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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: “Excel at seizing opportunities, not fads!”

“Excel at seizing opportunities, not fads!” – Futurist Jim Carroll While the crypto world continues its meltdown all around us, are there many CEOs who are being kept up at night? Not really. Not in my client base of global Fortune 5000 organizations – what with economic volatility, supply chain issues, staffing challenges, and other things, […]

Daily Inspiration: “Avoid negativity vibes!”

“Avoid negativity vibes!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s a simple life lesson – you can’t do great golf with a bad attitude! I golfed with a good friend yesterday, and we were both of a mindset that we had to do better than turning in the miserable performance of our previous day. After we both […]

Daily Inspiration: “The future won’t wait for your panic to subside!”

“The future won’t wait for your panic to subside!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Hey, how about that stock market! I’ve been beating the drum for some time that we are headed into some sort of economic correction or downturn – and yet, even so, people tend to deny all the signals of the impact of relentless […]

Video: The Acceleration of Legal and Other Risk

Over the last few years, 3 of the world’s largest global legal firms have asked me in for a talk on the new risks and challenges they are faced with in the era of acceleration. In addition, another one invited me for a similar talk in Dallas and Chicago for their major clients – a […]

Video: The Reality of Disruption – The Trends that Define Your Future!

Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. Futurist Jim Carroll speaks at leadership meetings worldwide, assisting senior executives at organizations such as NASA, Disney, Godiva, Nikon, Mercedes Benz, Johnson & Johnson, and many more to develop strategies to deal with massive business model and market disruption. In this post, he […]

Daily Inspiration: “History tells us that 10% of organizations become breakthrough performers during a recession – because they decide to double down on innovation and opportunity despite lingering and pervasive uncertainty!”

“History tells us that 10% of organizations become breakthrough performers during a recession – because they decide to double down on innovation and opportunity despite lingering and pervasive uncertainty!” – Futurist Jim Carroll On this recession thing – how about those markets! I guess it’s a good time to roll out a memo to the […]

Daily Inspiration: “You have three choices. You can panic. You can choose to do nothing. Or you can act, and begin to innovate, change and adapt for the inevitable upturn!”

“You have three choices. You can panic. You can choose to do nothing. Or you can act, and begin to innovate, change and adapt for the inevitable upturn!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s pretty obvious that we’re going to have a recession, an economic downturn of sorts. It’s what you do with that fact that matters. The unique context of […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s never too late to become the person you’ve always wanted to be!”

“It’s never too late to become the person you’ve always wanted to be!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s never too late to reinvent your future. It’s never too late to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. It’s never too late to pursue a different path than the one you are on. The secret […]

Post-Covid Leadership : Aligning to the New Era of Volatility

The pandemic has changed every business assumption. Your ability to lead your team through the new volatility defines your future success. The ultimate impact of Covid-19 on your future? Beyond the fact that we will be living in a somewhat surreal and unusual future, another fact remains – every organization is entering a new future […]

What Do Innovators Do That Other’s Don’t Do?

Many organizations have failure embedded into their DNA. They build up a culture of aggressive indecision, which guarantees a slow culture that provides them a boat anchor in the era of acceleration. Jim Carroll identifies, on stage, both the cultural killers and the practical strategies that must be pursued to breakthrough! Jim is the world’s […]

Daily Inspiration: “Sudden surprise, stunned shock, bolts from the blue: these are the leading indicators of leadership failure!”

“Sudden surprise, stunned shock, bolts from the blue: these are the leading indicators of leadership failure!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Stop saying, ‘whoah, I didn’t see that coming,’ because many of us told you about it long ago! You’d have to be living in a cave to not be aware of the challenges facing your […]

Why You Need to Get Out of Your Innovation & Creativity Rut – NOW!

I spend a LOT of time doing talks at corporate meetings; often, a CEO or CxO leadership event for a Fortune 1000 company. There’s usually some big issue on the table – a disruptive trend, massive industry change, or a new competitor that is setting the pace. My job is, in opening these critical offsite […]

Daily Inspiration: “Innovators don’t focus on the time that has elapsed, they anticipate the time that is yet to come!”

