Insight Index - Futurist Keynote Speaker Jim Carroll: Disruptive Trend & Innovation Expert

JIM’S INSIGHTS

Futurist Jim Carroll has quickly become recognized as your ‘go-to source’ for effective insight on what comes next, the strategies that you consider, and the leadership path you need to follow.

INNOVATION INSIGHTS

If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
end up with the same old thing!

Daily Inspiration: AI and innovation – “Use the tools”

“Use the tools” – Futurist Jim Carroll Try my AI! My mindset has always been ‘You can’t talk about tomorrow if you aren’t doing tomorrow.’ With that in mind, if you head over to my website – jimcarroll.com – you’ll find a little button at the top right, “Ask AI.“ (It will hopefully soon read […]

Daily Inspiration: Personal Development – “Be the person known for ideas, not excuses”

“Be the person known for ideas, not excuses” – Futurist Jim Carroll Word gets around about the whiners. You know who they are – the constant complainers, those who suggest it can’t be done, and the engines of negativity. No one likes a co-worker who is always dragging the team down instead of lifting them […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation Strategies – “Before you are good at something, you’re bad at it. That’s OK. That’s how it’s supposed to work!”

“Before you are good at something, you’re bad at it. That’s OK. That’s how it’s supposed to work!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Stop chasing perfection. Chase action. My 10 Great Words Web page and the related document were the subject of a lot of visits yesterday; for some reason, it has met the search engine […]

Daily Inspiration: The Misinformation Age – “Have you ever noticed how some people can easily explain why an outcome that they did not expect was inevitable all along?”

“Have you ever noticed how some people can easily explain why an outcome that they did not expect was inevitable all along?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Today’s Midjourney image prompt: “A room full of experts at nothing, photorealistic, with news headlines on monitors on the wall.” Seinfeld was ostensibly a show about nothing and yet […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Initiative – “A failure while trying is better than failing to try!”

“A failure while trying is better than failing to try!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved by those who wimped out! In fact, nature rewards those who at least make an effort to enhance their future with expertise and insight. It’s always better to try to fail than to fail to try […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Leadership – “STOP planning. START doing!”

“STOP planning. START doing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll When I spoke in Muscat, Oman at the International Roads Union conference – the event on which this photo is from – a good part of my talk was focused on the future electrification of most trucking fleets. I was making the point to the audience that […]

Daily Inspiration: Serendipity & Innovation – “”Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines”

“Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it works.)” – Futurist Jim Carroll You probably know the traditional story about serendipitous innovation – that in the world of science, it’s the accidental discovery, the unplanned moment, the sudden […]

Daily Inspiration: Just-in-time knowledge – “Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That’s power!”

“‘Just-in-time knowledge’ – Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That’s power!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This phrase bears repeating, over and over again: “You won’t be replaced by an AI. But it’s pretty likely you could be replaced by someone using an […]

Daily Inspiration: Trend spotting – “Opportunities only exist if you can see them!”

“Opportunities only exist if you can see them!” – Futurist Jim Carroll In 1998, a few years before Steve Jobs announced the iPod, I had an Mp3 player called the Eiger F10, arguably the world’s first portable digital entertainment device. A small little thing, it held the music in digital format in removable memory – […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Creativity – “How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says ‘That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!'”

“How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says ‘That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!'” – Futurist Jim Carroll Every great idea was once the dumbest thing you ever heard! I’ve said many times in the past, and I repeated it again during the Q&A portion of a virtual talk […]

Daily Inspiration: “‘It is what it is’ is an admission of defeat. ‘It will be what I choose to make it’ is a sign of wisdom!”

“‘It is what it is’ is an admission of defeat. ‘It will be what I choose to make it’ is a sign of wisdom!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I really dislike the phrase “it is what it is,” even though I use it a lot because to me, it seems to involve a mindset of […]

Innovation and Creativity: Why It Thrives in the Building of Sandcastles

Way back in 2006, inspired by the arrival of summer, I wrote about how innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles! It was a great post — and it made it into BusinessWeek. With summer upon us, I thought it a fitting post to leave here while you might be busy in your studies. With […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s not the motivation that matters – it’s what you do with it that counts!”

“It’s not the motivation that matters – it’s what you do with it that counts!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s a holiday Monday here in Canada – and so I’ll keep today’s post short, concise, and to the point! As I often say, the message from a motivational speaker can be like Chinese food – […]

Imagine if You Could Imagine Tomorrow. Today.

Another new highlight reel – this one on what I bring into organizations. The voice is AI.

Video: An AI Interviews Futurist Jim Carroll About Artificial Intelligence!

Today, an AI interviewed me about .. artificial intelligence. We talk about strategy, what CEOs are thinking about, why I launched my new jimcarroll.ai Website, the AI Megatrends series I am writing and so much more!

Daily Inspiration: “When everyone else is doing the same thing, do your own thing!”

“When everyone else is doing the same thing, do your own thing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved by following the crowd because the crowd doesn’t have wisdom – it has the bias of common thought! With that in mind, realize that bandwagon and copycat innovation is one of the worst things […]

Video: Is the Legacy Auto Industry Finally Accepting the Future?

Companies fight the future, often when they refuse to accept it, acknowledge it, or know that they aren’t ready for it. Auto companies have been particularly egregious in this regard as they’ve tried to deny the reality of electric cars. But do they finally get it? I took on this topic in a podcast I […]

Keynotes and Interaction: Audiences Have Changed. So Has the Method of Stage Interaction.

The role of a keynote speaker is to get a leadership team out of their innovation funk, away from organizational sclerosis, and aligned to the future with a creative and open mind. One of the ways of doing this is to help them understand, in real-time, some of the barriers that are in the way. […]

Short, Sharp Shocks of Strategic Insight: Why CEOs Are Accelerating their Offsite Leadership Meetings (Part 1 of 2)

Some years ago, I wrote an article for one of my representatives, the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Magic Johnson, and Terry Bradshaw — global political, sports, and other leaders – and have been booking me into a variety of events since 2001. […]

Daily Inspiration: “A brilliant idea badly executed often results in a better idea executed brilliantly!”

“A brilliant idea badly executed often results in a better idea executed brilliantly!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m trying something new and fun today! For a long time, services like “Buy Me a Coffee” have been used so that people can show appreciation for the hard work and insight that people share online! So if […]

Leadership and Volatility: It’s What You Do Right Now That Matters

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.

Daily Inspiration: “When everyone is thinking alike, do your own thinking!”

“When everyone is thinking alike, do your own thinking!” – Futurist Jim. Carroll Being unique is the basis of all innovation – because if you are doing what everyone else is doing, you aren’t innovating. You are copying. With that in mind, chase your uniqueness; thrive on your differences; celebrate your oddities. I’ve never liked […]

Video: Achieving Optimism – Learning from the Two Different Types of Farmers!

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Don’t talk about what you’ll do tomorrow. Do it today.”

“Don’t talk about what you’ll do tomorrow. Do it today.” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve got an event later this morning with a company that is in the equipment leasing industry – they’ve brought me in give their team a sense as to how their future will unfold – and how they can ensure they can […]