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Energy & Utilities · 2022
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23 Trends for 2023 : #13 Peak Carbon
We all know the phrase - insanity is doing the same thing and over again and expecting a different result each time. It doesn't happen. Neither does the mindset of clinging to old…
Daily Inspiration: "Clinging to old ideas when new ones have all the momentum is a guaranteed prescription for failure!"
"Clinging to old ideas when new ones have all the momentum is a guaranteed prescription for failure!" - Futurist Jim Carroll We all know the phrase - insanity is doing the same…
23 Trends for 2023: Trend #3 - Inevitable Inevitability!
Companies and people fight the future. Inevitability, they come to accept the inevitability of it all! And in 2023, they are going to do more of that! That's Trend #3 of my '23…
Keynote: Black & Veatch - CEO Transformation Leadership Meeting, Kansas City
Disrupt before you are disrupted! The future requires transformation, not just innovation! The CEO of this massive global infrastructure company thought that Jim Carroll would be…
The Future of Energy Utilities: Simply, They're Insurance Companies Now.
The trends are massive – catch this clip from where I’m on stage for the annual SAP Utilities Conference in California. Microgrids, renewables, batteries, grid parity, the end of…
Where's the growth? Rethinking long term opportunity in the context of volatility!
I wrote this PDF report late in 2008 after the global economic meltdown as the great 2008-09 recession was settling in. It was an important document then, and it is still…
Trend: The Future of Just About Everything is all About Batteries
We have fitbits for cows. And that fact - related to battery technology - spells the future of the automotive, energy and other industries. Learn why! Want to learn more? Read the…
Daily Inspiration: "Ignore those people who say that the future is too hard, that it can't be done, and that it is too expensive. (Because they don't know how the future works!)"
"Ignore those people who say that the future is too hard, that it can't be done, and that it is too expensive. (Because they don't know how the future works!)" - Futurist Jim…
Daily Inspiration: "Confront your future, not your past!"
"Confront your future, not your past!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved by trying to resurrect the success of your past!. It's better to try to commit to new…
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