"World-class innovators refuse to accept the way things were" - Futurist Jim Carroll How do you become a world-class innovator? Not someone who merely pokes around the…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
"Dare to differ. Be that one in every crowd!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Some people. Innovative people. Spot the difference! It's quite true. Some people have a very narrow…
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"Strapbooting: The ability to implement an instant bootstrapping solution at the spur of the idea!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Perhaps the most innovation-oriented movie…
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"Don't try to succeed too fast. Plan on failing too early" - Futurist Jim Carroll During my travels last week, I saw what must be one of the greatest commercials of all…
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"The same old excuse will always get you the same old result." - Futurist Jim Carroll Staying complacent? You know you are killing yourself with inaction. You’re stuck…
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"It's not how the circumstance of surprise impacts you. It's the fact that you were surprised in the first place!" - Futurist Jim Carroll "I didn't see that coming!"…
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"Before you are good at something, you're bad at it. That's OK. That's how it's supposed to work!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Stop chasing perfection. Chase action. My 10…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
"A failure while trying is better than failing to try!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved by those who wimped out! In fact, nature rewards those who…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
"STOP planning. START doing!" - Futurist Jim Carroll When I spoke in Muscat, Oman at the International Roads Union conference - the event on which this photo is from - a…
Daily Inspiration · How to be Innovative
"Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it…
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"How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says 'That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!'" - Futurist Jim Carroll Every great idea was once the…
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"'It is what it is' is an admission of defeat. 'It will be what I choose to make it' is a sign of wisdom!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I really dislike the phrase "it is what…
Creativity & Imagination · Daily Inspiration
