Global economic turmoil? Time to innovate!
As the world wakes up on August 24, 2015, to news of turmoil with global stock markets, it's important to remember the key lessons learned from past recessions - those…
Growth Strategy · Leadership
Summary video: "WorldSkills Leaders forum São Paulo with Jim Carroll and Champions Trust"
Wrap up summary video from São Paulo WorldSkills 2015: "I'm here to inspire the audience about the future, I'm here to get them thinking about the future, and I'm here…
Education · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Trend: The Emergence of the Vertical Farming Infrastructure Manager
At my recent opening keynote for the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, part of my role was to challenge the audience to think about how rapidly…
Agriculture & Food · Education
What Will Golf Do With the Arrival of The Drones?
Sometime in the next few years, someone is going to arrive at a golf course, and have their entire round filmed by a drone up in the air overhead. It will follow them…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Video: The Acceleration of Knowledge
Some years back, I worked on a project for Deloitte, which resulted in the video, "What Do World Class Innovators Do That Others Don't Do?" It's become a very popular…
Education · Healthcare & Pharma
Video: A Rollicking Good Bit of Fun!
For all the baby boomers out there -- a bit of rollicking good fun, with a look at what we went through with computers in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Based on my book…
Change · Future & Trends
Speed and agility in the retail sector
The rate of change in the retail sector is going from 'fast to furious' if you pardon the cliche. I'll be outlining this issue when I speak to a small group of folks in…
Agility · Branding & Marketing
Nomadic workers and the future of careers
Here's a video clip from a recent keynote -- during the Q&A, I was asked by one member of the audience about what happens to careers in a world in which 'the future…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Are you suffering from 'Aggressive Indecision?'
Here's one from the vaults -- from a keynote for SAP way back in 2003! Lots of organizations still suffering from this dread disease 11 years later! C'mon folks - make a…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Video: "A blistering page of innovation..."
Back in June, I was invited to open The BigM, a major manufacturing conference held in Detroit; I followed President Obama's Treasury Secretary, Penny Pritzker on stage…
Faster - The Acceleration Economy · How to be Innovative
Trend: Could the Energy Industry be "MP3'd?"
If anything, the year 2015 is going to be the year of 'continuous business model disruption.' It's happening everywhere. The CEO of a major US energy company hired me to…
Change · Disruption & Acceleration
Trend: "The Future of Careers and Vertical Farming Infrastructure Managers!"
Here's a fun little video clip from a keynote this February, when I opened the annual conference for the Association of Test Publishers. These are the folks who manage…
Agriculture & Food · Education