Optimism. It's oxygen. It matters. Set the tone. Fix the short term, but keep the eye on the long term. I filmed this in the home broadcast studio yesterday.
Daily Inspiration · Growth Strategy
The day Lehman Brothers went down in 2008, at an event where I was on stage, a CEO spoke to his team on how to react. The guidance was vivid, to the point, and spot on…
Growth Strategy · Pandemic & Recovery
Speaker bureau, event and meeting planner friends - leadership folks - clients.... My 2020-21 Recession keynote topic was just published. "9 Things You Need to Do Right…
Focusing on Growth · Growth Strategy
Right now, people have too many questions, and not enough answers. This upsets the traditional balance that people base decisions upon. The result? They stop making…
Focusing on Growth · Growth Strategy
It's pretty certain that we are going to have an economic recession. The downturn is going to be swift, ugly, unpredictable. So what are you going to do as you move…
Growth Strategy · Leadership in Crisis
Given the rapid pace of global economic developments with Covad-19, organizations are faced with a pretty stark choice! What I've learned over 25 years is that it is our…
Focusing on Growth · Growth Strategy
Back in 2009, Business Week ran an article, "10 Worst Innovation Mistakes in a Recession." At the time, I was busy with a number of global companies helping them to…
Growth Strategy · Leadership in Crisis
So, this morning I went and retrieved a video from the vault, and cut a little section out of it - around the theme of aggressive indecision. Based on my previous post…
Focusing on Growth · Growth Strategy
This year marks 25 years that I've appeared on stage speaking about the future, trends, disruption, transformation, innovation. And what a year it was! I always…
About Jim Carroll · Change
Jim was the opening keynote speaker at the 2nd Global Manufacturing Conference for the International Finance Corporation, a part of of the World Bank Group, held in…
Event Highlights · Event Highlights - Global Summits
Guess what! Facts matter! (Oh, and science is real too, but that's another story). With that in mind, consider this: a year ago, NAFTA was very much in the news. People…
Growth Strategy · Pandemic & Recovery
A futurist must always be a relentless optimist, particularly on stage. We've been engaged to provide a tour of the future that provides our audience a sense of hope and…
Growth Strategy · Megatrends
