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From the Stage: Beware Bull**** Bingo
Speaking to college and university leaders, I ran a live text-message poll, and the results were revealing. Most agreed they weren't positioned for a fast-paced future. Most…
Keynote Case Study: Texas Farm Credit — Agricultural Finance Had to Learn to Fund the Future
Texas Farm Credit brought Jim Carroll to Dallas to challenge an audience with a uniquely important role in the future of agriculture. Many of the people in the room served on…
Keynote Case Study: AM Best — The Acceleration of Risk
AM Best brought Jim Carroll into its 32nd Annual Review & Preview Conference at a moment when the insurance industry was confronting a rapidly expanding risk landscape. The…
A Masterclass in What Not to Do, and What to Do Instead
One book is the anti-manual. The other is the playbook. Same office, wildly different outcomes. Embracing Mediocrity catalogues 125 ways to stay comfortably stuck, with a straight…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #20: Network Velocity — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. If you are the fastest person in the room, you are in the wrong room…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #13: Live in Tomorrow, Not Today
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…
From the Stage: Align to the Future or Fight It
Closing my keynote for Black & Veatch, I described what disruption really does: it changes the products you make, the services you deliver, the skills you need and the competitors…
Keynote Case Study: ATS Life Sciences Systems — Healthcare Was Becoming Continuous, Connected and Predictive
At the Automation Summit, Jim explored for ATS Life Sciences Systems how connected devices, AI, bio-connectivity and the accelerating science of healthcare were redefining the…
Keynote Case Study: WSPP — The Future of Energy Was Arriving Faster Than the Grid
At the WSPP Fall Operating Committee Meeting, Jim Carroll addressed utility and energy executives at a moment when the power system was confronting a remarkable new demand wave…
Your Curiosity Is Your Competitive Advantage
A map only helps you if you are willing to wander off it occasionally. Curiosity is what turns a straight line into a discovery. I make that case in Being Unique: Why the Rebels…
The 26 Principles, Revisited — #19: Optionality Architecture — What I Said, and What’s Actually Happening
Part of my “26 Principles, Revisited” series — checking my own math, nine months into the year I predicted. Throw out the roadmap. Build a portfolio of instant pivots instead. Day…
How Innovation Happens — Lesson #12: Do Something You've Never Done Before
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…
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