Insight Index – Page 18

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: “Your ability to define a different reality is what will truly define your future!”

“Your ability to define a different reality is what will truly define your future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll The era of oil is over! Everyone knows this to be true – we’ve got so much momentum with renewables, energy microgrids, electric vehicles, and battery storage technology, that essentially the dominance of carbon-based energy is drawing […]

What’s Your Plan for Your Eventual Post-Covid Future?

How do you view the future? Do you have a plan based on real trends? Have you assessed your post-Covid plans? Virtual or in-person – organizations are starting to strategize for what comes next. I’m providing very detailed industry-specific guidance on what comes next. Here’s a teaser to get you thinking!

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!

Video: The (Negative) Economic Implications of Vaccine Hesitancy

Since early March, I’ve been tweeting, speaking, and writing about the situation with ‘vaccine hesitancy’ – and I hate ‘hesitancy’ as a phrase because to me, much of it is simple idiocy. A few days ago, I rolled it into a blog post, “Trend: The (Negative) Economic Implications of Vaccine Hesitancy.” Yesterday, I decided to […]

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Why would you spend so much time defending a past which no longer exists?”

“Why would you spend so much time defending a past which no longer exists?” – Futurist Jim Carroll We are surrounded by people who defend the indefensible, support the unsupportable, cling to the unclingable. It’s weird. It also can certainly do a lot of damage when their defense turns into destruction. This post originally started […]

10 Things I’ve Learned in 2 Months of Moving FAST in 2020!

What did you learn during the pandemic? Did you capitalize on your speed? Are you prepared to use those lessons as a foundation for going forward? I learned a lot, I’ve capitalized on those lessons, and I’ve got a fabulous foundation for my future. In March 2020, I hit the ground running – the world […]

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!

Video: The Economic Implications of ‘Hesistancy’

Some will win Some will lose — Journey A clip from a recent podcast on the future of manufacturing, in which I talk about the real economic implications for regions with low vaccine uptake. Watch this trend!

Your Future into 2022 and Beyond: Why It Won’t be 2019 Anymore!

As part of my ‘acceleration gap‘ theme, I hit the virtual broadcast studio and filmed a concise piece on what world-class innovators learned throughout the pandemic – and what you are up against if you don’t change!

Daily Inspiration: “It’s the unknown perils, the unforeseen hazards, that will prove to be your biggest risk!”

“It’s the unknown perils, the unforeseen hazards, that will prove to be your biggest risk!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It was at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, at an event for the National Fire Protection Association, where my keynote focused upon the future of fire risk, three years ago on this day. The organization, representing […]

The Future: If You Look Back at Today from 2030, What Will You See?

One of the challenges with the global pandemic is that so many companies were essentially involved in triage – fighting tooth and nail every day to align to sudden new business realities – that many forgot about the vast, disruptive change sweeping their industry. Two years ago to the day today, I was on stage […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s the jobs that do not yet exist that you really need to prepare for!”

“It’s the jobs that do not yet exist that you really need to prepare for!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s not often in this line of work that you get booked by the same client on the exact same day just a few years apart! I guess they liked my message! That was the case […]

Daily Inspiration: “Build for your future, not your past!”

“Build for your future, not your past!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s easy to cling to yesterday – after all, that’s all you know! But that won’t get you anywhere, because your only certainty is that your tomorrow’s are going to be vastly different than your yesterday’s – and the only moment that you have […]

Daily Inspiration: “Do you mean to tell me that you don’t believe that widespread mental instability and mass delusion won’t be a huge workforce problem in your future?”

“Do you mean to tell me that you don’t believe that widespread mental instability and mass delusion won’t be a huge workforce problem in your future?” – Futurist Jim Carroll The quiet part should be said out loud: one of the biggest problems that companies will have to manage in the future is how to […]

Daily Inspiration: “A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!”

“A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!” – Futurist Jim Carroll (Graph via @bcshaffer – Blake Shaffer) In my home country of Canada today, it’s a holiday known as Victoria Day, aka “May Two-Four” for those who choose to celebrate this unofficial start to summer with a […]

Innovation Isn’t What You Think It Is – Here’s What You Need to Know!

The following article was published in AkzoNoble’s “A” Magazine, featuring some of my thoughts on innovation in organizations. The organization is the largest global paints and coatings company and is a leading producer of specialty chemicals. The article is a good read as to how I think and work. It was distributed in print form […]

The Disruptive Trends that Define Your REALLY BIG Future. But Are You Thinking too Small?

Individually, any trend is disruptive. Combine them together, and it’s transformative. When everything connects, power disperses. Legacy is death: agility and speed are the new metrics for success. These are some of the mantras that should define your future. Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. The trends that define […]

Custom Leadership Video Production – “World Class Innovators” & Reinventing Your Thought Leadership Process!

Are you a CEO, HR executive or strategy expert that needs to bring your team up to date with the big issues in your industry – yet you can’t quite yet bring your team together in person? And you’re sick of Zoom? How about something different – a customized leadership event series, professionally filmed, that […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to shift your thinking from ‘just-in-time’ to ‘just-in-case!’”

“It’s time to shift your thinking from ‘just-in-time’ to ‘just-in-case!’” – Futurist Jim Carroll First, they came for my golf! Now they might come for my coffee! This is getting brutal! Trend: Globalization is broken – that is one of the most significant and lasting impacts of Covid-19. While the stock market is rocking and […]

The Dark Underside of a Usually Optimistic Future: How Bad Could Things Get? Pretty Bad!

I bill myself as an “Optimistic Futurist.” My running joke when walking out on stage was – and is – “I can’t tell you that your future sucks, because then I wouldn’t get many repeat bookings.” But all kidding aside, I try to force myself each and every day into a positive frame of mind […]

Video : Understanding the Impact of the Acceleration Gap!

Are you structured for slow in a fast world? 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? Are you dealing with the reality of the acceleration gap? I hit the virtual studio to explain your challenge. History […]