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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.

Daily Inspiration: Leadership & Change – “Assumptions are often just a dangerous, delusional certainty!”

“Assumptions are often just a dangerous, delusional certainty! (Because they will blind you to the reality of your reality!)” – Futurist Jim Carroll Often, the thing that holds people back from their ability to get to tomorrow is their insane ability to hold to their beliefs, even in the face of absolutely fascinating compelling evidence […]

Recent AI Keynotes

Just a few of the recent clients who have had me in for an executive level overview of the real impact of AI. Not the hype, not just ChatGPT – but the real, substantive, transformative short, medium and long term trends disrupting entire industries. I rolled out an update to my artificial intelligence focused Website […]

Keynote: YPO Gold Houston – “The Acceleration of AI” – Houston, Texas

What do you get when you get a room full of CEOs eager to understand the potential investment and venture capital opportunities emerging in the many different aspects of the global AI industry? You get a highly interactive, engaging, and experiential keynote from Jim! By way of background, YPO Houston is an organization of 250 Chief […]

Article: Artificial Intelligence: The Acceleration of Risk and Legal Complexity & What To Do About It

What are we going to do the first time someone wants to have an AI chatbot offer evidence in a court trial? Is the evidence reliable? Will it be trustworthy, or might it include some invalid or incorrect misinformation? Will lawyers on both the plaintiff and defendant sides be prepared to deal with these thorny, […]

Video: Artificial Intelligence and the Acceleration of Knowledge

My recent talk at CattleCon 2024 took on this topic in the context of the accelerating knowledge and skills brought about by AI – something every group needs to be aware of.

Daily Inspiration: Knowledge and Skills – “It’s the era of multiple knowledge partners. Because you can no longer know it alone!”

“It’s the era of multiple knowledge partners. Because you can no longer know it alone!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Of all the books I’ve written, I am proudest of “Surviving the Information Age,” which was actually co-written with my wife Christa. Brought to print in 1997, it’s a work that looked back at the past […]

Daily Inspiration: Speed and Agility – “Be the cheetah, not the turtle”

“Be the cheetah, not the turtle” – Futurist Jim Carroll In Hawaii, you can swim with turtles. At the resort where I’m staying, all you need to do is put on a snorkel and a mask, and head out into the shallows, and you’ll meet up with these majestic creatures gliding gracefully through the […]

Daily Inspiration: AI & Leadership – “It’s time to fire up your strategic thinking about the era of intelligent machines!”

“It’s time to fire up your strategic thinking about the era of intelligent machines!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Machines that see. Machines that walk. Machines that talk. Machines that sense. Machines that hear. Machines that think. We’re on the edge of a remarkable new era. It’s not going to be like Rosie the Robot from The […]

Daily Inspiration: “Resilience: It’s the thing you develop by turning bad moments into better ones.”

“Resilience: It’s the thing you develop by turning bad moments into better ones.” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s a thought for your Monday. We define our strength in the moments we are weakest; we must learn how to fortify our defenses in the most challenging moments to give us the strength to challenge the moment; […]

Daily Inspiration: Business Model Transformation – “If you aren’t thinking bold enough you’ll never be ambitious enough!”

“If you aren’t thinking bold enough you’ll never be ambitious enough!” – Futurist Jim Carroll The world will not be transformed by people using chatbots and ChatGPT and drawing pictures with AI generators. It will be fully disrupted by the other AI trends that matter – what I call the AI Megatrends. That’s been the […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Leadership – “Is your future happening in a garage at this very moment? (And are you even aware what’s happening?)”

“Is your future happening in a garage at this very moment? (And are you even aware what’s happening?)” – Futurist Jim Carroll We live in disruptive, transformative times, in which new companies are developing new products and services that might displace legacy organizations. Some of them might be working at this very moment in the […]

Daily Inspiration: “Dazed and confused? There’s still time to change the road you’re on!”

“Dazed and confused? There’s still time to change the road you’re on!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m over in Dublin, Ireland, and spent the day yesterday visiting the town where the ancestors on my mom’s side are from. The result is that I’ve had little time to prepare today’s quote. On occasion – and in […]

Daily Inspiration: “Innovation never waits for the slow fast-follower!”

