My own top 10 blog posts
Here's a quick list of what I think were some of the best posts to this often sporadic blog through the year. Change: Deal with it: this little fellow still cracks me…
Media & Press · Megatrends
10 Big Trends for Agriculture
Jim Carroll is widely recognized as one of the leading experts in the world on agricultural trends. His client list in extensive, including both agricultural…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
10 big trends for the legal profession
In the last few years, I've spoken to a variety of professional service firms, including many legal organizations -- including two of the largest national law firms in…
Megatrends · Professional Services & Associations
The future of media in the era of the infinite idea loop
Way back in 2002 -- doesn't that seem like a long time ago? -- I was asked to keynote a get together of the International Newspaper Marketing Association. The title of…
Megatrends
Fortune Magazine and the infinite idea loop
Fortune Magazine's Business Innovation blog linked to my "infinite idea loop" video clip, and the traffic has been pretty heavy from right around the world. They had…
Innovation · Media & Press
"It's in to be out!"
I'm doing a dinner talk tonite for a government group involved in managing recreation and camping parks throughout the province. It's my last event before Christmas…
Megatrends
Seafood, farms and innovation!
Quick: what's the average number of fridges per 100 people in China today? If you guessed 82, you're right. And if you knew that there were but 29 per 100 in 1990, then…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
I found the future in manure!!
On Monday, I'll be the luncheon keynote luncheon speaker at ICE - The Tech Conference in Edmonton. My topic? "I Found the Future in Manure: How to Capitalize on the…
Agriculture & Food · Megatrends
"The concept of going to school for knowledge is kind of quaint..."
I'm quoted in the Toronto Star today with my observations on the future of knowledge, careers and work. Kind of provocative, but I really believe it to be true…
Education · Megatrends
Health care trends
It was a week for health care. Yesterday I opened the annual American Society for Health Risk Management conference in San Antonio, taking a look at . As the session…
Healthcare & Pharma · Megatrends
Business trends for the future
There's been a lot of searching on my site for the list of the "10 big business trends for the future," so I thought I'd replay it here in a blog post. Low-cost…
Megatrends
It's in to be out...!!!
As much of North America continues to swelter in the heat, we'd do well to remind ourselves that a variety of trends suggest that we will be spending much, much more…
Megatrends