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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…
The Story Behind the Photo: "Things Not Yet Invented" and Curmudgeons
Today's photo is actually from a keynote for an agricultural organization, but the quote in the picture actually started out having to do with the fast pace of change in the…
Video: The Acceleration of Trends Impacting Retail
From a recent keynote for a global leadership team, covered in another recent post.
Daily Inspiration: "Are you aligning your strategies to the era of acceleration?"
"Are you aligning your strategies to the era of acceleration?" - Jim Carroll A few weeks ago, I was on stage in London, UK, for a global leadership meeting of Pladis -- a new…
Disruptors Disrupt: Why You Must Change Your Thinking NOW!
My job as a futurist has me doing an increasing number of CEO level events for Fortune 500 companies around the world, helping at leadership meetings which are focused on the…
The 11 Rules of #IOT Architecture
In the 21st century economy, building a great product is no longer enough. It's what you can do with it after it is shipped that is important. That idea defines the opportunity of…
Daily Inspiration: “We have a new vocabulary! Self-driving cars, 3d printing, crowdfunding, the sharing economy, swarm-bots, smart dust, vertical farms, Internet of Things, cognitive navigation, smart factories, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, quantum computing, intelligent farms, smart clothing! What was science fiction just a few short years ago is a reality as time compresses and the future accelerates!”
“We have a new vocabulary! Self-driving cars, 3d printing, crowdfunding, the sharing economy, swarm-bots, smart dust, vertical farms, Internet of Things, cognitive navigation…
Trend: The Emerging Healthcare Reality Crisis
Much of my work as a futurist is based on science, facts, research, stuff that really isn't up for debate. So it was really quite sad yesterday to read the New York Times article…
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