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.
If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
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“Disruptive trends never wait for those who are structured for slow in a world of fast!” – Futurist Jim Carroll (Re the photo – you NEVER check your watch when you are up on stage, but I was making a point to the audience that things are moving fast, and you need to move fast!) […]
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“If success depends on the company you keep, choose a few oddballs, rebels, failures and freaks! (Because conformity kills all creativity!)” – Futurist Jim Carroll Let me introduce you to Misfits Market. As with many retailers, the company, based in New Jersey, saw massive success during Covid: An online grocery subscription service has experienced 400% […]
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It’s 2011. Futurist Jim Carroll has 2,000 clients of @TRowePrice in a room, and he’s talking about economic downturns & mindset – and doing a live text message poll to assess their thinking. This was shortly after the economic downturn of 2008-2009. Watch it unfold! 2/3 of the people in the room thought a recovery […]
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In 1993, Digital Equipment – then one of the most significant high-tech companies in the world – held a road show to highlight the growing importance of the Internet and the emerging digital economy. They invited senior executives of key clients – the CEOs, CFO, and CIOs of major corporations and government agencies – to […]
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The future is all about the acceleration of new skills, knowledge, and careers – and you’d better be ready for what it represents! And yet, while providing massive opportunities to organizations that align with the trend – the future is also perceived by many in the ‘old guard’ as a threat. I described this in […]
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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 […]
Read MoreDisruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. Do you think your business model, your products, your organization, your culture, your legacy … will survive tomorrow? It won’t, unless you challenge yourself to change!
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“When everyone else is doing something, do a different thing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It started out like this, but then it went differently as I worked things through…. Here’s the thing – Oblio never had a point. Huh” What? Years ago when I abandoned the traditional publishing world and went the self-publishing path, I […]
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“When it comes to the future, it’s the structure, not just the strategy, that matters!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Or it can be put this way: “Those who structure for tomorrow will lead the opportunities of tomorrow!” Observations from another senior leadership meeting for a global powerhouse …. in this case, from a dinner talk held for his team […]
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Futurist Jim Carroll on stage at an energy conference, outlining the realities of change, the disruptive realities changing our future, and the attitudes and actions that organizations follow to achieve breakthrough innovation performance.
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“Don’t stress about the things you did wrong. Refocus and learn from the things you did right!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Mistakes are good for you! Even though it usually doesn’t seem like it at the time – all of us are usually faced with moments of dread when things go wrong. But what is […]
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“Mastering the future? It’s more about awareness than it is about genius!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve spent a lot of time with the media over the years, and I was reminded of this on Saturday when I golfed with a fellow — and we realized that I actually wrote a regular column for about a […]
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Here’s a video clip from a virtual keynote I did just a few months ago, It’s detailed on this web page — https://disruption.jimcarroll.com Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think.
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“Show up early!” – Futurist Jim Carroll People who show up early for the future, whether they initially win or not, are usually among those who find the greatest benefit in what it brings! By now you might know the story. This was my first computer – a Radio Shack Model 100 with 32kb of […]
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Legacy no longer matters – it’s what you do next that counts! Here’s why!
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In an era of dramatic and relentless change, people and organizations are scrambling to align themselves for a new, topsy-turvy world. Jim Carroll comes to the rescue with his keynote, The Masters in Business Imagination which will inspire your team to adopt relentless creativity and innovation as core virtues. Once you ‘graduate’ from his MBI […]
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“Stop recessionating. Start growthinating!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Since this is my Daily Inspiration on my blog, I get to make up words. So I did! Enough of this recession talk already – its’ self-defeating. We’re already in one – and by the time you and others finish debating that fact, smart folks will have […]
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Watch this. Tell me you aren’t guilty of it. “Futurist Jim Carroll on stage opening the Swiss Innovation Forum, taking a look at organizational sclerosis that holds back so many organizations from their ability to pursue the future!”
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“Innovation is simple. Study the future. Do what you need to get there as a winner. Do it again!” – Futurist Jim Carroll People always tend to ask me for my ‘secrets’ for innovation and future success. I’m not a big fan of trying to find an easy way out of hard work, but if […]
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Futurist Jim Carroll on stage for the National Council of Prescription Drug Programs, outlining his framework to rethink the concept of innovation. What are you going to do to align yourself to a difefrent future?
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“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, […]
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“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, […]
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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 […]
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