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This Week: Celebrating 25 Years on the Stage, 25 Years in the Speaking Industry!
This is a wonderful month - in that it marks 25 years that I've been on stage! My very first 'career' event was a public relations event, this very week, at what was then SkyDome…
Daily Inspiration: “You should never wait for someone else to start your future!”
“You should never wait for someone else to start your future!” - #FuturistJim Carroll My post yesterday on collective inaction drew some great response - including a few…
Daily Inspiration: “Organizations are usually destroyed through collective inaction!”
“Organizations are usually destroyed through collective inaction!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll AKA the rule that ‘it’s easier to do nothing, then it is to do something.’ When I’m on…
Daily Inspiration: "Clarity of intent means never having to say you’re sorry!"
“Clarity of intent means never having to say you’re sorry!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll It’s easier if you tell people you are going to do something and you do it - than doing…
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t define yourself by what you are against, but rather, what you stand for!”
“Don’t define yourself by what you are against, but rather, what you stand for!” -#Futurist Jim Carroll Soybeans, farmers, tariffs, China. It’s kind of a weird time to be a…
Daily Inspiration: "Truth, or dare?"
“When it comes to your business model: truth, or dare?” -#Futurist Jim Carroll Admit it: you probably played the game as a kid! Everyone did! It was, perhaps, a method…
Keynote: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Phoenix : "Dare to Disrupt"
"Dare to Disrupt!" That was the theme for this healthcare and pharma focused event in Phoenix. It's an interesting time to be in this industry - after all, organizations like…
Daily Inspiration: "Don’t be a moofus!"
“Don’t be a moofus!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll And so with that, I bring you the story of the Twitter account @devincow Let me preface this post: my wife, being a very smart woman -…
Daily Inspiration: "Arrogance Kills"
“Arrogance kills!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll One of the sins that will guarantee your failure is complacency: a belief that your world won’t change. At the other extreme, arrogance…
Keynote: American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, Nashville: The Acceleration of Healthcare
3D printed body parts. The acceleration of medical science and the rapid emergence of new materials. IOT connectivity built into hip replacements that post on how well they are…
Video Clip: Grabbing the Audience in the First 90 Seconds!
In today's world of massive attention-deficit lack of focus, you've got to grab the audience quickly. You can't give them a chance to breathe. With that, here's the first 90…
Daily Inspiration: "If imagination is magic, then science fiction is absolute wizardry!”
“If imagination is magic, then science fiction is absolute wizardry!” -#Futurist Jim Carroll (I can’t wait until all the science fiction purists pile on and get into a rant that…
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