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Daily Inspiration: AI and Strategy - "Asking the right questions is often more important than finding the right answers."
"Asking the right questions is often more important than finding the right answers." - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's another slide from the master slide deck I will be using for a…
Daily Inspiration: AI & The Future - "Spend more time learning stuff that you know you might never understand."
"Spend more time learning stuff that you know you might never understand." - Futurist Jim Carroll Follow the edges. That's always been my advice to many organizations that are…
Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Leadership - "STOP planning. START doing!"
"STOP planning. START doing!" - Futurist Jim Carroll When I spoke in Muscat, Oman at the International Roads Union conference - the event on which this photo is from - a good part…
Daily Inspiration: Serendipity & Innovation - ""Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines"
"Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it works.)" -…
Daily Inspiration: Business Model Disruption - "Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?"
"Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?" - Futurist Jim Carroll For an upcoming keynote, I'm working on a report on…
Daily Inspiration: Transformative Thinking - "If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?"
"If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Every once in a while, a conversation with a client…
Daily Inspiration: Just-in-time knowledge - "Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That's power!"
"'Just-in-time knowledge' - Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That's power!" - Futurist Jim Carroll This…
Daily Inspiration: Industry Transformation - "A bold future abhors a timid mind!"
"A bold future abhors a timid mind!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The old automotive industry is disappearing; a new one is being born. The old world of energy is shrinking; a new one…
Daily Inspiration: Trend spotting - "Opportunities only exist if you can see them!"
"Opportunities only exist if you can see them!" - Futurist Jim Carroll In 1998, a few years before Steve Jobs announced the iPod, I had an Mp3 player called the Eiger F10…
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…
Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Creativity - "How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says 'That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!'"
"How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says 'That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!'" - Futurist Jim Carroll Every great idea was once the dumbest thing…
Daily Inspiration: "'It is what it is' is an admission of defeat. 'It will be what I choose to make it' is a sign of wisdom!"
"'It is what it is' is an admission of defeat. 'It will be what I choose to make it' is a sign of wisdom!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I really dislike the phrase "it is what it is,"…
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