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Sneak Peek: My Keynote at the American Truck Dealers Show - Maximizing Uptime in the Era of HyperConnectivity
This February, I will be joining the opening general session for the American Truck Dealers show, part of the overall National Automotive Dealers Association annual conference in…
20 Trends into 2030: Are You Ready for The Massive Transformation of Just About Everything?
It's time to get your future on! In the era of acceleration, when everything is speeding up, it's difficult to imagine where we might be in 10 years. But I can do that - that's my…
Daily Inspiration: “Your enthusiasm for radical ideas will get you everywhere!”
“Your enthusiasm for radical ideas will get you everywhere!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Such as gas stations with overhead solar panels for EV energy generation - check the picture!…
Daily Inspiration: "“Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!”
“Worrying about your future won’t prevent it. Embracing it will let you change it!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Fear has always driven the global change agenda, but today, is at the…
The Future of Trucking and Transportation: Connectivity is the New Horsepower!
The National Automotive Dealers Association has booked me to join them for their annual conference in Las Vegas next February. https://blog.nada.org/2019/10/30/…
Keynote Case Study: HAVI Global Solutions: Supply Chains Were Moving From Efficiency to Intelligent Resilience.
I delivered a keynote for HAVI Global Solutions on the future of supply chains, logistics innovation, cold-chain intelligence, automation, customer expectations and the shift…
Someone Will Make a Lot of Money with Small Trucks - Because the Future Happens, but It Arrives Unevenly
Small is the new big, and someone is going to make a lot of money off of small trucks. Why? Because as the future happens, it happens unevenly. So there will be a bunch of people…
The Disruptive Velocity of Industry Change: Cars Have Become Computers, and Traditional Auto Companies Can't Keep Up
Cars have become computers. And the fact is, most car companies can’t keep up as the speed of change shifts to the speed of Moore’s law and Silcon Valley. Here's a clip from the…
The Era of Instant Obsolescence: The Olden Days, Cars, and the Collapse of After-Sale Market Value
When you’ve been a keynote speaker for 25 years you’ve got your “Greatest Hits”. Here’s on of mine - “Things from the Olden Days”. Audiences love it And in this case, I’m using it…
Daily Inspiration: “You can influence people with your imagination...irritate them with your inability to innovate through your incessant inaction!”
“You can influence people with your imagination. Inspire them with your ideas. Impress with with your intentions. But you’ll irritate them with your inability to innovate through…
Thinking Big & Bold: That Moment I Predicted the Tesla Business Model in 2003!
Back in 2003, I pretty much predicted the emergence of the Tesla business model and the disruption occurring today in the automotive industry. I had the details wrong though - in…
Keynote Case Study: AutoGlass 2019: The Windshield Became An Intelligent Device.
Jim Carroll's keynote challenged the repair industry at Autoglass 2019 in Indianapolis with a rapidly changing automotive reality: fewer traditional ownership assumptions…
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