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From the Stage: Change Your Future Before It Changes You
It's the line I've used more than any other, and here it is in its shortest form. After describing a world where companies that don't yet exist will build products not yet…
Article in Flame Magazine: "Dancing in the Rain: Why 2026 Demands Bold Franchise Leadership"
I just finished writing my fourth article this year for Flame, the magazine of the National Franchisee Association. This one is about why 2026 demands bold franchise leadership…
From the Stage: Align to the Future or Fight It
Closing my keynote for Black & Veatch, I described what disruption really does: it changes the products you make, the services you deliver, the skills you need and the competitors…
From the Stage: Timing Is Everything
Speaking to the American Truck Dealers, I shared what I call my fourth rule of the future. We usually know what is coming. The hard part is when. "The challenge is this, when does…
From the Stage: What This Series Is About
For more than 30 years I've stood on stages around the world with the same message. Here it is, compressed into a couple of minutes: "The challenges are vast, the trends are…
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…
From the Stage: Don't Be Motorola
At Legrand in 2017, an executive named John asked me the question every audience eventually gets to: what do my people do Monday morning? I didn't have a checklist, but I had a…
I Was Told My AI Risk Keynote Was Too Dark. Then Anthropic Published the Footnotes.
A few weeks ago, I closed out the 2026 Governance, Risk and Control Conference in San Diego with a keynote built around an idea I have been developing for some time: the…
Wednesday Signals : The Acceleration Gap: Why Risk Now Moves Faster Than Governance Can Keep Up
I’m speaking today at the 2026 Governance, Risk and Control Conference, jointly presented by ISACA and The Institute of Internal Auditors. My message is built around a simple…
Decoding Tomorrow: The Infinite Pivot Series - #36 "The secret to the art of the pivot? There is no finish line!"
"The secret to the art of the pivot? There is no finish line!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons…
Decoding Tomorrow: The Infinite Pivot Series - #35 "Curiosity is your most important asset."
"Curiosity is your most important asset." - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as…
Decoding Tomorrow: The Infinite Pivot Series - #34 "Pivots are often made years before they happen."
"Pivots are often made years before they happen." - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36…
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