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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.

TRENDS INSIGHTS

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

The Leadership Lessons of the Pandemic – We Are Now Forever Defined By Resilience, Speed, Adaptability, Agility!

Your business will never be the same! Not your business model, structure, skills base, or any assumptions about your future. Everything has forever changed, and if you don’t study the powerful lessons that leaders have adapted, you’ll fall behind. Check this clip from a recent keynote I gave for a senior leadership meeting of Siemens […]

10 Things That Are True About the Future (It’s fast, it’s everywhere, and you are likely already out of date!)

Clearly the rate of change – whether with business models, product life-cycles, skills and knowledge – is speeding up. With such change, there’s a lot of uncertainty within many industries as to what to do next: a senior executive of one client commented to me from his perspective, “…entities are engaged in survival tactics because […]

Headlines: The Great Resignation? There’s Nothing New Here – The Trend was Already Well Underway in 2003 (And Earlier!)

The great resignation is all over the news – but there is really nothing new here, as lifestyle decisions, skills specialization, and the nomadic workforce come to define the future of work. I hit the virtual broadcast studio the other day and filmed an entire ‘Headlines‘ video to put into perspective what it is really all […]

‘101 Things We Know About Our Future’ – An Esoteric List of Things That are Happening Now and Next!

My mind all too often races with ideas; I think too much. The busy activities in my head lead me to regularly scribble down lots of thoughts about the world around me. Overall, as a futurist, it’s a remarkable time to be alive – and with that in mind, here’s a list that I’ve accumulated […]

22 Trends. 22 Minutes. 22 Opportunities for 2022 : A Virtual Leadership Kickstart for 2022!

I just shared this update with my many speaker bureau partners. It might provide some food for thought for you too! Good morning! It seems that just while we were looking at 2022 with a wary eye of optimism, the sudden arrival of Omicron can pull us back in to, well, non-optimism! Our industry and […]

Kicking Off 2022 with Virtual Insight into What Comes Next – And What to Do About it!

It’s always fun to hit the finish line into another year as many organizations start to line up their team and members with concise insight into the future. I’ve got a number of these lined up, that I’ll be providing from my virtual broadcast studio. One of these will be on December 6 for the […]

“Workback Pushback” – When The Media Catches Up To Trends You’ve Already Covered!

So the New York Times ran an article about the fact that people are showing reluctance to go back to work. I predicted this in a video I filmed last May about some of the major trends we might anticipate going forward. As we start to enter the next, new phase of our post-pandemic world, […]

Future Insight! Farming, Insurance, Construction, Energy, Healthcare and Food!

It’s been virtually busy! Here’s a collection of a few recent virtual client events. Virtual that works, with short sharp shocks of strategic future insight!

Trend: The Future of Energy In the Era of Acceleration (Renewables, Storage, MicroGrid, Electric Cars and the Death of Carbon)

What’s the future of energy? I hit the virtual broadcast studio for a virtual keynote for a rural energy group. I break it down into 20 key trends of accelerating realities that define our future. Right around the same time last week, I did a keynote for the leadership team of Siemens Energy on ‘what […]

Your Future? Companies That Do Not Yet Exist Will Sell Products Not Yet Conceived…

2 years ago, on stage in Marrakech, Morocco, in my opening keynote for the World Bank / International Finance Corporation manufacturing conference. Are you aligned to a faster future?

Daily Inspiration: “We’re quickly moving from the era of mass production to one of mass customization…..That’s your reality – and that’s your opportunity!”

“We’re quickly moving from the era of mass production to one of mass customization, in which any potential customer in the world is now less than 3 days away from the order date. That’s your reality – and that’s your opportunity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Just two years ago to this moment, I was on […]

Tesla – What’s It All Mean? (Energy, Automotive and Manufacturing Leadership Events!)

I just sent out a short e-mail blast to the many speaker bureau partners who have worked with me through the years. They represent folks like Barak and Michelle Obama, Richard Branson and Jack Nicklaus, George Bush, and me! (I always pinch myself, but hey, I do great work!) Many have brought me into global […]