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Jimism #010: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast
I've used this phrase for years because it captures one of the biggest mistakes organizations make with innovation. They confuse ambition with implementation. Think Big. Start…
Be Defiant. No One Succeeds Through Conformity.
Somewhere there is a wall built entirely out of other people's caution. Climbing over it is the only way anyone has ever gotten anywhere interesting. That's the case I make in…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Financial Services: The Branch Was Never the Point
Fifth stop: financial.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Finance. Here's the line I open with in this sector, because it still catches rooms off guard…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #4: Anticipatory Intelligence — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Know that the future whispers before it shouts. Listen now. Day 4 was…
Jimism #009: Just-in-Time Knowledge
For most of history, expertise meant knowing a lot. Increasingly, expertise means being able to get the right knowledge at exactly the right moment. That's Just-in-Time Knowledge…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Energy & Utilities: The Grid Stopped Being One-Way
Fourth stop: energy.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Energy & Utilities. I've been in utility rooms since deregulation, interval meters and the 2003…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #3: Ambiguity Tolerance — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Don't try to be certain, be decisive. Day 3 argued that waiting for…
Jimism #008: Change Muscle
Organizations love talking about agility. Far fewer actually practice it. That's why I think of adaptability as Change Muscle. You don't build muscle by announcing that you'd like…
The Future of Energy Is Arriving Faster Than Our Mental Models
Thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast as demand, storage, AI and grid architecture all accelerate at once.
The Future, Sector by Sector — Education & Learning: Skills Now Expire Faster Than Diplomas Print
Third stop: education.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Education. I've been telling education audiences for years that many of today's students will…
The Cost of Playing It Safe
Comfort feels good today. It quietly costs you tomorrow. Even the office dog knows it. Embracing Mediocrity and Escaping Mediocrity are companion books distilling thirty years of…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #2: Strategic Self-Pruning — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. If you want to move fast tomorrow, you must unburden yourself from the…
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