Insight Index – Page 10

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!

Video: “The Seeds of Disruption: The Impact of Edge Thinking and More!”

What are the drivers of disruption in your industry? Where is all the fast change coming from? Edge thinking, iterative design, small beats big, rapid prototyping, devices change and more. Watch my 2nd 2018 Outlook video – “The Seeds of Disruption: The Impact of Edge Thinking and More!”

Keynote Topic: “Disrupting Amazon : Accelerating Strategies for Success in the Era of Industry Transformation”

I just wrote this one up for the brochure copy for an upcoming 2018 event. The issue of Amazon isn’t just about retail — it is about any industry with a middleman. Insurance, wealth management, finance, medical or dental care, home services and renovations. You name it. And the big question is – what are […]

The Story Behind the Picture: Disrupt Amazon! Before It Disrupts You.

In more industries than you think, Amazon is the elephant in the room. My experience has taught me that in every single industry, regardless of what you do and what you sell, you are or will soon be faced with a situation in which they will challenge your business model, and shake your belief in the […]

Video: When the World Gets Flat, Put a Ripple in It!

Too many companies and professions, when faced with disruption and change, fall into the vicious trap of competing on price. In this video from a recent keynote, I speak about the mindset and strategies to avoid this vicious hell – by elevating your role and services, in this case by speaking to a group of […]

Two of the Most Innovative Industries Today? Not Quite the Ones You Would Think!

Last spring, I was the closing keynote speaker for a meeting at Genentech — they’re one of the world’s leading genomic based pharmaceutical organizations. I just found this gem in the video — when I was asked a question, and turned it around to my thoughts on two of the most innovative industries in existence […]

Daily Inspiration: “If you are going to show up at the starting line for the future, make sure that you don’t show up late!”

One of my key responsibilities as a futurist is to help my clients — some of the largest associations and companies in the world — align themselves to the fast paced trends of today. One key question that always comes up? “When do we get involved with any key trend?” I walk them through that […]

The Story Behind the Picture: Is Your Brand from The Olden Days?

“A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months….” In that context, you’d better get ahead of the fast future, before it gets ahead of you! Consider Sony. Once they were a really cool company with the coolest technology on the planet — the Walkman. Then they weren’t, because they didn’t […]

Daily Inspiration: “Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly.”

“Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly.” Back in 2006, I keynoted the Society of Cable Telecom Engineers at their annual conference in Tampa. At the time, YouTube was only just beginning to have an impact, and social networking was still in a nascent stage. It was January — Twitter wasn’t even […]

Innovation? Do These 10 Things Now….

Obviously, I spend a lot of time thinking about innovation. And given my global client list, I have a unique front-row seat into what organizations are doing to succeed — or, as they case may be, not succeed — with their innovation efforts. With that, here’s a quick list of 10 more things that smart, innovative […]

Innovation: Why Every Company Needs What I Call an XBOX/Playstation Room!

Half of the events I do as a futurist and innovation expert are spent at corporate leadership events. I’m frequently engaged by a CEO or other senior executive for a global Fortune 1000 company to come in and challenge their team as to how to align to a fast paced, disruptive future. After all, the reality […]

Article: Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage

IBM’s Think Marketing blog found my site, and interviewed me on some of my thoughts around innovation and culture. Give it a read! Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog Sometimes, you wake up and it feels like it became spring overnight. But when […]

Keep Up with the Speed of Change: Future Trends in the Speaking Industry

I work with many of the world’s leading bureaus, one of who is the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Magic Johnson, Terry Bradshaw — global political, sports and other leaders. They’ve just run a blog post that I wrote on trends in the […]