Insight Index – Page 2

JIM’S INSIGHTS

Panic, do nothing, innovate and adapt? The choice should be clear!

DISRUPTION INSIGHTS

Your business model might be changing faster than you think!

National TV Interview : Reinvent. Relentlessly. Repeat. Regularly!

Well, that was a fair bit of fun and made for a delightful weekend! Last Thursday, I was busy in the home office, wrapping up my weekly broadcast. At that moment, I was contacted by a reporter for Global National – that’s one of the national news programs in my home country of Canada. He […]

Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration #2 – Don’t Fight Your Future!

Some companies, faced by the inevitability of change to their business model, seem to choose an odd path – fighting an obvious future rather than adapting to it. Which goes to the heart of my second bit of guidance for aligning to the era of acceleration – don’t fight the future! History has long shown us […]

It’s 2020: Time to SuperCharge Your Thinking!

I’ve been blogging since early 2002, and have a ton of insight within my site. One of my resolutions was to do a better job at presenting it to the world. With that, here’s a gallery that will lead you into some of the best of my innovation, transformation and disruptive trend written pieces. Click […]

What World Class Leadership Looked Like in 2019: A Focus on Big Ideas, Transformation, Disruption, Velocity and Risk!

This year marks 25 years that I’ve appeared on stage speaking about the future, trends, disruption, transformation, innovation. And what a year it was! I always emphasize to my global client base that they’ll find I can take on any number of highly customized topics for their leadership meeting – you’ll learn more about that by […]

20 Trends into 2030: Are You Ready for The Massive Transformation of Just About Everything?

It’s time to get your future on! In the era of acceleration, when everything is speeding up, it’s difficult to imagine where we might be in 10 years. But I can do that – that’s my job. So let me tell you where we are likely to be in 2030. First, watch this. Zager and Evans […]

Retail Transformation: A Massive Number of Disruptive Trends In Such a Short Time Span!

I spoke at the annual conference for key customers of Revionics, a company involved in the retail pricing strategy industry. During the intro, I spent a few moments to put into perspective all of the trends that retail has had to deal with in order to keep up with their disruptive reality. It’s a pretty […]

Speed: Moore’s Law Defines Your Future, Regardless of Your Industry

A quick hit interview before I went on stage to talk to CIO’s of major global organizations. I don’t need to describe it – just watch it. It’s one minute long. Then, take a look at two pages in which I outline your future. The Drivers of Disruption 20 Trends to 2030: Are You Ready […]

IT is Oxygen: Your Business is Transforming – Without World Class Infrastructure, You’ll Fail

Just before I hit the stage for a keynote for several hundred CIO’s in Stamford, CT, I was asked to talk about why IT has moved beyond “IT”. Why? Because IT is now fundamental oxygen for every organization. This was just before my keynote for @HMGStrategy Stamford a few months back. Fundamentally, organizations are being […]

How Well is That Business Model Obstruction Working Out for You?

Organizations and industries tend to make the same mistakes over and over again. Such as funeral homes and automotive companies! Here’s the thing – the future usually has a rude way of disrupting your obstruction!

Rethinking Your Future: Linking Disruptive Transformation To Fast Trends

For years, I’ve been describing the concept of innovation on stage with a simple structure It’s by being focused on three questions: what can I do to run the business better, grow the business, and most important, transform the business. It’s the final issue that is so critical in today’s disruptive era. Here I am […]

Transformational Leadership: From an “Innovation Expert” to a “Trends & Transformation Expert”

Hey, notice anything new on my home page? It went to this: From this: Why the change? It’s really explained in these two videos: because my clients have been asking me to help them understand the bigger issues of transformation, rather than the small issue of innovation. I also came to realize that much of […]

Daily Inspiration: “Transformation is the new innovation!”

“Transformation is the new innovation!” – Futurist Jim Carroll The speed of change is such that it is now no longer an innovation story – it’s one of transformation! That was the message I picked up during a phone call with Jeffrey Phillips yesterday. He’s one of the smartest boots-on-the-ground innovation minds that I know, […]