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Back to work, back to innovation
It's the first day of school and my family is busy getting back to work and school and life in general. It has been an extraordinarily difficult summer. My wife, two teenage sons…
Welcome to the new JimCarroll.com!
Welcome to my new Web site. We went live about 330PM EST today. There are still a few kinks to work out, but overall, this promises to be a wonderful experience. I'll be able to…
"Those are people who died" - the "other" Jim Carroll, dies at 60
Almost fifteen years ago, when I first got onto the speaking circuit, I registered the JimCarroll.com domain name. Often, that drew me many visitors looking for the "other" Jim…
A brief vacation update: a tornado!
I'm off till the end of the month, but with a bit of an update: we've been through a tornado. This is a photo just about 1/2 mile from our place ; we saw it from a window as it…
100 Days of Innovation - #5 - Form Fast Teams
Over the last few weeks, I've had a variety of conference calls with CEO's or senior executives for a variety of clients in the retail, food, industrial manufacturing and consumer…
100 Days of Innovation - #2 - Go Upside Down
When thinking about new product or service development, don't do it in isolation. Seek advice and guidance from your business partners -- or, even let them drive the innovation…
Recent topic areas
Jim Carroll covers dozens of concise issues in a huge number of different industries, including life sciences health care insurance automotive manufacturing agriculture technology…
My Dad
It's Veteran's Day in the US, and Remembrance Day in Canada. Every year as November 11 approaches and we remember wars past, I put up a TV clip featuring my dad. Al Carroll was a…
Ready, set, DONE!
Just about thirty seconds ago, I finished off the final chapter of my next book. We'll fire up the editing process next week. It should be out mid-fall. I've even finalized on a…
Hyperconnectivity? Innovation at Nortel? Invent what's already invented!
Gosh, I just wish Nortel would wake up one day. They haven't yet. Their much hyped new "hyperconnectivity" strategy, announced to much fanfare by CEO Mike Zafirovski over the last…
It's summertime!
I'm working doing some research, out in the yard, next to this little fellow --now known as One of my sons just painted him up. It's a great time to be creative, and innovation…
Phil Gyford is one cool guy!
I've had this blog for a few years now, and have done most of the recoding of the MovableType templates to support the look and feel of my website. Yet I've always had a challenge…
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