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Leadership · 2010
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Innovation: "We need to suck less!"
I'll often be lined up for a conversation with the CEO of a client organization when I'm preparing for a private client CEO leadership/innovation keynote. It's part of a careful…
Trend: Short, sharp shocks of strategic insight
I was in Baltimore last week, where I was the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 Passkey Corporate Housing Forum. Passkey is a company that provides software for the corporate…
The big secrets of innovative organizations!
I've been quite priviliged through the years to be able to observe, within my global blue chip client base (which includes clients such as the National Australian Bank; Diners…
The case for optimism & global economic recovery
I was in Billings, Montana last week, speaking at the annual meeting of a financial group. The audience included a large cross section of business executives from throughout the…
Innovation: Think big, start small, scale fast!
A key innovation message that I spend time with my clients focusing upon involves the concept of "thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast." (With all due respect, the…
Trend: Switching from cutting back, to focusing on growth
In a whirlwind of activity over the last ten days, I've been the keynote speaker for conferences that probably represents the vast majority of global Fortune 1000 organizations…
Global innovation for growth : through long term transformation
Futurist Jim Carroll, at CRIM 2010, outlines how global CEO's are positioning their organizations for growth, through a focus on long term transformative trends. As the path to an…
The return of growth
My mantra about innovation is that it is always about three questions: how do you run the business better, grow the business, and transform the business. Address those three…
Innovators always focus on growth!
Leading in turbulent times! That's a topic you need to focus on in the high velocity economy - particularly as volatility rages around you. And leading means focusing on growth…
Report on my keynote for the Illinois Governor Tourism Congress
Here's a blog post that ran over at the Chicago Hospitality Insider blog with a report on my keynote last week." ---- Moving Beyond The Meltdown" with Jim Carroll Posted on…
Finding growth with knowledge exponentiation
I've been doing a tremendous number of small, intimate CEO level leadership meetings; I'll work with the CEO or other senior management team member to pull together a talk that…
What do world class innovators do that others don't do?
I was in Chicago earlier this week; I had a keynote for the leadership team of a company that's involved in a sector of the construction industry. They've had some challenges with…
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