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From the Stage: Iterative Design
Speaking at the International Finance Corporation, I described how 3D printing and rapid prototyping change the very nature of design: "The future of manufacturing is found in…
Keynote Case Study: East Penn Manufacturing — AI in the Future of Manufacturing
For East Penn Manufacturing, Jim Carroll looked at how AI, automation and digital systems are transforming industrial operations. The keynote focused on the practical future of…
Keynote Case Study: ECIA Executive Conference — Beyond AI, the Authorized Channel Faced Multiple Colliding Supercycles
In October 2026, at the ECIA Executive Conference in Chicago, Jim Carroll explored how the electronics channel was being reshaped by collapsing forecast half-lives…
Keynote Case Study: ASSA ABLOY — Manufacturing Was Getting Real About AI
At ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership summit in Charlotte, Jim Carroll focused on the practical industrial impact of AI. The keynote addressed robotics, digital twins, machine vision…
Keynote Case Study: MAPP — Manufacturing Learns to Work with the Machines
At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, Jim Carroll placed AI inside the broader industrial transformation involving robotics, machine…
Keynote Case Study: BIFMA 360 — Manufacturing Was Entering the Acceleration Gap
Jim addressed senior leaders at BIFMA 360, exploring how accelerating technology, collapsing cost curves and shorter product cycles were reshaping the future of the industry. The…
From the Stage: Remember the Maytag Repairman?
Remember the old TV ads about the loneliest man in the world? The Maytag repairman never had anything to do because Maytags never broke. On stage I used him to explain what…
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…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Manufacturing & Industrial: The Factory Learned to Think
Ninth stop: manufacturing.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Manufacturing. AI. Robotics. Digital twins. Mass customization. Advanced materials…
Megatrends One Year Later – #29: The Arrival of the Humanoid Robot – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“A decade of progress in a year; the humanoid robot era is here, and it’s accelerating with astonishing speed and breathtaking developments.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago…
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 – #16: Material Science Breakthroughs – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“We are moving beyond static objects to a world of living materials that heal, think, and reshape our reality.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I published…
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