastic!
June 19, 2008, BY JimAt my keynote to the US Association of Actuaries this week, and for a keynote to LOMA last week (an...
Transitioning the global economy
June 18, 2008, BY JimThere are a zillion fast, zippy cool trends out there. And then, there are the big, sweeping,...
Who’s hot? Actuaries are hot!
June 16, 2008, BY JimI just came back from delivering the opening keynote for the annual meeting of the US...
Text message polling – on stage with instant interactivity and feedback
June 13, 2008, BY JimOver the last several months, I've been incorporating some live text message polling into my...
After flat? Rethink strategies and go post-flat!
June 12, 2008, BY JimAs some economies continue to experience rounds of volatility, there are still plenty trying...
Financial industry innovation – change the game!
June 11, 2008, BY JimHere's something to think about: we are going to see $12 to $18 trillion in intergenerational...
Branding, marketing, and manufacturing 2.0
June 10, 2008, BY JimFrom a variety of keynotes through the last few weeks, here's what we've got to deal with. The...
Seven Things I’d Do Right now
June 9, 2008, BY JimThere were two pretty heavy-duty keynotes I did for companies in the financial sector last...
A new era of “social wealth management?” Innovating banking at high speed!
June 4, 2008, BY JimI'm about to head out the door to keynote a leadership team, business analysts and IT staff...
Innovating in the era of the celebrity baby blog!
June 3, 2008, BY JimI just returned from a keynote for the Direct Seller Association; the industry dedicated to...
Recent keynote titles
June 1, 2008, BY JimJim Carroll has been on stage for 20 years, and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of...
Can we talk — upside down innovation?
May 28, 2008, BY JimThe media is all abuzz with the concept of "user oriented innovation," and that is certainly...
Zorbing — and why it’s in to be out!
May 27, 2008, BY JimSeems USA Today ran an article about zorbing, and my web site is being flooded with traffic because...
The Secret for Association Executive Success: Study Air Guitar!
May 27, 2008, BY JimMy blog post of a few weeks ago caught the attention of the folks at the Canadian Society of...
“65% of the kids in preschool today will work in jobs or careers that don’t yet exist”
May 23, 2008, BY JimWhether I've got an audience of 3,000 people in Vegas, or a small CEO-level meeting of 20 people, I...
Innovation on the “fast” track – what do you do when it’s faster still?
May 22, 2008, BY JimMy June is shaping up to be a tremendously busy month. Based on the bookings that are in, it's...

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