Manufacturing & Industrial

Keynote Case Study: MAPP — Manufacturing Learns to Work with the Machines

October 21, 2026, BY JimCarroll

At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, Jim Carroll...

Keynote Case Study: BIFMA 360 — Manufacturing Was Entering the Acceleration Gap

October 15, 2026, BY JimCarroll

Jim addressed senior leaders at BIFMA 360, exploring how accelerating technology, collapsing cost...

From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?

October 8, 2026, BY JimCarroll

From the stage Remember the old TV ads about the loneliest man in the world? The Maytag...

From the Stage: Don’t Be Motorola

October 2, 2026, BY JimCarroll

From the stage At Legrand in 2017, an executive named John asked me the question every audience...

The Future, Sector by Sector — Manufacturing & Industrial: The Factory Learned to Think

October 1, 2026, BY JimCarroll

Ninth stop: manufacturing.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of...

Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

September 15, 2026, BY JimCarroll

“A decade of progress in a year; the humanoid robot era is here, and it’s accelerating with...

Megatrends One Year Later – #17: Micro-Autonomous Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

August 27, 2026, BY JimCarroll

“Individually small, collectively revolutionary. Micro-swarms are silently building the...

Megatrends One Year Later – #16: Material Science Breakthroughs – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

August 26, 2026, BY JimCarroll

“We are moving beyond static objects to a world of living materials that heal, think, and...

Megatrends One Year Later – #14: Mass Customization Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

August 24, 2026, BY JimCarroll

“The future isn’t mass-produced; it’s mass-personalized, empowering customers to...

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Keynote Case Study: MAPP — Manufacturing Learns to Work with the Machines

Keynote Case Study: BIFMA 360 — Manufacturing Was Entering the Acceleration Gap

From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?

From the Stage: Don’t Be Motorola

The Future, Sector by Sector — Manufacturing & Industrial: The Factory Learned to Think

Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #17: Micro-Autonomous Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #16: Material Science Breakthroughs – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #14: Mass Customization Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

BLOG POSTS Manufacturing & Industrial

Keynote Case Study: MAPP — Manufacturing Learns to Work with the Machines

Keynote Case Study: BIFMA 360 — Manufacturing Was Entering the Acceleration Gap

From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?

From the Stage: Don’t Be Motorola

The Future, Sector by Sector — Manufacturing & Industrial: The Factory Learned to Think

Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #17: Micro-Autonomous Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #16: Material Science Breakthroughs – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

Megatrends One Year Later – #14: Mass Customization Systems – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening

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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAST features the best of the insight from Jim Carroll’s blog, in which he
covers issues related to creativity, innovation and future trends.