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!

Trend : The impact of crowdfunding / crowdsourcing on R&D

GE is running an article, A Fresh Perspective from Many Minds, that explores the impact of crowdfunding on the world of R&D. I’ve long been pointing out that such efforts are accelerating R&D in countless industries, and in many cases, are challenging incumbent ‘owners of the industry.’ For example, I recently spent time with a company […]

Article: “Will You Be Ranching Like The Jetsons In 10 Years?”

I recently spoke at the Cattle Feeders Business Summit in Denver. Turns out the folks at Beef Magazine were in the audience, and here’s their report on my keynote! —– Will You Be Ranching Like The Jetsons In 10 Years? – Beef Magazine (link to article) “What will the beef industry look like in 10 years?” […]

Whoah! Dude! What Happened?

Ask yourself this question: do you work in an organization that just simply doesn’t get it? Who is oblivious, blind, completely unaware of just how much business model change is occurring out there? Who you know that one day, wake up and discover that the business model it operated under is forever gone; that new […]

Two Types of Farmers: What We Can Learn from the World’s Oldest Profession!

Caught your attention, didn’t I, and you obviously want to point something out to me! But now that I have your attention, think about the honorable profession of farming — it’s been around almost since the beginning of time. And it’s a profession that has involved a lot of trial and error; failure and success; […]

“Some people see a trend and see a threat – Innovators see the same trend, and see opportunity”

A quick clip focused on ‘the velocity of change …. based on one of the best phrases that I think frames the mindset of those who are relentlessly focused on the opportunity for innovation by riding future trends!

Trends: Restaurants – “…we’ll be processing payments from our car dashboards…”

A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker in Las Vegas for the 2014 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC). In the room were folks responsible for the technology investments of a vast number of major fast-casual and quick-service restaurant companies. The attendee list featured some of the largest such organizations in the world, as […]

Trend: When Every Company Has to Innovate As Fast as Apple Does!

The CEO’s are starting to notice. That is, a lot of my clients (I do a lot of private, corporate off sites with major companies in addition to my conference and association keynotes) that the speed of change in their industry is increasingly being dictated by the speed of innovation of companies in the technology […]

Observations on a keynote!

A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker for the annual Ameriquest Symposium. It’s always fun to look and see how people have reacted. In this case, I came across a blog post by Anita Alvaré of Alvaré Associates. I thought it was a great and fun little post, and I hope she doesn’t […]

Article: “The Power of One” — From “Think and Grow Rich”

I’m covered in the January / February issue of an Australian publication, Think and Grow Rich. It’s oriented toward franchise operations. Enjoy! The Power of One from Think and Growth Rich January/February 2014 Despite a small slump in figures during the Global Financial Crisis, franchising has come out of the mire relatively unscathed and in […]

Article: The fast future is here: How innovators are driving emerging markets

Last autumn, I was the luncheon keynote speaker for the Electronics Representatives Association in Chicago. This is a group of folks who act as middlemen between a vast number of large and small electronic/equipment manufacturers and their eventual sales targets — other manufacturing companies. My focus : how a world of fast change in manufacturing, […]

Pulse Magazine interviews me on the ‘pulse of innovation!’

I’m interviewed in this months “Pulse Magazine” — it’s the official publication of the International SPA Association. Click the image for the PDF — you might find it a useful read!

What My 2013 Means for YOUR 2020!

It’s been an incredible run! 2013 proved to be another fun year with a number of keynote presentations and workshops, once again in a vast number of different industries. Usually, at the end of every year, I write a ‘trend report’ related to key trends that will impact you in the future. You’ll find some […]

George Jetson, Spock and NASA : When Science Fiction Accelerates

Here’s a video clip from a recent keynote I did in Houston for a health care group. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but helps to put into perspective how one aspect of the the future of healthcare is going to unfold, in a bit of a unique way. But it also raises the point as to how […]

Video: Innovative organizations aren’t afraid of thinking big – they’re afraid of thinking too small!

Here’s a new clip — I’m challenging the audience to move away from a tactical role to a strategic role, as part of their focus on innovation — and to confront the innovation killers that can cause organizational sclerosis! Part way through, you’ll notice I do a live text message poll to get my audience thinking about […]

Trends and Innovation: The Franchising Industry

I found this recently from a keynote two years back…. Future Trends: Futurist, Trends, and Innovation Expert to Keynote Multi-Unit Conference Jim Carroll loves to predict where the world is going. As such, he has become one of the world’s leading international futurists, trends, and innovation experts. His analysis digs deep into topics such as […]

Video: Innovation and organizational sclerosis

Is your organizational clogged up in its ability to try new ideas, because it is suffering from organizational sclerosis?

Trends: What’s Next for the Insurance Industry (interview)

I’m doing a lot of insurance keynotes lately, in all sectors — property and casualty, life, employee benefit plans. It’s catching some attention. The folks at ACORD, (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development), a global, nonprofit organization serving the insurance and related industries, reached out to me during the summer for a quick interview on some […]

Article: “Medical Device Manufacturers, Be Prepared to Innovate”

Last week, I keynoted the Medical Design & Manufacturing Show in Chicago, with a focus on both the future of health care and manufacturing technology. The folks over at DesignNews and other publications picked up my talk; here’s an article they ran which covered some of my remarks. The trend toward “bio-connectivity” is gaining momentum, and […]

My keynote @ NASA Goddard Space Center

(This is a long post. Trust me, it’s worth it, with lots of fascinating photos from magazines in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Credit needs to be given to my wife Christa and son Willie for doing all the scanning and Photoshop work that went on behind the scenes to make this work; it’s not easy […]

Keynote: Aligning Acceleration and Agility: The Business Case for Fast!

So I’ve been running around for years, preaching my mantra to many global organizations that a key chance for innovation success will come from the ability to align yourself to fast paced future trends… I’ve even written books on the theme: both The Future Belongs To Those Who Are Fast and Ready, Set, Done: How […]

What do innovative companies do, and do extremely well?

Ok, observations from another senior leadership meeting for a global powerhouse …. in this case, a dinner talk held last month. I had a room full of senior VP’s, regional representatives from around the world — over 200 high performance individuals. So what did I focus on? Aside from a variety of fast-paced trends redefining […]

Conversations with a CEO: What BIG Issues They REALLY Think About!

While I do a lot of major keynotes for associations and conferences — yesterday, I opened the HR Southwest conference in Dallas with an audience of about 2,000 — I also do a lot of small, executive oriented sessions. These range from groups of 10 people around a boardroom table, or a senior leadership group […]

Interview: Success Comes to Those Who Evolve

A great little interview featured in Credit Suisse’s global publication, Bulletin, in which I offer up my thoughts on innovation and future trends. I talk about knowledge growth, hyperinnovation, and a variety of other issues. Consider my comments on the growth of knowledge: “It’s the foundation of what will happen in every single industry, every […]

Innovators aren’t afraid to ask tough question…

In fact, the realities are that not only are innovative people unafraid to ask questions, they aren’t afraid to: ask the tough questions act on the answers to those tough questions! ask questions that make people uncomfortable challenge others to ask tough questions ask why it has become acceptable to not ask questions! ask questions […]