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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!

Daily Inspiration: “Many companies fail at the future because they haven’t been listening to what the future has been telling them.”

“Many companies fail at the future because they haven’t been listening to what the future has been telling them.” – Futurist Jim Carroll In many industries, we know exactly how the future is going to unfold. And yet many simply don’t listen or refuse to acknowledge the reality and inevitability of the trends which are […]

‘101 Things We Know About Our Future’ – An Esoteric List of Things That are Happening Now and Next!

My mind all too often races with ideas; I think too much. The busy activities in my head lead me to regularly scribble down lots of thoughts about the world around me. Overall, as a futurist, it’s a remarkable time to be alive – and with that in mind, here’s a list that I’ve accumulated […]

Innovate and Adapt – or Die: The Sobering Reality of Disruption

It’s that simple. Here’s a simple list of companies that were once great successes. Then they weren’t: Blockbuster. Borders. Lehman Bros. Kodak. Circuit City. RadioShack. Pan-Am. Enron. E.F. Hutton.RCA. Tower Records. Polaroid. Woolworths. Compaq. Arthur Anderson. The list could go on…. companies that were leaders in their time, and then failed, due to a lack of […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s the small ideas that become the big opportunities!”

“It’s the small ideas that become the big opportunities!” – Futurist Jim Carroll My new virtual studio is rocking. Uncertainty rocks our world too, and so the meeting industry continues to be in a state of flux. Check the image – that’s one of many stages flowing into a virtual production I’m preparing for an event […]

22 Trends. 22 Minutes. 22 Opportunities for 2022 : A Virtual Leadership Kickstart for 2022!

I just shared this update with my many speaker bureau partners. It might provide some food for thought for you too! Good morning! It seems that just while we were looking at 2022 with a wary eye of optimism, the sudden arrival of Omicron can pull us back in to, well, non-optimism! Our industry and […]

Leadership – “What Does It Mean When Your CEO Says We Don’t Need to Do That Right Now?”

It means you are in pretty big trouble. I hit my virtual broadcast studio to explain why. Why does this happen? Straight to the point – it’s because of these failures in leadership: Here’s the list. You know I’m right! they don’t know what’s next they don’t want to know what’s next they refuse to […]

Daily Inspiration: “Be the person who is making the impossible possible; the inconceivable conceivable, the unattainable, attainable!”

“Be the person who is making the impossible possible; the inconceivable conceivable, the unattainable, attainable!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A room full of healthcare care insurers, looking for insight into what comes next in the healthcare sector from a scientific, medical science, and medical device connectivity perspective. I took them on a tour of my […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s not about where we are today, but where we will be tomorrow. History tells us that while you can get there too early, it’s far worse if you arrive there way too late!”

“It’s not about where we are today, but where we will be tomorrow. History tells us that while you can get there too early, it’s far worse if you arrive there way too late!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Let’s talk about timing. As they say, timing is everything, particularly when it comes to the issue […]

Daily Inspiration: “World class innovators? They’re built for speed, structured for acceleration!”

“World class innovators? They’re built for speed, structured for acceleration!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This message from 2019 looks very predictive today in light of what organizations had to do to align to the speed of change demanded by the global pandemic. And yet, that’s been the essence of my message for well over a […]

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 […]

Video: 10 Great Words to Spur On Your Creativity, Innovation and Disruptive Thinking!

Are there signs of greater turnover in your customer base, or more competitors in your industry than ever before? Is your top line getting hammered at the same time that your costs keep going up? Are your products or services becoming a commodity in an increasingly complex marketplace? Have you been so focused on managing […]

Daily Inspiration: “Your commitment to a disruptive future will never succeed without a solid foundation!”

“Your commitment to a disruptive future will never succeed without a solid foundation!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Your ability to change will always require a solid foundation! That’s the type of message that, pre-event, I drove my family crazy with! After all, a keynote for the American Concrete Institute, Philadelphia, with a talk on such […]

Daily Inspiration: “You’ll never solve a big problem with small thinking!”

“You’ll never solve a big problem with small thinking!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Going forward, one of the most significant challenges of our time will have to do with senior care. With that in mind, big thinking was the core of my message on stage six years ago (yesterday) for two back-to-back talks in Nashville for […]

Daily Inspiration: “One day you’ll look back at today and realize it’s the olden days. That moment will happen sooner than you think!”

“One day you’ll look back at today and realize it’s the olden days. That moment will happen sooner than you think!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Do you really know how big your future is? Probably not – your reference point for change is in the slow lane, and the world is accelerating while you don’t notice. […]

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Legacy? Your past should not define your future!”

“Legacy? Your past should not define your future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll On this day in 2017? Imagine a room full of 300 CEOs and senior executives, and you get the MacKay CEO Forum, one of the pre-eminent senior-level leadership insight events in Western Canada. I did a wide-ranging talk on the theme of disruption […]

Daily Inspiration: “Your vision for your future should be as bold as your biggest dreams!”

“Your vision for your future should be as bold as your biggest dreams!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Each morning I spend my time piecing together my thoughts, challenging my thinking, motivating my objectives. That’s one of the reasons why I start each and every day with my “Daily Inspiration” – it’s my thing. And others […]

Daily Inspiration: “We always need to remember where we were to know where we should be going!”

“We always need to remember where we were to know where we should be going!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Most lives and careers consist of a series of successive wins and losses, writ into a story of continuous innovation and reinvention. If you do the right things and make the right decisions, you’ll end up […]

“Whoah, dude! What Happened” : There are 3 Types of People. Don’t Be This Guy!

There are 3 types of people in this world: those who make things happen those who watch things happen and those who say, “whoah! what happened?” Are you the 3rd type of guy? Do you find yourself having a lot of ‘whoah, dude!’ moments? Stop it!

Daily Inspiration: “It’s when you are thinking about your last mistake that you will make your next mistake!”

“It’s when you are thinking about your last mistake that you will make your next mistake!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Success comes from a series of mistakes, frequently repeated. Failure is good for you – fail early, fail fast, fail often! That type of wisdom is true because a great deal of success comes from […]

World class innovators? Big,bold and fast, not timid and slow…

On stage at a massive manufacturing conference in Las Vegas in 2010, with a message for several thousand more manufacturing executives – engineers, senior executives, product innovation visionaries, and more. And it was here that my story of Tesla Motors began to crystallize – the big thinker with bold ideas and disruptive concepts. And now, […]

Daily Inspiration: “At this very moment, someone within your industry is pursuing the very big, bold, disruptive ideas that you fear!”

“At this very moment, someone within your industry is pursuing the very big, bold, disruptive ideas that you fear!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This speech, for the Interactive Manufacturing Exchange Conference in Las Vegas, 2010 launched me into opening dozens of major manufacturing conferences across North America through the next decade! It was a pretty […]

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 […]

Disruptive Value Propositions: You Aren’t Selling a Widget Anymore!

From a keynote for Philips Medical Devices – with the basic message that the product they are selling is no longer a single, standalone product. Instead, it’s become a hyper-connected, highly intelligent medical device. It’s not a widget anymore. Over the years, many senior executives have brought me into corporate leadership meetings to help their […]