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Trend: Why Spatial Data Bubbles are Going to Be a Big Part of Your Life (And Why You Need to Know What they Are!)
Location intelligence was the hot new opportunity 20 years ago as spatial (GIS) data came to be a big part of the world. 20 years on, it still is. My oldest son is building a…
Future Skills: I Go Back to Grade 5 and Work on a Time Capsule Project!
Anyone who has worked with me knows that I do a tremendous amount of research as I customize for my keynotes, often reading several hundred articles on a particular issue or topic…
Daily Inspiration: "To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!"
"To really accelerate your creative engine, focus on growing your diversity of ideas!" - futurist Jim Carroll For years, I've explained to my global client base that access to…
Article: FleetOwner Magazine: A Time When Technology Arrives to Market Obsolete
A time when technology arrives to market obsolete Futurist Jim Carroll describes trucking trends likely to shape disruptive years to come Mar 17, 2017 Aaron Marsh | Fleet Owner…
Self-driving Cars? It's All About the Penguins!
Last week, I was in Palm Springs, California, with a session for a board of directors on what's really going on with the acceleration towards self-driving cars and trucks. To…
What Are the CEO's worried About? Getting the Right Skills at the Right time for the Right Purpose!
So ... last week I was in Miami, and did a talk on business disruption, transformation and innovation for about 30 CEO's of companies in the healthcare, tech and IT sectors, on…
Trend: Smart Homes Will be Smarter Than You Think - Who, Why, Where? And a Look Back to 1999!
As with anything, the opportunity around the idea of the 'smart home', and the reality of what will transpire, varies to a large degree. We are in early days yet! That was the…
People Will Always Laugh At Your Crazy Ideas: They Are Usually Wrong!
Many people have a belief system that has them convinced that the world of tomorrow will look much like it does today, with the result that when they are confronted by the future…
2017 Keynotes So Far: Future of Cars, Trucks, Agriculture, Banking, Architecture, Retail, Food, HiTEch and IoT! Whew!
Ok, here goes -- it's been a fabulous 8 weeks, as I hit the road running, keynoting a wide variety of events in a number of different industries. New to this unique job - I'm…
Thinking Growth: Where's the Growth? It's Everywhere
I'm cleaning out some old research files, and came across this simple set of statistics: between now and 2050, we will move from 7 to 10 billion people; we need 70% more food, 50%…
On Coffins, Record Companies, and Self-Driving Cars: Why GM Deserves to Fail!
In the 1990's, when e-commerce arrived on the scene, someone thought it would be a good idea to allow you to buy a coffin online. The funeral industry fought back -- after all…
Trend: In Trucking, Air Traffic Control Towers Are the New Offices!
Earlier this week, I spoke to several hundred executives from the trucking industry at a keynote for the Omnitracs customer conference in Phoenix. My keynote focused on the trends…
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