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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.

INNOVATION INSIGHTS

If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
end up with the same old thing!

23 Trends for 2023: #10 Revisiting Strategic Agility

We need to plan faster with bigger goals in mind – but we’ve been distracted. After all, we’ve been in triage mode with our organization in dealing with the pandemic, supply chain challenges, a volatile economy, and workforce issues. That’s why trend #10 of my “23 Trends for 2023” has to do with the idea of […]

23 Trends for 2023: #7 – Crazy ideas go mainstream

The pace of new ideas, innovations, concepts, scientific discoveries, and product breakthroughs is occurring at such a pace that the need to align to a world of tomorrow is even more necessary today. Because trend #7 of my “23 Trends for 2023” is “Crazy Ideas Go Mainstream.” It’s your job to ingest these crazy ideas, […]

23 Trends for 2023: #6 – Opting Out

There might be a recession in 2023. Or, maybe not! But whatever happens, it’s pretty certain that an increasing number of CEOs are deciding that they choose not to take part. They’ll opt out. That’s trend #6 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023′ series. To opt-out is to choose not to participate in something. Right now, […]

23 Trends for 2023: Trend #3 – Inevitable Inevitability!

Companies and people fight the future. Inevitability, they come to accept the inevitability of it all! And in 2023, they are going to do more of that! That’s Trend #3 of my ‘23 Trends for 2023!’ The Backstory We live in disruptive times. The Internet, technology, and digitization of industries have led to massive change. […]

Daily Inspiration: “Disruptive trends never wait for those who are structured for slow in a world of fast!”

“Disruptive trends never wait for those who are structured for slow in a world of fast!” – Futurist Jim Carroll (Re the photo – you NEVER check your watch when you are up on stage, but I was making a point to the audience that things are moving fast, and you need to move fast!) […]

Video Playlist: Innovating Through Uncertainty

It’s what you decide to do that matters!

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Creativity – “If success depends on the company you keep, choose a few oddballs, rebels, failures and freaks!”

“If success depends on the company you keep, choose a few oddballs, rebels, failures and freaks! (Because conformity kills all creativity!)” – Futurist Jim Carroll Let me introduce you to Misfits Market. As with many retailers, the company, based in New Jersey, saw massive success during Covid: An online grocery subscription service has experienced 400% […]

Innovating in a Recession – When Do YOU Think There Will be an Economic Recovery?

It’s 2011. Futurist Jim Carroll has 2,000 clients of @TRowePrice in a room, and he’s talking about economic downturns & mindset – and doing a live text message poll to assess their thinking. This was shortly after the economic downturn of 2008-2009. Watch it unfold! 2/3 of the people in the room thought a recovery […]

You Need More Creativity in Your Life – An MBI Degree Might Help!

A Masters in Business Imagination! Because Oblio knows!

Customer & Client Keynotes : Elevating Your Opportunity To Tell Your Story & Set Your Direction

In 1993, Digital Equipment – then one of the most significant high-tech companies in the world – held a road show to highlight the growing importance of the Internet and the emerging digital economy. They invited senior executives of key clients – the CEOs, CFO, and CIOs of major corporations and government agencies – to […]

When Innovation & Transformation Fails: When People Fight The Future!

The future is all about the acceleration of new skills, knowledge, and careers – and you’d better be ready for what it represents! And yet, while providing massive opportunities to organizations that align with the trend – the future is also perceived by many in the ‘old guard’ as a threat. I described this in […]

Video: “If you aren’t thinking big enough, your future is going to be pretty small!”

If you aren’t thinking big enough, your future is going to be pretty small. Also, it means you aren’t doing things right! I am always stunned by how many people don’t get it. On stage, Kansas City, Sept 2022

Accelerate Innovation, Deliver Growth: Why Dozens of CEOs Have Been Booking me to Lead Their Corporate Offsite Events (and what this means for you!)

Most effective Web sites feature a ‘hero image’ which is designed to grab your attention AND get across in one simple sentence what it is you provide. Mine changed – specifically with the ‘hero text’ which ran ever since the newest version of my Web site launched in 2019. That section went from this: To […]

The Reality of Transformation and Disruption – Are You Thinking Fast Enough?

Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. Do you think your business model, your products, your organization, your culture, your legacy … will survive tomorrow? It won’t, unless you challenge yourself to change!

Daily Inspiration: Creativity – “Dreams are maps to a future not yet pursued!”

“Dreams are maps to a future not yet pursued!” – Futurist Jim Carroll On our last evening in Switzerland after my keynote for a group of senior risk executives, we had a delightful visit and dinner with the daughter of our long-time friends Nicola JD Maher and her husband John. We published Nicola’s book, The […]

Daily Inspiration: “To get to a better future, ask better questions!”

“To get to a better future, ask better questions!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Are you in the right frame of mind to cope with the future? Are you really ready? Here’s a list of some of the questions I went through with the CEO of a recent client; we were having a conversation about the […]

Keynote: Black & Veach – CEO Transformation Leadership Meeting, Kansas City

Disrupt before you are disrupted! The future requires transformation, not just innovation! The CEO of this massive global infrastructure company thought that Jim Carroll would be the perfect expert to highlight the journey the organization must make to align to a new and different future. Operating in the global infrastructure industry with a focus on […]

Daily Inspiration: “When everyone else is doing something, do a different thing!”

“When everyone else is doing something, do a different thing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It started out like this, but then it went differently as I worked things through…. Here’s the thing – Oblio never had a point. Huh” What? Years ago when I abandoned the traditional publishing world and went the self-publishing path, I […]

The Future of Energy Utilities: Simply, They’re Insurance Companies Now.

The trends are massive – catch this clip from where I’m on stage for the annual SAP Utilities Conference in California. Microgrids, renewables, batteries, grid parity, the end of carbon – it’s all happening, and it’s happening right in front of you. “Disruption? The energy industry is being MP3’d!” – Futurist Jim Carroll My career […]

Daily Inspiration: “When it comes to the future, it’s the structure, not just the strategy, that matters!”

“When it comes to the future, it’s the structure, not just the strategy, that matters!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Or it can be put this way: “Those who structure for tomorrow will lead the opportunities of tomorrow!” Observations from another senior leadership meeting for a global powerhouse …. in this case, from a dinner talk held for his team […]

Video : What Will You Do Today to Align to Tomorrow?

Futurist Jim Carroll on stage at an energy conference, outlining the realities of change, the disruptive realities changing our future, and the attitudes and actions that organizations follow to achieve breakthrough innovation performance.

Where’s the growth? Rethinking long term opportunity in the context of volatility!

I wrote this PDF report late in 2008 after the global economic meltdown as the great 2008-09 recession was settling in. It was an important document then, and it is still powerful, albeit slightly dated read today. Titled “Where’s the Growth: Global Innovation Opportunities for the Long Term“, it was a clarion call for the […]

Daily Inspiration: “Don’t stress about the things you did wrong. Refocus and learn from the things you did right!”

“Don’t stress about the things you did wrong. Refocus and learn from the things you did right!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Mistakes are good for you! Even though it usually doesn’t seem like it at the time – all of us are usually faced with moments of dread when things go wrong. But what is […]

Daily Inspiration: “Mastering the future? It’s more about awareness than it is about genius!”

“Mastering the future? It’s more about awareness than it is about genius!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve spent a lot of time with the media over the years, and I was reminded of this on Saturday when I golfed with a fellow — and we realized that I actually wrote a regular column for about a […]