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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!

Agility, innovation and execution

I’ve just flown out west to do a dinner keynote for a major telecom company. I wrote an article on my way related to what I’ve been talking about within the context of this and related industries. I opened the article with these comments: “If there are three keywords that should carry organizations and the […]

Should you go to war with your customers?

Based on the email response and media coverage, my keynote at the SCTE in Tampa yesterday caused a bit of a buzz. There’s an article from MultiChannel News (see below) that takes a look at my remarks. A key message seems to be sticking: cable companies should not go to war with their customers. Recently, […]

Time for an innovation audit?

From an article I wrote for The Boardroom, a publication for associaton executives: “Take the time to do this simple to test to determine if your association and its members are in the right frame of mind for remarkably new and innovative things, or whether they and you are stuck in a rut, unable to […]

“Volatility is the new normal”

I recently keynoted the Furniture Today 2005 Leadership conference in Miami. This article reports on my talk. Futurist: Changes will present new opportunities Furniture Today, 12/14/2005 . MIAMI — If you aren’t comfortable with change, you probably won’t like Jim Carroll’s vision of the future. “Everything is changing so fast, you don’t know what is […]

Fortune Magazine and the infinite idea loop

Fortune Magazine’s Business Innovation blog linked to my “infinite idea loop” video clip, and the traffic has been pretty heavy from right around the world. They had this to say of my clip on how innovation has forever changed in the context of what I call “the infinite idea loop: “It’s hard to discuss all […]

The Masters of Business Imagination

One of the biggest challenges in writing a book is getting the title right….. and this one has taken a long time. But while sitting here today in the snow! it finally clicked in: and it will come out :The Masters of Business Imagination: Why It’s the Only Degree You’ll Ever Need. Another alternative: :The […]

The infinite idea loop

If you need to understand why your markets or industry is changing rapidly, you need to watch this clip Understanding the loop and learning to work within it is critical to understanding how to thrive in todays’ complex economy.

10 Ways to Do a Press Release That Matters

On a mailing list to which I subscribe, someone just asked how to write a great press release. Off the top of my head, I jotted out a response. I’m on the receiving end of a ton of press releases sent by various companies because I do a lot of writing. Most are dull; contain […]

10 More Ways to Instill Innovation

My post yesterday (10 Signs that you’ve got an innovation dysfunction) generated a bit of e-mail with a few questions as to what else you can do to stir up an innovative culture. With some 80 keynotes under my belt through the last year, I’ve seen some of the best and worst approaches to innovation […]

10 Signs that you’ve got an innovation dysfunction

It should be pretty easy to walk into an organization and do an innovation audit — that is, assess the likelihood that an organization can do remarkably new and innovative things. Here’s what I would look for: People laugh at new ideas Someone who identifies a problem is shunned Innovation is the privileged practice of […]

Creativity, trends and innovation in retail, packaging and consumer goods ….

According to the Washington Post, some 33,679 new products were introduced into the consumer products sector in 2004, up 53% from 10 years earlier. Since the typical store has only 40,000 SKU’s, it can be pretty difficult for a consumer products company to succeed today! Clearly the world of retail has become extremely challenging – […]

Business agility in a time of rapid change

I’m doing a session for SAP in Huntington Beach, California this AM, on the key theme of “organizational agility.” That’s the culture, insight and capabilities that leading-edge organizations possess that help them to thirve in a period of rapid change. A quote that I use is from Stephen Hochman, Vice President Sales, New Balance North […]

What’s your skills capital?

Today I provide the opening keynote for the annual Monster Government Solutions Human Capital Management conference for government HR folks in Washington, DC. I’ll be focussing on a look at “human resource issues of 2010”, and how we need more flexibility as we battle the depth of the looming skills crisis. I’ve framed my talk […]

What’s your “experiential capital?”

I did a keynote yesterday for a major packaging / printing company, focussing on global economic, business, social and other trends, outlining how this industry might be affected. One of the phrases I used — and I’ve used this in the last 3 talks — revolves around the concept of “experiential capital.” This particular organization […]

Innovation and simplicity

As I near the half way point of summer, I’ve come to realize something. For all the innovation that exists in the world, no one has yet invented a decent pool/beach toy inflatable pump. They don’t exist. Ever model I have ever tried (and there have been several this summer) is a dismal failure. We […]

Lastest book: “The Masters of Business Imagination”

I’ve started working on my latest book, set for release in the late fall of 2005: The Masters of Business Imagination: Acheiving Agility in the High-Velocity Economy, to be published by Oblio Press, takes a look at the methods by which you can instill a culture of creativity, curiosity, flexibility and agility to cope with […]

“Forward oriented innovation and leadership”

The title of this post plays out to the key theme that I’ve been covering off since, what, early February? This is my first week back in the home office full time since then. Keynotes for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Nestle, SAP, Tier Technologies, Wirtz Beverages, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Motorola, […]

Fostering creativity

One of my most recent CAMagazine columns focuses on creativity. Although I spend my time advisiing major organizations on trends, innovation and future issues, I also happen to be a professional acocuntant by background!”When I started my career …. I quickly realized I might be different from everyone else…..Over the years, I’ve come to realize […]

Innovation, frogs and the future

A whirlwhind of activity over the last few weeks, with keynotes for Verizon in Orlando on how to instill an innovation culture; several sessions for SAP in Atlanta and San Jose on how to become a more strategic midsized organization; a keynote for the Canadian Horticultural Assn and the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, as well as […]

10 Good Words To Adopt for 2005

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 […]

Does your organization use these innovation killers?

The Globe & Mail published my article on “innovation killers” today — “ …in a world of rapid and constant change, many people still manage to think that they can get away with routine. That’s why I’d suggest you undertake an “attitude inventory” during your next staff, board or executive meeting.”[ Read the article ]

Leading the Future: Leadership In An Era of Innovation and Change

We live in an era of unprecedented, relentless, rapid change. An era in which competition changes overnight, and where new products and services come to market faster than ever before. A time in which rapid innovation has led to compressed product lifecycles that are now measured in a matter of weeks and months instead of […]

What’s the future for intelligence?

I’ll be keynoting the closing lunch tomorrow at the 14th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems. It’s a very august crowd of PhD’s, researchers, academics and scientists. I can’t tell them much about the future that they don’t already know — so I will talk about this: “In his keynote presentation, futurist, innovation and trends […]

Article – Will Sarbanes Oxley Kill Innovation?

Will the intense focus on governance and compliance issues in the wake of major scandal somehow force many organizations to throw the innovation baby out with the bath water? It may inhibit a board’s ability to focus on risk taking and long term value creation. And once risk and innovation are removed from the board […]