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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.

TRENDS INSIGHTS

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

Future Insight! Farming, Insurance, Construction, Energy, Healthcare and Food!

It’s been virtually busy! Here’s a collection of a few recent virtual client events. Virtual that works, with short sharp shocks of strategic future insight!

Trend: The Future of Energy In the Era of Acceleration (Renewables, Storage, MicroGrid, Electric Cars and the Death of Carbon)

What’s the future of energy? I hit the virtual broadcast studio for a virtual keynote for a rural energy group. I break it down into 20 key trends of accelerating realities that define our future. Right around the same time last week, I did a keynote for the leadership team of Siemens Energy on ‘what […]

Your Future? Companies That Do Not Yet Exist Will Sell Products Not Yet Conceived…

2 years ago, on stage in Marrakech, Morocco, in my opening keynote for the World Bank / International Finance Corporation manufacturing conference. Are you aligned to a faster future?

Daily Inspiration: “We’re quickly moving from the era of mass production to one of mass customization…..That’s your reality – and that’s your opportunity!”

“We’re quickly moving from the era of mass production to one of mass customization, in which any potential customer in the world is now less than 3 days away from the order date. That’s your reality – and that’s your opportunity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Just two years ago to this moment, I was on […]

Tesla – What’s It All Mean? (Energy, Automotive and Manufacturing Leadership Events!)

I just sent out a short e-mail blast to the many speaker bureau partners who have worked with me through the years. They represent folks like Barak and Michelle Obama, Richard Branson and Jack Nicklaus, George Bush, and me! (I always pinch myself, but hey, I do great work!) Many have brought me into global […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s not a chip shortage – it’s a cautionary tale of what happens when you align to the future too slowly!”best

“It’s not a chip shortage – it’s a cautionary tale of what happens when you align to the future too slowly!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s the car companies’ own fault. They were too slow to accept the reality that the future of the automotive industry doesn’t lay within the engine, but within the programming; […]

Headlines: What’s Really Going On With the Chip Shortage?

It’s not a chip shortage – it’s an agility, planning, and speed mismatch. Watch this video I filmed in my virtual broadcast studio, using the automotive industry as an example of what happens when you don’t accept the reality of your future, and don’t align to the disruptive speed of change that is required. EVERY industry […]

The Era of Acceleration – The Drivers of Disruptive Change

Yes, it’s a buzzword, but you ignore the future at your peril. Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. My job as a futurist has me doing an extensive number of CEO level events for Fortune 500 companies around the world, participating in leadership meetings which are focused on the […]

Though Leadership at Speed : Aligning Your Team to the Era of Acceleration!

For over 25 years, I’ve challenged leadership teams at some of the most fascinating organizations in the world – such as NASA, Disney, Pfizer, Mercedes – to align to an era of new, fast disruptive change. I suspect that with faster change, they are going to need faster insight – and that’s the type of […]

Video: Caskets – It’s Better to Pursue Business Model Disruption than Business Model Preservation

Check out my page, The Reality of Disruption: (24 Reasons Why Your Company Might Die Before You Get Old). It’s right here: http://disruption.jimcarroll.com Study the list. What trends are you likely at risk from? Then watch this short video about caskets and disruption – and consider why your business model might actually die before you […]

The Reality of Disruption(24 Reasons Why Your Company Might Die Before You Get Old)

Individually, any trend is disruptive. Combine them together, and it’s transformative. Legacy is death: agility and speed are the new metrics for success. I’ve published a list of 24 transformative trends that are defining your future. There are many more. Are you prepared for what comes next? See the full list and post at https://disruption.jimcarroll.com

The Acceleration of Retail : Looking Forward by Looking Back!

Here’s a highlight clip from a keynote I gave at a major retail conference just six months before the global pandemic accelerated every single trend I was speaking about. Retail is never going back to where it was – it’s only going to go to a world of continuous, exponential change – and you need […]

Daily Inspiration: “Hint: You’ll do better if you spend more time preparing for your future instead of reacting to it!”

“Hint: You’ll do better if you spend more time preparing for your future instead of just reacting to it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever noticed you seem to be surrounded by people who seem to have a better job succeeding with what comes next? That’s because they’ve invested far more time thinking about […]

Reinvention: The Critical Element in Your Disruptive Business Strategy

At some point in time, if it has not yet happened, you’ll come to realize that the future that you thought you had no longer exists, and that you need to do something new. And if you are a business organization, that realization brings you the reality that you need to reinvent your revenue. This […]

The Future, and the People Who Hate It : What Happens When People Tune Out From What Comes Next?

Over the last 28 years, I’ve appeared on stage worldwide at well over 2,000 events, in front of upwards of 2 million people. There have been small events of a few dozen, and many large-scale Las Vegas and other conference center events with 5,000 or 7,500 people. That’s a lot of insight shared! A guy […]

Video: “What Should You Do Monday Morning? I Know What You Shouldn’t Do!”

From the vaults. Don’t be Motorola.

Video: Customer relationships have forever changed with Covid. Have you?

Here’s a clip to get you thinking. This is from a custom virtual keynote production I prepared for a global insurance conference on behalf of my client, Salesforce. COVID-19 is not a disruption. It’s an accelerant. It has magnified and accelerated everything that is good and everything that is bad. If you have not realigned […]

Video: The Acceleration of Financial Services!

Geography is collapsing, how people search for financial services is changing, loyalty is declining, competition is increasing, relationship building is not always done in person, attention spans are collapsing, and with that, the foundation of interaction is changing. And the future is accelerating. This is the future of financial services. Are you really prepared for what comes next? Learn […]

Headlines: Why Electric Cars will Happen Faster Than You Think (and Everything Else You Need to Know About Energy!)

I’ve long been meaning to interview one of the smartest guys I know in the world of energy and utilities, and last week found the perfect opportunity to finally do it – an announcement by Mercedes that they will commit to having an all electric fleet by 2030 – and an electric alternative forever car […]

Trends. Strategies. Actions : Defining your Post-Covid Disruptive Plan!

How well prepared are you for your post-Covid future? Do you understand the new trends? Have you formulated a strategy? Have you developed an action plan? I’m in my spaceship, talking you through the issues!

Trend: The Future of Manufacturing Post-Covid – What Can You Expect?

The folks at Applied Software, a leading purveyor of manufacturing software, invited me in to be the launch person for their new Forging Manufacturing podcast. We had so much to talk about that they turned it into two episodes! You can access it here. I spend a lot of time providing trends oriented keynotes in […]

Trend: The (Negative) Economic Implications of Vaccine Hesitancy

Back in 2017, I wrote what turned out to be quite the prescient blog post: Trend: The Emerging Healthcare Reality Crisis. Here’s what I wrote: Clearly there are vast sections of the population today who do not believe in science. They don’t believe in facts. They don’t believe in much other than what they want […]

Video Flashback : Think Big.

This month in 2017. Are you thinking big enough?

Video: Dare to Disrupt!

Because if you don’t do it, someone else will!