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When Do You Innovate?

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Reinventing brand relevance

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The insurance industry in 2015

(A note from Jim: I wrote this post in 2009. It's getting an extensive number of hits now, in...

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Keynote summary: “Organizations only succeed by risking failure.”

I was the opening keynote speaker for CropLife Canada back in December; this article just came in,...

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Focusing on growth in a perilous economy – how innovators win

There's a lot of research that goes into every keynote and workshop I undertake. Recently, one...

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Recent keynote: Innovating for growth in the restaurant industry!

I was thrilled to be the opening keynote speaker for Yum! Brands 2009 Global Leadership Meeting....

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Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut), Las Vegas, Nevada: Global Franchise Meeting

Held in Las Vegas, Jim’s keynote focused on innovation and growth strategies in a...

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The hollowing out of big corporate R&D

I've just returned from delivering the opening keynote for the 14th Annual Portfolio...

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Avoiding the idea recession!

Cognos has run an article I've writen about the importance of not sliding into an "idea...

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Economic keynotes: “7 Things You Need to Do Right Now!”

I was in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday, as the closing speaker for the annual conference of the...

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100 Days of Innovation – #5 – Form Fast Teams

Over the last few weeks, I've had a variety of conference calls with CEO's or senior...

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Video – The Future of Healthcare

Here's a clip from my keynote for the World HealthCare Innovation & Technology Congress, where...

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Video clip – “Dealing with the innovation killers”

Here's another clip from my closing keynote at the World Healthcare Innovation & Technology...

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Inspirational video clip – “Innovating during a recession”

I received the DVD of my closing keynote for the World Healthcare Innovation & Technology...

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“Dive-in movies” and High-Velocity Product Innovation

Here's an interesting way to think about the issue of high-velocity product innovation.I was...

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The Obama economy: what comes next?

A reporter called yesterday, wanting to speak about the "Obama economy." One of the questions:...

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Innovating in the springtime, outdoors, in the sunshine!

In the last week, Europe has suffered through a dreadful cold spell. A huge polar arctic air...

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2009 Food Industry trends – “hyper-nicheing” is the new reality ….

There are a lot of hits coming into my web site searching for "food industry trends 2009" or "2009...

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Financial & banking innovation awards for 2009!

I just finalized my review of the entries for the 2009 Monarch Innovation Awards; for the...

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Think growth! Getting ahead of the economy …

It's 2009, and it looks like I'll be quite busy with a number of organizations who are focused...

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Think growth! We get mail…..

I often get mail after speaking on stage to a group of people, or after hosting a small...

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What does 2008 look like on January 1, 2015?

Ask yourself that question. The year 2008 will look like this: it was the year that a global...

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Strategy for early 09 – Set bold short term goals

Some day, the graph at the right wont' seem like something weird.Maybe today it does seem...

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The future of healthcare – a concise, quick summary

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The plan for 2009? Think growth!

I'm keynoting a lunch tomorrow for a group of about 400 medical professionals. Their executive...

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What’s the future of education – and what should we do about it?

I've been pretty busy in the education sector. Two weeks ago, I provided an overview of key...

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Is your future-pendulum swinging too far?

I'll keynote a major agricultural conference tomorrow morning, with an audience of plant science...

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“Competing with analytics” – “the next billion dollar industry”

Last November, I released my "What Comes Next" trends perspective, outlining some of the...

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CEO insight: “We’ve got the survival thing down. Now we’re into phase two.”

I was in a conference call yesterday with the CEO of a global organization; I'll be doing a...

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Innovation, the auto industry and the new reality

I've been talking to my clients for years about the problems with the auto industry manufacturing...

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It’s January 15, 2020: What Have We Learned About Healthcare in the Last Decade?

On December 8th, the 4th annual World HealthCare Innovation and Technology Conference 2008 will...

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What’s next with financial, insurance and banking services?

This dude to the right? He's about to inherit a whole whack of money.Indeed, before the...

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“I’ll pay you a premium if you can save me money!”

That's the new value proposition for today, and you'll do well to think about the phrase as...

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100 Days of Innovation: #4 – Innovators master faster markets because they master fast failure

Think about it.Google announced today that they were shutting down Lively, their Second Life...

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Kicking off 2009 with innovation as the CORE STRATEGY!

I've been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management...

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Retail and consumer product innovation: a report from NYC

A few weeks ago, I keynoted an event for the Readers Digest Food & Entertainment group...

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Silicon Valley : Is innovation dead?

Last week, I spoke in Palo Alto for a a small, intimate dinner of a number of CIO's for a...

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The economy and leadership: strategy meetings are happening NOW

I continue to see a lot of activity with inquiries and bookings for senior management / CEO...

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10 fundamental trends that don’t change with the meltdown

You and I know that the headline on the left is going to run in newspapers and mainstream...

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Rethinking innovation models – from Disney, to tin cans, to automobiles

Here's another video clip from the New York keynote -- actually, this is from the Readers Digest...

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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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