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Leadership & Disruption · 2017
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Video: What I Do - Keynotes, Leadership Meetings and Client Events!
Watch this short, 1 minute video on the 3 types of events that I provide for my clients -- keynotes, leadership meetings and client events! Its part of a series that I recently…
Keynote: "Aligning to Velocity: Key Trends and Strategies for the Era of Acceleration"
This October, I'll keynote the MacKay CEO Forum 2017 Edge Summit in Vancouver, with about 500 CEO's in the room. I'll take a look at what happens when accelerating technology…
Trend: Where will the Future Really Happen? 2 Upcoming Keynotes on The Real Future, Not the Fake Future
We seem to live in two parallel worlds at this moment: the fanciful, political, "let's make a wish" or "yell and scream" political world, and the real world. I don't know about…
Daily Inspiration: "If you are going to show up at the starting line for the future, make sure that you don't show up late!"
One of my key responsibilities as a futurist is to help my clients -- some of the largest associations and companies in the world -- align themselves to the fast paced trends of…
Keynote: Thing Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption
I spent the morning yesterday with the Board of Directors of a multi-billion dollar credit union, taking a good hard look at the trends sweeping the financial services space. They…
Daily Inspiration: "Some people see the future and see a threat. Innovators see the same future and see an opportunity. Who do you choose to be, and what will you do to align yourself to an era of growth?"
“Some people see a trend and see a threat. Innovators see the same trend and see an opportunity!” - Futurist Jim Carroll
Keynote @Nasscom2017: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption
I'm off to New York, where tomorrow I will be the closing speaker at Nasscom's inaugaural C-summit The National Association of Software and Services Companies is a trade…
Trends: What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire?
It's about time someone starts to talk about the future implications of the new world history that we are now watching unfold. I decided to write this post after reading of…
Innovation? Do These 10 Things Now....
Obviously, I spend a lot of time thinking about innovation. And given my global client list, I have a unique front-row seat into what organizations are doing to succeed -- or, as…
Daily Inspiration: "Optimism is oxygen"
"Optimism is oxygen" - Futurist Jim Carroll Supertramp -- a band from the 80's -- had a minor hit with the song "On the Long Way Home," which featured the memorable line, the…
Daily Inspiration: "Those Who Succeed Possess a Daring Need for Speed!"
"Those who succeed possess a daring need for speed!" - Jim Carroll One of my key themes through the years has been that "faster is the new fast" -- that the biggest challenge that…
Daily Inspiration: "Agility is the Only Antidote for Velocity"
"Agility is the only antidote for velocity" - Jim Carroll One recent client engaged me for a talk for their global team, with the keynote title “Achieving Agility: Aligning…
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