Innovating in the springtime, outdoors, in the sunshine!
January 9, 2009, BY JimCarrollIn the last week, Europe has suffered through a dreadful cold spell. A huge polar arctic air...
2009 Food Industry trends – “hyper-nicheing” is the new reality ….
January 7, 2009, BY JimCarrollThere are a lot of hits coming into my web site searching for "food industry trends 2009" or "2009...
Financial & banking innovation awards for 2009!
January 6, 2009, BY JimCarrollI just finalized my review of the entries for the 2009 Monarch Innovation Awards; for the...
Think growth! Getting ahead of the economy …
January 5, 2009, BY JimCarrollIt's 2009, and it looks like I'll be quite busy with a number of organizations who are focused...
Think growth! We get mail…..
December 18, 2008, BY JimCarrollI often get mail after speaking on stage to a group of people, or after hosting a small...
What does 2008 look like on January 1, 2015?
December 18, 2008, BY JimCarrollAsk yourself that question. The year 2008 will look like this: it was the year that a global...
Strategy for early 09 – Set bold short term goals
December 10, 2008, BY JimCarrollSome day, the graph at the right wont' seem like something weird. Maybe today it does seem...
The future of healthcare – a concise, quick summary
December 8, 2008, BY JimCarroll[caption id="attachment_4130" align="alignright" width="234"] Grab the PDF on the future of...
The plan for 2009? Think growth!
December 4, 2008, BY JimCarrollI'm keynoting a lunch tomorrow for a group of about 400 medical professionals. Their executive...
What’s the future of education – and what should we do about it?
December 4, 2008, BY JimCarrollI've been pretty busy in the education sector. Two weeks ago, I provided an overview of key...
Is your future-pendulum swinging too far?
December 2, 2008, BY JimCarrollI'll keynote a major agricultural conference tomorrow morning, with an audience of plant science...
“Competing with analytics” – “the next billion dollar industry”
November 27, 2008, BY JimCarrollLast November, I released my "What Comes Next" trends perspective, outlining some of the...
CEO insight: “We’ve got the survival thing down. Now we’re into phase two.”
November 27, 2008, BY JimCarrollI was in a conference call yesterday with the CEO of a global organization; I'll be doing a...
Innovation, the auto industry and the new reality
November 25, 2008, BY JimCarrollI've been talking to my clients for years about the problems with the auto industry manufacturing...
It’s January 15, 2020: What Have We Learned About Healthcare in the Last Decade?
November 25, 2008, BY JimCarrollOn December 8th, the 4th annual World HealthCare Innovation and Technology Conference 2008 will...
What’s next with financial, insurance and banking services?
November 24, 2008, BY JimCarrollThis dude to the right? He's about to inherit a whole whack of money. Indeed, before the...
“I’ll pay you a premium if you can save me money!”
November 24, 2008, BY JimCarrollThat's the new value proposition for today, and you'll do well to think about the phrase as...
100 Days of Innovation: #4 – Innovators master faster markets because they master fast failure
November 21, 2008, BY JimCarrollThink about it. Google announced today that they were shutting down Lively, their Second Life...
Kicking off 2009 with innovation as the CORE STRATEGY!
November 20, 2008, BY JimCarrollI've been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management...
Retail and consumer product innovation: a report from NYC
November 17, 2008, BY JimCarrollA few weeks ago, I keynoted an event for the Readers Digest Food & Entertainment group...
Silicon Valley : Is innovation dead?
November 17, 2008, BY JimCarrollLast week, I spoke in Palo Alto for a a small, intimate dinner of a number of CIO's for a...
The economy and leadership: strategy meetings are happening NOW
November 13, 2008, BY JimCarrollI continue to see a lot of activity with inquiries and bookings for senior management / CEO...
10 fundamental trends that don’t change with the meltdown
November 7, 2008, BY JimCarrollYou and I know that the headline on the left is going to run in newspapers and mainstream...
Rethinking innovation models – from Disney, to tin cans, to automobiles
November 5, 2008, BY JimCarrollHere's another video clip from the New York keynote -- actually, this is from the Readers Digest...
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?
October 14, 2008, BY JimCarroll[wonderplugin_video iframe="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wNK_B4mPsIA" lightbox=1 lightboxsize=1...
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...
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