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From the Stage: There Are No Barriers to Change
This was one of my opening moments, set to music, and it captures what I believe about innovative organizations: "There are no barriers to change. There's only our resistance to…
From the Stage: Take Risks
On stage, I took on the excuse I hear in almost every organization: it's too risky. "We have to take risks in order to get ahead." My challenge to the room was a simple, practical…
From the Stage: What's Your Tin Can?
Speaking to Godiva Chocolates and its sister companies about the future of food and retail, I asked the room a simple question: "What is your tin can?" The story behind it is…
Daily Inspiration: "The future of work? It's the skills you don't know about that you need to be planning for!"
"The future of work? It's the skills you don't know about that you need to be planning for!" - Futurist Jim Carroll What can the legal cannabis industry teach us about the future?…
Innovating in the High Velocity Economy - The Acceleration of Retail!
Futurist Jim Carroll with an opening keynote for Revionics. This was just a few months before Covid - and Jim was outlining how the world of retail was already shifting to online…
The Acceleration of Skills - What the Legal Cannabis Industry Teaches Us About the Future!
Here's a clip to grok over! The slide I used? Right here! The point? Organizations always need to be thinking RIGHT now about the skills they might need in the future. Students in…
Future Insight! Farming, Insurance, Construction, Energy, Healthcare and Food!
It's been virtually busy! Here's a collection of a few recent virtual client events. Virtual that works, with short sharp shocks of strategic future insight!
The Acceleration of Retail : Looking Forward by Looking Back!
Here's a highlight clip from a keynote I gave at a major retail conference just six months before the global pandemic accelerated every single trend I was speaking about. Retail…
Ask a Futurist - "What Does Consumer Behaviour Look Like Post Covid?"
I hit my broadcast studio yesterday to take on the top question of the week sent in via my Ask.A.Futurist series. Send in your question here, and if I select it, I'll take it on!…
Video: The Future of the Global Restaurant Industry in Our Post-Pandemic World : Great Virtual Starts with Deep Subject Matter Expertise!
A leading franchise organization had me in for a virtual keynote on what the restaurant industry looks like as we enter in our eventual post-pandemic world. I've cut out the…
The Opening Moments - Setting the Stage and Agenda! (Virtual! Done Right!)
Here's a clip from the opening moments from my keynote for the Round Table Owners Association yesterday - it's a long lasting and fast moving pizza franchise group based on the…
Retail Transformation: A Massive Number of Disruptive Trends In Such a Short Time Span!
I spoke at the annual conference for key customers of Revionics, a company involved in the retail pricing strategy industry. During the intro, I spent a few moments to put into…
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