Moving beyond the meltdown – linking opportunity to innovation
November 5, 2008, BY JimCarrollHere's a brief clip from a recent event in New York City; I focused on the need to have a...
100 Days of Innovation – #3 : Check your speed
November 4, 2008, BY JimCarrollOne of the key issues I point out when speaking about innovation strategies, is that...
Moving Beyond the Meltdown: Aligning Yourself for Growth Through Innovation
October 31, 2008, BY JimCarrollIf you study the screen carefully to the right, you'll note that the current slide from my deck...
What the CEO’s are saying: “Six things we need to do”
October 28, 2008, BY JimCarrollIf you want to understand what you should be doing right now, you keep your ears close to the...
The economy — what I’m seeing happen RIGHT NOW
October 23, 2008, BY JimCarrollThis is quite unreal.A month ago, I faced a very busy September and early October, and was...
The seven stages of economic grief – when do you innovate?
October 17, 2008, BY JimCarrollI was speaking with a client yesterday about an upcoming event in Palo Alto, California. We...
It’s back! Aggressive indecision! Here’s how to kick it out!
October 15, 2008, BY JimCarrollIt's back!Aggressive indecision! With all the economic turmoil, leaders, executives and...
How do you innovate in a volatile economy?
October 15, 2008, BY JimCarrollWhen the Readers Digest Food & Entertainment Division, based in New York, went looking for...
Do you really need an innovation spark? How about a custom edition of Ready, Set, Done?
October 15, 2008, BY JimCarrollSince Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast was published a year ago...
Video clip — where’s the opportunity? Where’s the growth?
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100 Days of Innovation – #2 – Go Upside Down
October 10, 2008, BY JimCarrollWhen thinking about new product or service development, don't do it in isolation. Seek advice...
Innovation – act fast – empower people!
October 9, 2008, BY JimCarrollEmpowering staff and partners to make quick decisions is an essential component of innovating...
100 Days of Innovation – Get Out in Front
October 8, 2008, BY JimCarrollThe last few weeks have seen a variety of keynotes for leadership meetings -- for a telecom...
Thinking innovation: The Challenge for Education in the High Velocity World
October 6, 2008, BY JimCarrollI'm thrilled to learn that I've been selected as the opening day speaker for the College Board...
Freeze, innovate or panic? Innovation strategies for RIGHT NOW
October 1, 2008, BY JimCarrollGiven 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 JimCarrollSo 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 JimCarrollI'm in Manhattan tomorrow, speaking at an event for food, advertising and packaging companies...
Interview – “Is it time to panic?”
September 19, 2008, BY JimCarrollThe 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 JimCarrollI 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 JimCarrollWell, 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 JimCarrollI'm often providing detailed strategic guidance to senior executives and leaders on trends and the...
Reaching the new travel consumer
September 10, 2008, BY JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollWe're witnessing hyper-innovation with packaging, design, in-store promotion, new product...
Keynote: Financial management and high velocity healthcare
September 9, 2008, BY JimCarrollI 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 JimCarrollIt'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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollAssociation Magazine has published my article, Metamorphosis: A Defining Success Factor for...
Innovation — in the most wonderful places
August 27, 2008, BY JimCarrollWell, 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 JimCarrollA 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 JimCarrollThis 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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollOne 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 JimCarrollA 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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollThis 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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollI'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 JimCarrollAt 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 JimCarrollThere are a zillion fast, zippy cool trends out there. And then, there are the big, sweeping,...
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