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Keynote Case Study: PMMI: Ten Years of Change Had Been Compressed Into Months.
PMMI brought me back for its 2021 opening keynote in Detroit, following an earlier engagement in 2003. The message: COVID accelerated major trends, taught organizations to operate…
The Acceleration of Retail : Looking Forward by Looking Back!
Here's a highlight clip from a keynote I gave at a major retail conference just six months before the global pandemic accelerated every single trend I was speaking about. Retail…
World class innovators? Big,bold and fast, not timid and slow...
On stage at a massive manufacturing conference in Las Vegas in 2010, with a message for several thousand more manufacturing executives - engineers, senior executives, product…
Daily Inspiration: “At this very moment, someone within your industry is pursuing the very big, bold, disruptive ideas that you fear!”
“At this very moment, someone within your industry is pursuing the very big, bold, disruptive ideas that you fear!” - Futurist Jim Carroll This speech, for the Interactive…
Headlines: Why Electric Cars will Happen Faster Than You Think (and Everything Else You Need to Know About Energy!)
I've long been meaning to interview one of the smartest guys I know in the world of energy and utilities, and last week found the perfect opportunity to finally do it - an…
Daily Inspiration: “Dream at the absolute edge of creativity - and then innovate the speed of disruption!”
“Dream at the absolute edge of creativity - and then innovate the speed of disruption!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Another CEO-led leadership meeting, in this case for this company…
Trend: The Future of Manufacturing Post-Covid - What Can You Expect?
The folks at Applied Software, a leading purveyor of manufacturing software, invited me in to be the launch person for their new Forging Manufacturing podcast. We had so much to…
Video Flashback! Keynote on Manufacturing: Trends and Disruption
Here's a look back at a great keynote four years ago this month. This talk was for Legrand's North American leadership meeting, where the CEO and his team were fine-tuning…
Video: The Economic Implications of 'Hesistancy'
Some will win Some will lose -- Journey A clip from a recent podcast on the future of manufacturing, in which I talk about the real economic implications for regions with low…
Daily Inspiration: “‘Begin’ - it's a great word. Many of us are often in short supply of this precious resource.”
“‘Begin’ - it's a great word. Many of us are often in short supply of this precious resource.” - Futurist Jim Carroll On stage at the Mohegan Sun resort in Connecticut in July…
The Era of Acceleration? It Just Got Faster!
Here's a clip where I'm on stage a few years back, at an event where the CEO and his team are fine-tuning strategies and plans for the coming year. I'm there to set the context…
Daily Inspiration: “It’s no longer just survival of the fittest - it’s now the absolute dominance of the fastest!”
“It’s no longer just survival of the fittest - it’s now the absolute dominance of the fastest!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Time travel! This photo is from a manufacturing conference…
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