Insight Index

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: “Rules for disruptive success: Bold beats old, fast beats slow, small beats big, serendipity beats strategy….”

“Rules for disruptive success: Bold beats old, fast beats slow, small beats big, serendipity beats strategy….” – Futurist Jim Carroll Your business model won’t look the same in ten years, nor will your industry. The disruptors are the sharks in the water, circling around you, eager to pounce upon your moment of weakness. They’re fast, agile, bold, […]

Daily Inspiration: “Excel at seizing opportunities, not fads!”

“Excel at seizing opportunities, not fads!” – Futurist Jim Carroll While the crypto world continues its meltdown all around us, are there many CEOs who are being kept up at night? Not really. Not in my client base of global Fortune 5000 organizations – what with economic volatility, supply chain issues, staffing challenges, and other things, […]

Rethinking Innovation: Sometimes, it’s Not What You Think It Is!

I do a lot of Fortune 1000 leadership events – and it’s important that my leadership keynote speaks to the concept of innovation in a way that is relevant to everyone in the room. Here’s a clip where I am reframing the concept so that it doesn’t seem like something mystical, out of reach, and difficult […]

Mastering Generational Transformation : Cardboard People, Plasma People

How do you master innovation? Through the powerful story in this video clip, I point out the challenges that organizations face with the different generations in the workplace — and introduce the concept of “generational collaborative capability” as being a key component of successful innovation.

Forward oriented leadership : Avoiding aggressive indecision!

What holds back a lot of innovation in organizations is a culture of “aggressive indecision.” What is it? It’s a form of organizational sclerosis that I’ve been writing about and speaking about on stage for almost two decades — indeed, since the dot.com bust 20 years ago! I thought it might be a good time […]

What Do Innovators Do That Other’s Don’t Do?

Many organizations have failure embedded into their DNA. They build up a culture of aggressive indecision, which guarantees a slow culture that provides them a boat anchor in the era of acceleration. Jim Carroll identifies, on stage, both the cultural killers and the practical strategies that must be pursued to breakthrough! Jim is the world’s […]

Stuck in a Rut? Things You Should Do Right Now!

Stuck in a rut? Stop it! Here’s a list of things you could and should be doing right now: study something new play more think “clear and present opportunities” be an optimist spend more time with visionaries don’t cling to your past be your own futurist think bigger banish inaction stop studying, start doing champion […]

Disruption : It’s Not a Widget Anymore – Realiging Your Sales Force to New Value Propositions

Futurist Jim Carroll with a clip from a keynote for Philips Medical Devices – with the basic message that the product they are selling is no longer a single, standalone product. Instead, it’s become a hyper-connected, highly intelligent medical device, leading them into selling a service based on some sort of AI medical thing. It’s […]

Can You Reinvent Your Revenue at the Speed that Apple Does?

In this clip, I’m on stage at the Big M Manufacturing Conference in Detroit, with a keynote on trends impacting the global manufacturing industry. In this clip, I’m speaking to the issue of ‘revenue reinvention’ – how a world of rapid production innovation, faster product obsolescence, and collapsing product lifecycles are leading to a reality […]

The Future Belongs to the Fast – Aligning Innovation and Creativity to Speed!

Futurist Jim Carroll on a massive stage with an audience of thousands – speaking to the issue of the speed of change. Are you ready for what’s next?

Video: The Era of Acceleration – The Impact of Disruption

Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. Individually, any trend is disruptive. Combine them together, and it’s transformative. Legacy is death: agility and speed are the new metrics for success. No one company can do everything that needs to be done in an era of fast change. I speak at […]

Why You Need to Get Out of Your Innovation & Creativity Rut – NOW!

I spend a LOT of time doing talks at corporate meetings; often, a CEO or CxO leadership event for a Fortune 1000 company. There’s usually some big issue on the table – a disruptive trend, massive industry change, or a new competitor that is setting the pace. My job is, in opening these critical offsite […]