2012

December 23, 2012 · Faster - The Acceleration Economy · Growth Strategy

Trending in 2013: What's to Come In The Year To Come?

Here’s some of the key trends that I see unfolding through 2013 and beyond. My unique job allows me the opportunity to see and hear what a lot of CEO’s and senior executives in a…

December 20, 2012 · About Jim Carroll · Consumer & Food

Keynote feedback: "...we loved him!"

It's always a thrill when you come away from a keynote with fabulous feedback. So it was with my keynote for KOA - Kampgrounds of America -- in Orlando in November! I had an…

December 18, 2012 · Financial Services & Banking · How to be Innovative

Highly interactive, highly insightful - a private strategy meeting for 50!

Last week, I had a fascinating session with a leading financial services firm. The client wanted to book me for a keynote talk for 5o members of their member service team, in…

December 10, 2012 · Energy & Utilities · Think Big (Innovation Strategy)

Rethinking Innovation: A Report on my keynote for IEUC 2012

December 4, 2012 · Event Highlights - Media & Tech · Media & Technology

Avaya

For their Evolutions customer event, they wanted someone to put into perspective why a smart, flexible communications infrastructure was moving into a critical role in an overall…

November 28, 2012 · Change · Growth Strategy

Trend Report: The Future of Retail - Logistics, E-commerce and Attention Spans!

I've just had an article published in STOrai Magazine. This is the monthly magazine for the Retail Association of India, one of the largest such groups in the world. The article…

November 21, 2012 · From the Archives

Gracious, kind, and just plain happy!

I had the opportunity to meet, and briefly chat with Steve Wozniak yesterday. You might understand that in my job, in which I'm opening and closing conferences all over the place…

November 21, 2012 · Construction & Infrastructure · Government

Moving beyond the Meltdown! How to refocus 2,200 mayors and advisors in Texas!

Last week I was honoured to be the opening keynote speaker for over 2,200 mayors and elected officials from throughout the great state of Texas, for the 100th Annual Meeting of…

November 21, 2012 · From the Archives

A "blast from the past from 2009 - "Canada announces end of economic relationship with US, & a bold new strategy to 2020"

So I was on the phone today with the CEO of a major global organization headquartered in Canada. I'll be opening a leadership meeting for the company in early 2013, and this was a…

November 20, 2012 · Agility · Faster - The Acceleration Economy

Keynote: Aligning Acceleration and Agility: The Business Case for Fast!

So I've been running around for years, preaching my mantra to many global organizations that a key chance for innovation success will come from the ability to align yourself to…

November 19, 2012 · Innovation · Leadership

What do innovative companies do, and do extremely well?

Ok, observations from another senior leadership meeting for a global powerhouse .... in this case, a dinner talk held last month. I had a room full of senior VP's, regional…

November 16, 2012 · Consumer & Food · Event Highlights - Sports & Fitness

Keynote : The Future of Recreation, KOA (Kampgrounds of America) Franchise Conference - Orlando, FL

There's a lot of change in the world of camping, and KOA was in the midst of a re-branding exercise. They liked Futurist Jim Carroll because he because I promised, as part of his…