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Daily Inspiration: "The future belongs to those who are fast, and yet you are structured for slow!"
“The future belongs to those who are fast, and yet you are structured for slow!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Your business model and your industry won’t look the same in 5 or 10 years…
Daily Inspiration: "Fire up your imagination endorphins!"
“Fire up your imagination endorphins!” - Futurist Jim Carroll In the long run, you’ll probably do better if you seek a so-called natural high as opposed to an artificial one. I…
Keynote: Tag & Label Manufacturing Association, Amelia Island, FL : Manufacturing Trends - Challenges and Opportunities
If you are an industry that makes the tags and labels used by consumer product companies, you'd better have good insight into two key trends: how are the companies you serve in…
Daily Inspiration: "Unlike golf, in life you always have a chance for a redo!"
“Unlike golf, in life you always have a chance for a redo!” - Futurist Jim Carroll You don’t get a second chance after a bad drive. With a bad decision, you do (in most cases at…
Keynote: Chemours, Philadelphia, PA - The Plunkett Awards Dinner for Innovation
I love doing corporate dinner award 'shows' - I think it is a critical way of encouraging and supporting innovation - so much so, that I've written a blog post about the…
Daily Inspiration: "Enthusiasm is the rocket fuel of innovation!"
“Enthusiasm is the rocket fuel of innovation!” - Futurist Jim What’s that phrase? “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” That much is true - you won’t get anywhere…
Daily Inspiration: "Be defiant. No one succeeds through conformity!"
“Be defiant. No one succeeds through conformity!” - Futurist Jim Carroll When I started this crazy speaking career 25 years ago, I never thought I’d find myself in front of 7,000…
Keynote: Bathfitter, Montreal, Quebec - The Future of Home Renovations
What a wonderful event and a unique situation. This is a franchise oriented organization focused on unique solutions for bathroom renovations, and they invited me in for a talk…
Article: The Future of Logistics & Supply Chain
The folks at Hiability decided they needed to share with their customers and their industry the fast trends which are disrupting their world. They are one of the world’s leading…
Daily Inspiration: "Nothing great ever happens inside a comfort zone!"
“Nothing great ever happens inside a comfort zone!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Change a little! Be different! Do something different today! Where will you start? How about right now!…
Daily Inspiration: "Stop making excuses for your inaction!"
“Stop making excuses for your inaction!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Focus instead on the story of success that will come from your actions! It’s a much better story! People love…
Keynote Case Study: Macola Software — Manufacturing Is Being Reinvented
At Macola Software's annual user meeting in Chicago, futurist Jim Carroll mapped the forces transforming manufacturing: collapsing product lifecycles, mass customization…
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