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JIM’S INSIGHTS

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TRENDS INSIGHTS

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Video: “A Little Bit Disruptive!”

Here’s a clip from a recent keynote. It’s part of a talk where I cover 20 Disruptive Trends, and put into perspective why the future belongs to those who are fast! In this short clip, I cover trends involving batteries, self-driving, 3d printing, the space industry, genomics, health care knowledge, and more! Including why I […]

Disney Predicted Self-Driving Cars, Intelligent Highways, the Hyperloop (And Maybe, the Jetsons) – in 1958!

What is the role of a futurist? We share with you ideas and insight that might help you to figure out what comes next! That’s what I do, and these days, I’m often using the story of the Jetsons as an example of past predictions which are quickly coming true. While doing my ongoing research […]

Article: Futurist Says “Fast & Furious” Changes Coming to Manufacturing

The folks at New Equipment Digest interviewed me a few weeks back for an article on manufacturing, ahead of a major keynote I had earlier this month. It’s but one talk I do in this sector; on Monday, I’ll headline the International Asset Management Council on future manufacturing trends. They’re the folks from Fortune 1000 […]

BBC Interviews me on #IoT : “The Brain Inside Our Homes” : It’s Early Days Yet in This Most Complex of Machines!

The BBC gave me a call to chat about what is really going on with the Internet of Things (populalrly known as IoT) … and ended up running a great summary of our conversation. The article captures the essence of my thinking that it is very early days yet with IoT. We’re at the starting […]

What Nevada Learned from The Jetsons and the Flintstones: The Future of Economic Development

On stage, I have a little bit of fun pointing out that the cartoon below seems to summarize the state of the political situation in the US today. I used it a few weeks ago when I keynoted the Nevada Economic Development Conference, with a talk that look a look at the opportunities for growth […]

Article: The Future of Manufacturing is in Acceleration!

Companies that don’t yet exist, will build products that are not yet conceived, based on ideas not yet invented, with manufacturing methodologies that have not yet been conceived. Are you ready for the new world of disruption? That’s the reality of manufacturing today, and that will be the focus on my keynote next week when […]

Keynote: “Aligning to Velocity: Key Trends and Strategies for the Era of Acceleration”

This October, I’ll keynote the MacKay CEO Forum 2017 Edge Summit in Vancouver, with about 500 CEO’s in the room. I’ll take a look at what happens when accelerating technology trends result in every company become a technology company. I just wrote up a new keynote topic description, modified from a few of my other topic […]

Article: “In the New World of 21st Century Manufacturing: Are You George Jetson or Fred Flintstone?”

The folks at the Precision Metalforming Association were putting together their 75th anniversary issue of Metalforming magazine, and wanted to share with their readers that it’s better to align yourself to the trends of the future rather than the opportunities of the past. And they found me! We had a long interview, which appeared in […]

Utilities, Disruption and ‘Connected Energy’: My Upcoming Keynote for SAP

We’re in the era of ‘connected energy,’ and everything is set to change in pretty dramatic fashion. That will be the essence of my message when I speak to several hundred energy and water utility executives when I keynote the annual SAP Utilities conference in Huntington Beach, California. It’s great to spend some time with SAP […]

Trends: The Future of Just About Everything is All About Batteries!

Want to understand the future? It’s all about the batteries! My attention was reminded of this fact last week with an article that appeared on Bloomberg, “Tech Guru Bill Joy Unveils a Battery to Rival Lithium-Ion,” which brought me back to a series of Twitter posts I did a few months back about trends involving […]

Golfing, 3D Printing, and the Future of Manufacturing: A Story of a Fellow Printing His Own Golf Wedges

Over the years, I’ve done many talks within the manufacturing industry, putting into perspective the real trends and opportunities for innovation that will allow for reinvention of this sector. Lots of CEOs are bringing me in for a leadership meeting, knowing that their future will come from aligning to fast paced trends (as opposed to […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: 54 Things You Haven’t Thought About with Self-Driving Cars”

Your car is about to become your concierge. A personal robot. And so much more. You probably don’t have a lot of time to think about all the things that are going on with the rush to self-driving cars and electric vehicles. I do – that’s my job as a futurist. The things is, you […]