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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…
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 of Manufacturing, Robotics and AI - An Avatar Interviews Futurist Jim Carroll
Let’s talk about robots! Because if you are at all involved in the world of manufacturing and are thinking about AI, that’s where your head really needs to be. That’s the subtle…
The Acceleration of Manufacturing Trends
The typical machinist today almost has to be able to do trigonometry in their heads because manufacturing has become so complex. Additive or 3d manufacturing, collapsing product…
Can You Reinvent Your Revenue at the Speed that Apple Does?
In this clip, I'm on stage at the Big M Manufacturing Conference in Detroit, with a keynote on trends impacting the global manufacturing industry. In this clip, I'm speaking to…
Revisiting the Global Supply Chain Volatility Issue - What's Next?
I do a lot of interviews around various future trends and innovation issues; often, these are for very niche-oriented publications or corporate publications and newsletters. I was…
Accelerating the Acceleration Gap: The Ultimate Impact of Our Post-Pandemic World
I hesitate to use the phrase 'post-pandemic' because we really don't know when that actual trend might unfold ... but with that in mind, how has the business world changed as a…
Ask a Futurist - The Future of Transportation ("The Lost Basement Tapes!")
The folks at UPM - a global leader within the wood and lumber industry - interviewed me for an article they put together, Industrial Revolution 5.0 – driven by sustainability…
Your Future? Companies That Do Not Yet Exist Will Sell Products Not Yet Conceived...
2 years ago, on stage in Marrakech, Morocco, in my opening keynote for the World Bank / International Finance Corporation manufacturing conference. Are you aligned to a faster…
Video: Rethinking the Future of Manufacturing - Reinvention, Opportunity, Transformation
My son and I visited Agnora, a world class innovator in the architectural glass industry. They produce the glass you see in Apple Stores, at the TKTS ticket booth in Times Square…
Video: Upcoming PMMI Keynote, Detroit, Nov 9 - Pre-event teaser!
So I'm going back on a real stage - in a room with real people! And so I filmed a little teaser clip for the client on what I'll be covering. And of course,did this in my virtual…
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