“Innovators don’t focus on the time that has elapsed, they anticipate the time that is yet to come!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Spend less time looking back – focus on looking forward! There is no doubt that you can learn from reflecting back on what you did in the past, but you will likely learn […]

Aligning to Disruption in the Era of Acceleration: Are You Structured for Slow in the Era of Fast?

Your business model and your industry won’t look the same in 5 or 10 years. In fact, you might not even recognize it. And you might very well be in denial as to what is underway. That’s a reality, and you are likely not able to cope! Here’s why: It’s the era of acceleration In […]

Video: It’s Masters Weekend – and a Great Time to Think about Golf, Innovation Disruptive Trends!

I just did a show that took a look at my two keynotes for the PGA of America – including a look at opportunities for innovation in the world of golf – and the acceleration of the golf industry as a metaphor for the acceleration of all business! You can find all kinds of posts on […]

Trend: What’s the Impact of the Era of Knowledge Acceleration? None of Us Have the Capability to Know Much of Anything at All!

My Daily Inspiration had me looking today at the issue of the future of knowledge – give today’s post a read. While preparing my post, I borrowed from this post I put together way back in 2012. Reading it again, it’s worthwhile sharing again, because it is absolutely bang-on in terms of its predictive value. […]

Deconstructing the ‘Metaverse’ – A Strategic Pathway for Separating Hype from Reality!

Back in 2007, I had an avatar and spent some time exploring the virtual world known as SecondLife. If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember it – it was supposed to be the next big thing! Except, it wasn’t. There are a lot of next big things in our world, and right […]

Daily Inspiration: “The future should be your reward, not just your destination!”

“The future should be your reward, not just your destination!” – Futurist Jim Caroll We all have a chance to shape our future. And yet, we can often adopt defeatist phrases. “It is what it is.” “I can’t do a lot about it.” “It’s not really in my control!” “Not a chance I can change things!” When we […]

Revisiting the Global Supply Chain Volatility Issue – What’s Next?

I do a lot of interviews around various future trends and innovation issues; often, these are for very niche-oriented publications or corporate publications and newsletters. I was recently contacted by a company in the supply chain sector with a series of questions; rather than typing out my response, I thought IU would just hit the […]

Instant, Faster Obsolescence : The Impact on Your Products, Your Brand, and Your Sales Opportunities!

This was my daily post today – and it’s probably important to put some additional context on it. So I decided to hit my virtual broadcast studio to film a short show about what the trend towards faster product obsolescence and faster innovation really means. Give it a watch – and look for my 1982 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Every single device that you use today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years!”

“Every single device that you use today will be a featured piece in a museum in less than 25 years!” – Futurist Jim Carroll We are surrounded by modern obsolescence; the leading edge is already ancient; the modern is always an antique! I have in my office an Mp3 player from 1997; it could hold […]

Accelerating Creativity? It’s Through the Masters in Business Imagination! (Recent keyote clip)

At the end of February, I was on stage in front of 400 dentists – folks with very sophisticated, leading-edge dental practices – to talk about the future, innovation, and creativity. Here’s a short clip where I’m speaking to the latter issue. Rethink things! The skills you have today will NOT take you into a […]

Reality: When there’s volatility, there’s always opportunity!

2022 got you down? At this very moment, while volatility rages, there are people busy putting in place the foundation for their massive growth opportunities in the years to come. We’ve been here before. Here I am on stage in 2009 – the global economic meltdown has just happened – and I’m outlining how global CEOs […]

Daily Inspiration: “Navigating 2022 – What to expect when you are always expecting the unexpected!”

“Navigating 2022 – What to expect when you are always expecting the unexpected!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Maybe I should have put together another book! After all, look at where we find ourselves today! If I were to write one right now, it would be how to navigate through uncertainty, complexity, and relentless volatility. But perhaps by […]