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History teaches us that those who move forward, fast, during periods of relentless uncertainty, are those who win. Futurist Jim Carroll on stage in London, England, with a powerful on leadership and volatility.
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“The future of work? It’s the skills you don’t know about that you need to be planning for!” – Futurist Jim Carroll What can the legal cannabis industry teach us about the future? Quite a bit about the future of the workforce and skills. As I will often joke on stage, most major food companies […]
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“If you are letting all this recession talk defer your plans for growth, you’re doing it all wrong!” – Futurist Jim Carroll History has taught us that those who win during periods of economic uncertainty are those who double down on strategies for growth, accelerate R&D, focus their sales efforts on top customers, and maintain […]
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One of my favorite bits of insight I like to share from the stage concerns the story of the ‘two types of framers.’ Which one are you? Check the list below. And watch this short clip from one of my last in-person keynotes just before Covid. There’s what we might call the stuck-skeptics, who have […]
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I just sent out my February update to all my speaker bureau partners – I’m represented by most of the major ones in the world and opened with this. It’s self-explanatory. Suffice it to say, this is what clients are looking for today! As we head into 2023, it’s pretty apparent there is a lot […]
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“If only the paranoid survive, it’s also true that it’s the chameleons who will thrive!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s a story about innovation and adaptability. To be a chameleon – to change with the circumstances, adapt, evolve, and reinvent. Back in 2008, Toshiba Australia invited me to open their annual technology conference in Sydney […]
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We might live longer. We will see the reduction, elimination, or perhaps eradication of diseases. We’ll fix broken bones with lab-grown materials. We will grow human organs for transplant. And in that context, we will be doing stuff tomorrow that seems like the science fiction of yesterday – because it is already starting to happen […]
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I just finished the final post in my series, “23 Trends for 2023.” As I write in the intro: The future is a vast and complex issue, and one that covers so many potential topics. Since I speak in virtually every industry, from agriculture to healthcare, banking to technology, transportation to energy, it’s always been […]
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We live in perilous, scary times – there are people around you who actually believe the wild conspiracies found in this image below. (And actually, if you go down the rabbit hole of the creator, you will find a store where you can buy a poster of it – and some equally crazy stuff.) The […]
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“Negative people seem to believe they can drag you down and destroy your optimism. Prove them wrong!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Something remarkable has been happening in the last month: millions of people have rapidly coalesced around an alternative to Twitter known as Mastodon. Rather than being one big system now owned by one megalomaniac with […]
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If what you sell, who you sell it to, how you sell it, and essentially, what it actually is – you’ve got to change things. If who you are, how you learn, what you know, and what you need to know, you need to reinvent. That means you need to reimagine your future – because […]
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We all know the phrase – insanity is doing the same thing and over again and expecting a different result each time. It doesn’t happen. Neither does the mindset of clinging to old business models, out-of-date product ideas, irrelevant concepts, and reliance on yesterday’s strategy. In the context of that, it also includes the end […]
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There can’t be a bigger story in tech this year – other than the self-inflicted destruction of many aspects of the tech sector through hubris, arrogance, and fraud – than what has happened with AI. That’s why trend #11 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023‘ series is The Massive Velocity of A.I And it truly […]
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It used to be about what you know. Now it’s not only about what you know, but how fast you need to know it! And that’s why “Knowledge velocity” is trend #8 of my “23 Trends for 2023.” And indeed, the acceleration of knowledge will continue to be one of the most defining trends that […]
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The pace of new ideas, innovations, concepts, scientific discoveries, and product breakthroughs is occurring at such a pace that the need to align to a world of tomorrow is even more necessary today. Because trend #7 of my “23 Trends for 2023” is “Crazy Ideas Go Mainstream.” It’s your job to ingest these crazy ideas, […]
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You would have had to be living under a rock for the last month to miss all the drama around Elon Musk and his purchase of Twitter. The headlines are breathless; the coverage is relentless; the level of shock with many is astounding. But what does it all mean? No one really knows. And that […]
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There might be a recession in 2023. Or, maybe not! But whatever happens, it’s pretty certain that an increasing number of CEOs are deciding that they choose not to take part. They’ll opt out. That’s trend #6 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023′ series. To opt-out is to choose not to participate in something. Right now, […]
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“Conventional wisdom is often wrong. When in doubt, opt out!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Today’s inspiration comes directly from Trend 6 of my “23 Trends for 2023” series: “Opting out” To opt out is to choose not to participate in something. Right now, the conventional wisdom – the wisdom of crowds – seems to be that […]
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It hasn’t been a great year for tech. Things went too far. And so the tech collapse in 2022 was entirely predictable. This leads to my first trend to watch in 2023: “techno-skepticism.” I believe this will be THE defining trend of 2023 (other than geopolitics and war which are beyond my scope) What is it? The […]
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Most effective Web sites feature a ‘hero image’ which is designed to grab your attention AND get across in one simple sentence what it is you provide. Mine changed – specifically with the ‘hero text’ which ran ever since the newest version of my Web site launched in 2019. That section went from this: To […]
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“When times are tough, creativity should not be!” – Futurist Jim Carroll You should never forget that you might find your best ideas when faced with adversity. One thing I’ll be talking about during my keynote in Switzerland tomorrow is that a recession and economic downturns are actually a great time to launch new ideas […]
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“Successful leaders lift people up … rather than bringing them down!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Leaders set the tone. We all know that – but how do they actually do it? One of the most critical ways is by establishing hope, providing a sense of purpose, and instilling optimism in the team during volatile times. Leadership […]
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“It’s impossible to align yourself to the future if you are going to let pessimism be at the core of your existence!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Yup, here I go with that optimism thing again, but I’m optimistic about my optimism! Here’s the thing – today’s quote is the actual closing sentence from my keynote in London, UK […]
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