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Transportation & Logistics · 2024
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Event Highlight: Kwik Fit — The Shop Floor Is Changing as Fast as the Car
I was in Birmingham with roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers for a keynote about the rapidly changing future of automotive service. My message could be summarized in one…
Keynote Case Study: Kwik Fit — The Shop Floor Was Changing as Fast as the Car
For roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers in Birmingham, Jim Carroll framed the future of automotive service around EVs, accelerating vehicle technology and increasingly…
Daily Inspiration - Leadership : "You’ll never get to your future if you keep trying to get back to your past!"
"You’ll never get to your future if you keep trying to get back to your past!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I've had a vague sense of unease for a time that too many industries and the…
Keynote Case Study: BNSF Railway: The Supply Chain Was Entering Its AI Era.
For BNSF Railway's annual key customer conference in Fort Worth, I explored how next-generation AI is reshaping freight, retail logistics and supply-chain strategy for major…
Keynote: AI In the Supply Chain - BNSF Railway - Fort Worth, Texas
A Warren Buffet company! They brought Jim in for a talk at their annual key customer conference - in the room were representatives of most major retailers, as well as logistics…
Daily Inspiration: AI & Risk - "One day soon, we’ll recognize that at this very moment in time, we were on the edge of the arrival of the end of reality - and didn’t have a plan to deal with it"
"One day soon, we’ll recognize that at this very moment in time, we were on the edge of the arrival of the end of reality - and didn’t have a plan to deal with it" - Futurist Jim…
Daily Inspiration: Leadership & Change Management - "To be a part of tomorrow, you need to be a part of the journey!"
"To be a part of tomorrow, you need to be a part of the journey!" - Futurist Jim Carroll An organization will never successfully get to where it needs to go if it doesn't have the…
Daily Inspiration: Automotive Industry & Skills - "Yesterday's knowledge won't cut it in tomorrow's world"
"Yesterday's knowledge won't cut it in tomorrow's world" - Futurist Jim Carroll I asked an AI to draw a picture of a car from 'the olden days,' and this is what it imagined. It…
Daily Inspiration: Leadership & Disruption - "Yesterday’s ideas won’t work for you tomorrow!"
"Yesterday’s ideas won’t work for you tomorrow!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Someone asked me yesterday about my comment that Chinese automotive companies will likely own the…
Daily Inspiration: Leadership - "Erratic leadership will always bring erratic results, but distracted leadership is guaranteed to bring even worse"
"Erratic leadership will always bring erratic results, but distracted leadership is guaranteed to bring even worse" - Futurist Jim Carroll Jim Balsillie wanted to buy himself an…
Keynote: Concentric Symposium - "AI in Transportation & Logistics" - Orlando, Florida
The world of trucking and supply chain management is heavily influenced by accelerating technology, and this company which provides fleet management software to major…
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