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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!

Article: Innovators look beyond the horizon

CAPITAL Magazine in Dubai has run my article, “Tomorrow is the New Today.” The article is based on several of the postings to this blog over the last year, opening with the observation that “with all the organizations I’ve studied, I’ve long realized that innovation comes naturally to those organizations that are focused on the […]

Innovation? Do things you’ve never done before!

Several people who have read this blog for a long time have commented that I seem to be a bit obsessed with skiing. I am! And here’s the thing — I only took up sking at the age of 40! I decided at that point that it would be a pretty smart thing to do. […]

Minds of their own

One of my regular columns focused this month on the issue of “hyperconnectivity.” Quite simply, we’re entering an era in which almost everything is becoming plugged into everything else. For example, consider what is happening in the world of sports: “I recently spoke to a group of CEOs of some of the world’s largest sporting […]

Corporate banking at high velocity

I spoke last week at a senior level banking conference; in attendance were C and VP level executives from such major banks as JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Harris NA, Wells Fargo, RBC, HSBC Bank USA, MasterCard Worldwide, Bank of America, Citibank, and SunTrust Bank. The conference, sponsored by global banking research firm Barlow Associates, was […]

CNBC : The Business of Innovation

The air date for the five part CNBC series, “The Business of Innovation,” hosted by Maria Bartiromo, has finally been set: it will air March 4, at 9PM EST, and again at midnight. It will air in Europe and Asia subsequent to that. I’m a featured guest expert on the show, chatting about what companies […]

Innovation and the future of education

What’s happening with our worforce? That is increasingly the focus of many of my recent talks. Yesterday I spoke to the staff and faculty of the University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education / College of Liberal Studies. The overall theme was “innovation in the world of high velocity education.” Broadly, my talk was based […]

Instilling innovation with the “trends and innovation feedback loop”

In the world of high-velocity change, how could you go about actually keeping on top of all the trends that might impact your business models, customers, distribution channels, competitors, and markets? How do you develop a forward-oriented culture that allows you to immerse yourself in the developments occurring in the global innovation feedback loop, and […]

Innovation and insight in manufacturing

“Do you want to be focusing on the problems of the past, or do you want to outfit your organization so that everyone has the insight they need to deal with all the challenges that are being thrown at you in the future?” That’s my opening comment in an article I wrote — the IndustryWeek […]

CNBC – The Business of Innovation

The week before last, I taped an appearance with CNBC on an upcoming prime time five part show, “The Business of Innovation,” hosted by Maria Bartiromo. The show is set to aiir, as I understand it, March 4, at 9PM EST, and again at midnight. It will air in Europe and Asia subsequent to that. I […]

10 Great Words

A few years ago, I wrote my listing of “10 great words” that could help to spur an organization into pure innovation. It remains as one of the most heavily trafficked web pages on my site. I just grabbed this video clip from a recent keynote, in which I used the theme of these “10 […]

Innovation comes from flexibility, extensibility, agility…

In the high velocity economy, you’ve got to be able to design for a future in which all assumptions will constantly change! In this clip from a keynote to a group of global media players, Jim takes a look at the attitudes and capabilities that an organization must develop to deal with rapidly changing markets. […]

Why “bandwagon innovation” doesn’t work

I don’t know how many recent news stories I’ve seen about “social networking,” and the “Web 2.0 revolution!”, but it’s getting pretty tiresome. It seems that everyone is now ready to get involved with these “trends,” to build a new business, transform themselves, provide for deeper customer contact, or to achieve some other greater glory. […]

Why high-velocity makes innovation THE word for 2007 ….

Here’s a reality that you need to think about: 2007 is the year in which almost every organization and individual will begin to focus all their energies on innovation. As someone who spends a lot of time helping some of the world’s largest organizations adapt to and understand the new high-velocity economy, I’ve long realized […]

Why Santa rocks at innovation!

2020 Update! – How Has Santa Managed Covid? An Interview with Santa: ‘Reinventing Your Reality: Stories from the Studio On Personal Growth and the Future’ It’s likely a good time to put into perspective the critical lessons we can learn from someone who is a true master of leadership, insight, creativity and innovation. None other than the […]

How to be innovative – with the Six C’s of Innovation

Over the years, I’ve come to realize that part of the fuel that fires my passion for my work is my intense curiosity. I’ve also come to realize that thinking differently has become critical to my success. So it is with you; in a time in which business models, markets, customers, industries and clients are […]

For innovative organizations, tomorrow is the new today

With all the organizations I’ve studied, I’ve long realized that innovation comes naturally to those organizations who are focused on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the challenges of today. By building a culture that is relentlessly turned to that reality, they easily succeed in doing things differently. And in doing so, they’re the true […]

Is your brand from the olden days?

“A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months….” As the news media gears up for the release of the Sony Playstation 3, one wonders whether they are capturing an increasingly important aspect of the story: has Sony managed to keep any of the brand luster that it once had, […]

The impact of globalization

At the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the real impact of globalization — the new consumer, market commoditization, rapid emergence of new business models, shortened product lifecycles….. That’s why innovation is critical : organizations today are in a situation in which everything around them is fluid, constantly changing and evolving. […]

The innovation killers

At the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich, I took a look at the attitudes, ideas and cultures which always manage to stifle — and kill — any hope for innovation within an organization. Key point? “Organizations fail, because their have failure engrained in their corporate culture!” This clip is based on an article I wrote […]

The new face of manufacturing : agility, insight and execution…

Yesterday I gave the opening keynote for the annual manufacturers meeting of the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association. Most of the folks in attendance were CEO’s and senior management with a wide variety of companies, and they were keen for insight into what they should be doing beyond knowing that the world is flat. There […]

What’s your future-attitude?

There are two types of people in the world — those who view the future with fear, worry and concern — and the rest of the people who look at the future as an opportunity. The latter group are the innovators; the former group will do everything they can do dismiss the idea of doing […]

What do you do after the world gets flat? Put a ripple in it!

“When we have this global competition where everyone is competing on price, the only way out of that hell is to up the value of your brand” — Jim Carroll, Snowboard Trade Magazine, November 2006 “Entities are engaged in survival tactics because they don’t know what to do next” — Jim Carroll When I started […]

The future of sporting goods in a world of high velocity….

I’m off today to give the dinner keynote for the Sporting Goods Manucturers Association Sports and Technology Convergence Conference in San Diego. When it comes to the future of sporting goods, it’s all being the fact that the future is being redefined by the next generation. As I observed in an SGMA newsletter: “…these kids […]

Your customers are high-velocity? Are you?

Does your organization have the right stuff to deal with todays’ information-empowered, globally collaborative, we-know-better-than-you-do customer? Maybe not. Imagine that you are a big company. Imagine that you roll out a new piece of software that was supposed to make things better for your customers. Imagine that it doesn’t do that — worse yet, a […]