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From the Stage: What's Your Tin Can?
Speaking to Godiva Chocolates and its sister companies about the future of food and retail, I asked the room a simple question: "What is your tin can?" The story behind it is…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #3: Never Let a Committee Touch a New Idea
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets of…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #2: Hire a VP of Curiosity, Even If It's Just You
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets of…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #1: Make Big Bets, Not Small Hedges
I've been covering the link between future trends and innovation strategies for 30+ years. I went back through my blog posts, stretching to 2002, to dig out the nuggets of…
Friday Fun: Reprise - The Encore: Innovation, Disruption, and Spinal Tap Moments (The Update!)
It's 2026, but here's something I wrote in 2013 that I think still stands the test of time! I've added an update at the end to bring it up to date. Enjoy! With all the keynotes I…
Thursday Thoughts: I Wrote a Book to Escape the Sameness of AI. I Started Writing it Before AI Became THE Thing!
When everyone is empowered with the same magic, is there any magic to be had? That's one of the biggest wquestins you must ask yourself today - and it's what I wrote into the…
Daily Inspiration: "Every industry-changing breakthrough begins with a simple question: Why do we still do it this way?"
"Every industry-changing breakthrough begins with a simple question: Why do we still do it this way?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Of all the phrases I've come to hate over the years…
Daily Inspiration: "The organizations that look most ready for the future are often the ones most blind to the fact that they aren't."
"The organizations that look most ready for the future are often the ones most blind to the fact that they aren't." - Futurist Jim Carroll "The moment you think your future is…
Daily Inspiration: "If the future belongs to those who are fast, know that excuses are slow. Solutions are speed."
"If the future belongs to those who are fast, know that excuses are slow. Solutions are speed." - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's what I'm thinking about this Monday morning: the…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration – Customers & Branding: “A brand is no longer what you say it is. It’s what they say it is!”
“A brand is no longer what you say it is. It’s what they say it is!” - Futurist Jim Carroll So he put his phone number out there. Tom Curtis is the President of Burger King, and…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration – "Stop managing 'what is'; start creating 'what could be.'"
"Stop managing 'what is'; start creating 'what could be.'" - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's a thought to start your Monday: the gap between 'what is' and 'what could be' is where the…
Daily Inspiration: "Anyone can find an excuse to stand still. Make it your life's work to find the reasons to move."
"Anyone can find an excuse to stand still. Make it your life's work to find the reasons to move." - Futurist Jim Carroll As a species, it seems we are engineered to stand still…
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