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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: “You’ll finally discover your true creative energy when you find your fifth Beatle, your very own Bernie Taupin!”

“You’ll finally discover your true creative energy when you find your fifth Beatle, your very own Bernie Taupin!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Every creative person has their fifth Beatle, their very own Bernie Taupin – working behind the scenes, making the magic really happen! And quite often, working silently with little credit, totally unacknowledged and […]

KEYNOTE: Bridging the Acceleration Gap Achieving Growth By Aligning to The Post-Pandemic Future

KEYNOTE: Bridging the Acceleration Gap: Achieving Growth By Aligning to The Post-Pandemic Future The global pandemic has changed the axis of our universe. What was disruptive before is now massively transformative. Do you have a strategy to keep up? Pre-pandemic, CEOs and organizations were dealing with a world of business model disruption, the acceleration of technology, the […]

Daily Inspiration: “Committees? Never has so much been said by so many to hold back the great ideas of so few!”

“Committees? Never has so much been said by so many to hold back the great ideas of so few!” – Futurist Jim Carroll How many times does this happen – you have a great idea that you know will succeed – only to have it go to a committee, who proceed to destroy your idea? […]

Daily Inspiration: “Grateful!”

“Grateful!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Fast medical science – the concept of pharmacogenetics, the marriage of DNA science with healthcare and pharma – this is one of the key trends that have defined my healthcare keynotes for 25+ years! The world of science and healthcare moves incredibly fast -yesterday, I was a grateful recipient of […]

Everything Has Changed with the Pandemic : Have You? Rethinking Your Leadership Strategies Going Forward

So I spent two minutes going down my virtual rabbit hole with a clip challenging you to think about what you should be thinking about right now! As they say in Hollywood, “I had a little bit of fun in post!”

Staying Complacent? You Know You Are Killing Yourself with Inaction. What Are You Going To Do About It?

You’re stuck. Fading into irrelevancy! Dying from organizational sclerosis every single day. Killing yourself with inaction. You know it’s true, don’t you! Because you keep on making the same old excuses, each and every day, that validate your belief that you don’t need to change. As that famous philosopher once said: LOL. The joke will be […]

Daily Inspiration: “Your commitment to what matters in the short term is what really matters in the long run!”

“Your commitment to what matters in the short term is what really matters in the long run!” – Futurist Jim Carroll My social media feed is a little bit like a time machine. Every day, Facebook reminds me of what I posted on this day, every day, back to 2009. Similar tools for my other […]

“Ask a Futurist” – What Trends Are you Watching?

What trends are worth watching as we start to enter an eventual weird, post-Covid economy? How do you distinguish real trends from fads? What really matters? I took these questions on in my “Ask a Futurist” video today. I covered a lot of stuff – fad trends like NFT (nonfungible tokens), Clubhouse and meme-investing which […]

Post-Pandemic Leadership – What’s Your Plan?

Relentless volatility. Ongoing uncertainty. Information ambiguity. Unreliability. A lack of clarity. Ongoing vulnerability. Welcome to your new future. What’s your plan? My ongoing research, trends tracking and client discussions tell me that we are faced with a future in which you now need to move at lightning speed, without really knowing what might come next. […]

Daily Inspiration: “Creativity? Be that one in every crowd!”

“Creativity? Be that one in every crowd!” – Futurist Jim Carroll We spend our lives being told that we need to conform; that we need to fit in; that we need to become like everyone else; that we shouldn’t try to stand out from the crowd; that we should be of a like mind; that […]

Ask A Futurist – “What’s Going to Happen with Globalization?”

I recently established a new video series to address some of the many questions that come to me over the course of the week. I take a look at the questions that arrive and choose one or two a week that might provide some useful insight. One visitor asked “what’s the future of globalization? How […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s from the smallest of beginnings that the greatest of opportunities will flourish!”

“It’s from the smallest of beginnings that the greatest of opportunities will flourish!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Think big, start small, scale fast! That’s my mantra. You already know that. I don’t just say it. I live it. On the left is what I faced just one year ago today when I walked into my […]

Daily Inspiration: “Dream BIG: Because if you can think it, you can do it!”

“Dream BIG: “Because if you can think it, you can do it” – Futurist Jim Carroll Because it’s by thinking small you’ll be small! I had the idea in my mind for this quote this morning, . I eventually found the “Dream Big” sign on a photo by a fellow named Randy Tarampi over on Unsplash. It’s […]

How to Create an Incredible Virtual Keynote – A Look at One Year of Reinvention!

It’s been almost a year since I walked off stage from my last in-person keynote. With clients like NASA, the World Bank, Disney, and Pfizer, I’d been busy for 25 years providing future-oriented leadership insight to some of the most admired organizations in the world. I walked off the early last March, stage, and into […]

Video: Your Post Covid Reality – The Trends that Define Your Future!

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 in which a new era of massive acceleration defines everything you will do. I hit the virtual broadcast studio in my […]

Future-Focused Leadership – Do You Have What it Takes?

Here are some facts about your future 68% percent of organizations have said that global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business model 77% recognize the need for systemic change in their operations 82% believe a more challenging economy is in their future and yet 47% of CFO’s are not very comfortable […]

Start Your Day Today with Some Consistent Failure In Your Plan! It’s the Only Way You Will Succeed!

Because if you don’t fail, you aren’t learning! Here’s some inspiration to get you going. I seem to write about beneficial failure a lot in my Daily Inspiration posts!

Daily Inspiration: “Have you ever noticed you are surrounded by people who are willing to set the bar consistently lower?”

“Have you ever noticed you are surrounded by people who are willing to set the bar consistently lower?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Apparently, space-based lasers that start forest fires in California are now a thing. From a future trends perspective, it’s pretty certain that future economic success will come to other nations that display a […]

Daily Inspiration: “Be relentless – you’ll eventually find that moment when your small steps allow you to suddenly take that giant leap!”

“Be relentless – you’ll eventually find that moment when your small steps allow you to suddenly take that giant leap!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Success is a series of small steps, suddenly cumulative in their impact. I was thinking about that yesterday when I decided to brighten up my day by putting together a short little […]

Your Imagination is Your Oxygen : Breathe Deeply Right Here!

I’ve been doing my morning inspiration every workday morning since August 2016, without fail. I have not missed one day. I seem to write about ‘imagination’ a lot. With that in mind, here’s an inspirational slideshow!

Reinvention: An Interview with a Pastor!

The fourth instalment in my new video series on the theme of ‘Reinvention’ – what does it take, what’s involved, what’s the mindset? We are all headed into a dramatically different and transformed future – our success comes from our ability to reinvent. In this episode, I interview Pastor Keith Pelzer. Forget the idea of spiritual […]

Reinvention: An Interview with a Rock Star!

Tom Morley was a drummer for the 80’s band Scritti Politti and a session drummer for David Bowie and others. Then he found himself beating a path into the world of corporate events providing unique teambuilding sessions to take people into a different creative space. It’s a fascinating story and is the second in my […]

Daily Inspiration: “Timing is everything, especially when you’re running out of time!”

“Timing is everything, especially when you’re running out of time!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Over the last few years, I found that many of my presentations about the future increasingly focused on the issue of timing. It became such an important part of what I do – and I noticed that the timing of trends was […]

Daily Inspiration: “The scope of your opportunity should only be limited by the scale of your imagination!”

“The scope of your opportunity should only be limited by the scale of your imagination!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Go on – admit it! You’re scared of taking the time to make an investment in your future because you are uncertain as to what comes next, whether you can accomplish what needs to be done, […]