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Healthcare & Life Sciences · 2026
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From the Stage: The Recycled Recession Headlines
Every downturn, I play a little game with my audience. Speaking to dental professionals, I read out a series of grim economic headlines: banks facing meltdown, a mortgage crisis…
From the Stage: The Most Innovative Industries Aren't the Usual Suspects
Speaking to Genentech, I was asked where I see the most innovation. My answer surprised people. Not just Silicon Valley, but farming and trucking. In precision agriculture, a…
From the Stage: Forget the MBA. Get a Master's in Business Imagination
Speaking to a dental audience for Cain Watters & Associates, I pushed back on the idea that you can be "motivated" into creativity: "I find motivational speakers kind of a weird…
Keynote Case Study: ICON PLC — AI and Accelerated Clinical Trials
For ICON PLC, Jim Carroll explored how AI, data, science and digital infrastructure are reshaping clinical research and the future of clinical trials. The keynote highlighted the…
Keynote Case Study: ATS Life Sciences Systems — Healthcare Was Becoming Continuous, Connected and Predictive
At the Automation Summit, Jim explored for ATS Life Sciences Systems how connected devices, AI, bio-connectivity and the accelerating science of healthcare were redefining the…
From the Stage: What Do You Do Monday Morning?
At the end of almost every keynote, someone asks: this is great, but what do I actually do Monday morning? Speaking to a room of dental professionals, I made it clear I wasn't…
From the Stage: You Aren't Selling a Widget Anymore
Speaking to the Philips sales team, I put the challenge bluntly: "competing on price no longer counts." Every global company I work with is wrestling with the same shift: "We've…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Healthcare, Medicine & Pharmacy: Sick Care Is Becoming Predictive Care
Seventh stop: healthcare.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Healthcare & Medicine. The line I use to frame this whole sector: we're moving from sick care…
Megatrends One Year Later – #17: Micro-Autonomous Systems – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“Individually small, collectively revolutionary. Micro-swarms are silently building the intelligent and automated world of tomorrow.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July…
Megatrends One Year Later – #13: Brain and Cognitive Health – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“What we did for heart health in the 20th century, we will be doing for brain health in the 21st.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #13…
Megatrends One Year Later – #12: Personalized Medicine – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“Tomorrow’s cure lies not in a universal pill, but within our own genetic code.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #12: Personalized…
Megatrends One Year Later – #11: Longevity Science – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The future is not just extending lifespan, but our healthspan, by treating aging itself.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published Megatrend #11: Longevity…
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