“Innovation never waits for the slow fast-follower!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I put together an interesting set of slides about the conundrum that organizations now face in the era of accelerating AI trends. For a long time, when it comes to new disruptive technologies and business models, organizations have had to decide whether they will […]

Daily Inspiration: Leadership and Growth – “Real leaders don’t try to cost cut their way into the future! (They reinvent!)”

“Real leaders don’t try to cost cut their way into the future! (They reinvent!)” – Futurist Jim Carroll Really? Are we going to do this all over again? My interest was drawn recently to a headline in a newsletter I get from Korn Ferry, with an outlook for 2024. This mindset exists in the context […]

Daily Inspiration: Skills and Knowledge – “Your most important skill is your ability to learn a new one!”

“Your most important skill is your ability to learn a new one!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Do I need to repeat this again? Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century. That’s the observation from educator Lewis Perelman, and it could not apply more than to the situation […]

Keynote Topic: Your World in 2024 and The Future of Everything!

2024 is almost here. Are you ready? The future demands that you think BIG, be bold, and relentlessly pursue opportunity. You do that by understanding what comes next – and knowing what to do about it. That’s why this keynote topic – Your World in 2024 and the Future of Everything – is just what […]

Daily Inspiration: Leadership Mistakes – “Beware the idiot-savant. Their hubris blinds them to their failure.”

“Beware the idiot-savant. Their hubris blinds them to their failure.” – Futurist Jim Carroll My Daily Inspiration post is supposed to be mostly inspirational, upbeat, motivational, and thought-provoking. I try not to be snippy, moody, pissy. But then along comes the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk taking over what was once a powerful and useful […]

Daily Inspiration: Insight & The Future – “It’s now how the circumstance of surprise impacts you. It’s the fact that you were surprised in the first place!”

“It’s not how the circumstance of surprise impacts you. It’s the fact that you were surprised in the first place!” – Futurist Jim Carroll “I didn’t see that coming!” “Wow, that came right out of left field!” “That caught me off guard!” “I wasn’t prepared for that!” “I was taken aback by what happened!” “I […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Discovery – “Never give up. Just give more.”

“Never give up. Just give more.” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s easy to give up. It’s harder to commit. But it’s the only way to get ahead. I really like to take the time to wrap my head around an industry in which I will be delivering a talk. With that in mind, I’ve been […]

Daily Inspiration: Leadership – “It’s at the very moment you think your future is guaranteed it becomes a certainty that it isn’t!””

“It’s at the very moment you think your future is guaranteed it becomes a certainty that it isn’t!” – Futurist Jim Carroll When you speak about the future, you can’t just point to examples of leadership success as examples of the road to success – you need to outline the failures that you’ve seen which […]

Daily Inspiration – AI and the Hypecycle – “”A strategy based on hype isn’t a strategy. It’s a tombstone for cash”‘

“A strategy based on hype isn’t a strategy. It’s a tombstone for cash”‘ – Futurist Jim Carroll Midjourney prompt: “A business executive stands to the far right of a photorealistic image, embarassed, by a tombstone emblazoned with the symbol of cash. The image is dark, foreboding. There are AI algorithms in the sky, suggesting some […]

Daily Inspiration: Personal Development – “Be the person known for ideas, not excuses”

“Be the person known for ideas, not excuses” – Futurist Jim Carroll Word gets around about the whiners. You know who they are – the constant complainers, those who suggest it can’t be done, and the engines of negativity. No one likes a co-worker who is always dragging the team down instead of lifting them […]

Daily Inspiration: Leadership & The Future – “The solution to your indecision is not to be found in avoiding it!”

“The solution to your indecision is not to be found in avoiding it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Think faster. Act more. Do things. Hunt down the hesitation. Vanquish the vacillation. Destroy the dithering! Get moving! The world is changing but many organizations are not, because they are paralyzed by indecision. (Today’s image was generated by […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovating in Uncertainty – “It’s pretty certain that your shortsighted decisions will give you long term complications!”

“It’s pretty certain that your shortsighted decisions will give you long-term complications!” – Futurist Jim Carroll “We don’t need to do it right now.” That’s one of the most common responses when I poll an audience as to the innovation excesses that hold back their organization from pursuing the future. For example, here’s a poll […]