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What’s your tin can?

Have you been to your local grocery store as of late? Have you seen the StarKist Tuna plastic...

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10 surefire ways to destroy innovative thinking

With all the upcoming leadership events and keynotes that I have on my schedule, I'm on a pretty...

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What Pat Boone’s App Says About the Future of Branding!

Here's an article that I wrote for the spring issue of Marketline, for the BCAMA. Some good...

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The case for optimism & global economic recovery

I was in Billings, Montana last week, speaking at the annual meeting of a financial group....

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Innovation: Think big, start small, scale fast!

A key innovation message that I spend time with my clients focusing upon involves the concept of...

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Mom 3.0 : Parents, military bases and innovation!

Innovation isn't critical only in business -- every type of organization must try to do things...

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Location is the new intelligence

It's big, and its' getting bigger!That's the location intelligence industry, which is resulting...

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Trend: Switching from cutting back, to focusing on growth

In a whirlwind of activity over the last ten days, I've been the keynote speaker for...

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Global innovation for growth : through long term transformation

Futurist Jim Carroll, at CRIM 2010, outlines how global CEO's are positioning their organizations...

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The return of growth

My mantra about innovation is that it is always about three questions: how do you run the...

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The Innovation Killers

A great little video clip from a recent keynote that outlines the challenges you face if you try...

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Video: Innovators thrive on fast paced ideas

Jim challenges an audience to think about collaboration in the era of the 'global idea...

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Why social networking is like teenage sex

I used this a lot in the past, but it's probably good to repeat it here; maybe there is a little...

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Innovators always focus on growth!

Leading in turbulent times! That's a topic you need to focus on in the high velocity economy -...

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Welcome to the new JimCarroll.com!

Welcome to my new Web site. We went live about 330PM EST today.There are still a few kinks...

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Walt Disney Corporation, Hollywood, CA – Innovation in the World of Upside Down Trends

Considered as one of the most innovative organizations in the world, Disney invited Jim to...

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“Does your future suck?” – my new article on meetings/events industry

Does your future suck?by Jim CarrollWritten for "Content Matters Newsletter, March...

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10 Things That Are True About the Future

Clearly the rate of change - whether with business models, product life-cycles, skills and...

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#Innovation : Riding fast paced trends in the consumer / retail sector

At many of my keynotes, I focus on some of the most successful creativity and innovation...

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Video – CNBC Fast Money demo – “personal energy infrastructure management”

Here's an interesting clip about the emerging era of "personal energy infrastructure management."...

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Article: “Get app and go” – How I developed my iPhone app!

Last fall, Microsoft invited me to speak at a series of events related to its Windows 7...

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Toyota, quality, and what we knew in 2007 ……

Back in May 2007, I was invited to be the keynote speaker at the 4th World Conference on...

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Ingram Micro

What do world class innovators do that others don't do? When I delivered that topic for Deloitte...

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Report on my keynote for the Illinois Governor Tourism Congress

Here's a blog post that ran over at the Chicago Hospitality Insider blog with a report on my...

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Finding growth with knowledge exponentiation

I've been doing a tremendous number of small, intimate CEO level leadership meetings; I'll...

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Rethinking long term care

Bill Gates once observed that "most people overestimate the amount of change that will occur in two...

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Food industry trends: Faster is the New Fast!

Here's an article that I wrote for Food Manufacturing on trends in the consumer, food and...

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Article – “The Closest Thing to a Crystal Ball” – Future of the Meetings Industry

Here's an article that just ran that offers some of my thoughts on what's up with the global...

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Video: Is Your Brand from the Olden Days?

Could you be so out of touch with your customers that you have no clue how they truly perceive...

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Video : Brand authenticity is the new benchmark

How is social networking impacting brands? Take a look![wonderplugin_video...

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14 Key Innovation Strategies for Financial Advisors & Financial Organizations

(This post was originally written back in 2010 after I did a talk for the National Australia...

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US Air Force & Navy Child Youth Programs, Dallas: Aligning To The Future of Counselling & Recreation

Michelle Obama believed that a big challenge existed with military families, and specifically, that...

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What do world class innovators do that others don’t do?

I was in Chicago earlier this week; I had a keynote for the leadership team of a company that's...

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The future: “…think in terms of transformation .. & .. manage the expectation gap…”

Another report on my keynote for 4,000 at the annual meeting of the National Parks &...

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10 Phrases to Think About for 2010

The chance that your company, markets, competitors will be the same in ten years is virtually...

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Innovators focus on “corporate agility’

How quickly can you scale if you encounter a new market opportunity? How quickly can you react to...

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Video: Food industry trends – it’s all about velocity!

In the food industry -- it's all faster.A faster focus on 'fresh' food. New taste trends happen...

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Innovators aren’t afraid to ask tough questions!

In fact, the realities are that not only are innovative people unafraid to ask questions,...

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Cardboard people, plasma people: Generational change and innovation!

How do you master innovation? Through the powerful story in this video clip, I point out the...

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How to get faster when the world is faster…

What should innovative organizations do? When everything is faster still, focus on these...

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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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