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Failing at the future: 10 reasons why some companies will miss out on the economic upturn!

Just over 3 months ago, the global economy changed. What has it changed to? After the the ’08 downturn, I keynoted the Missouri Governor Economic Development conference in St. Louis, and offered this quote from the American Chamber of Commerce: “It’s going to be this move from a bad economy, to the next economy.” What […]

Post Basement Online Keynote Gig Report: I’m Pumped! Leadership Insight for the New Era of Volatility, Ambiguity and Uncertainty!

So, I went on stage today. My first real client event since this ‘thing’ started unfolding. And I gotta tell you, waiting to go live from my home broadcast studio was just almost as exciting as walking out in front of 5,000 in Las Vegas. Maybe even more so, because in addition to being the […]

Daily Inspiration: “You won’t get ahead by being small and timid when the biggest, boldest challenges of your lifetime are occurring all around you!”

“You won’t get ahead by being small and timid when the biggest, boldest challenges of your lifetime are occurring all around you!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This is no time for thinking small. This is a time to think big and give it all you’ve got. The global economy is in the midst of its most […]

Daily Inspiration: “Work hard enough, and eventually you’ll find your canvas of creativity!”

“Work hard enough, and eventually you’ll find your canvas of creativity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll You’ll know that you clearly have turned the corner on how you are dealing this ‘this thing’ when you are at the point that you wake up in the morning, eager to get your to your work, full of ideas […]

Old World “Not Hot”: Phoning it In. New World “Hot”: Not Zooming It In!

Through my 25 year speaking career, I have had the opportunity to form close relationships with many of the top speakers bureaus in the world. They are important and invaluable partners. And with that, I always have my pinch me moments when I find myself talking with the same agents who are booking Barack and […]

Daily Inspiration: “The world is changing fast. But you can be faster!”

“The world is changing fast. But you can be faster!” – Futurist Jim Carroll My tag line in my old stage life used to be “the future belongs to those who are fast!” and that we need to “think big, start small, scale fast!” While those are a key part of my message today, I also […]

Daily Inspiration: “Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity. This is your reality. Deal with it. Keep innovating!”

“Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity. This is your reality. Deal with it. Keep innovating!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A clip from my ‘show’ yesterday and my online ‘broadcast’ with Australia the other night. The picture is fuzzy – my original camera was not up to snuff, but I received a new device post-broadcast which lets me upgrade that […]

Show #4 : Disrupting the Big Disruption – Failure is Good for You, and I Get My Stage Groove Back On (in my Basement)

Here it is, raw and uncut. Too many speakers are doing too many boring Zooms with boring Powerpoints – or they’re just a talking head in front of a bookshelf with dead content. People tune out in 2 minutes. But it is totally possible to be with a Zoom audience for 60 minutes, with a […]

Daily Inspiration: “Failure is your secret weapon! Don’t be scared of making a mistake – be terrified of not making enough of them!”

“Failure is your secret weapon! Don’t be scared of making a mistake – be terrified of not making enough of them!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I will be going live, online, tomorrow night at 8pm EST, for an early morning event based out of Adelaide, Australia – and will spend a part of my day […]

You Can Fail and Win – Or You Can Fail to Win! 10 Things I’ve Learned in 2 Months of Moving FAST!

Alternative Title: Join Us in the 10%! Get Moving! Avoid Perfection! Work the Criticism. Use the Hive-mind! Keep the Faith! Just Go! It’s been a rocket ride the last few months, and I worked hard to quickly go from the ‘anger’ and ‘denial’ phase of the Seven Stages of Economic Grief to ‘acceptance’ and ‘hope.’ […]

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 […]

Highlight Clip – Week 3 – “Disrupting the Big Disruption: Jim Carroll’s Weekly Review of Leadership and the Big Realignment!”

Speakers and topic experts should not be boring in this new online world. I’m working hard not to be in my home broadcast studio! With that in mind, here’s the raw and uncut feed from my weekly ‘show’ this morning. I think I’m getting the hang of delivering the content while managing staging, production, sound […]

Daily Inspiration: “The new rule for the future? We might not know exactly where we are going – but we sure are making great time!

“The new rule for the future? We might not know exactly where we are going – but we sure are making great time!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Uncertainty is the new certainty, fuzziness is the new clarity and velocity is now the great equalizer. Companies are finding that the future is colliding with them at […]

Video: Not Just Another Talking Head on Zoom: Disrupting the Big Disruption Broadcast #2!

Tired of Zoom webinars that all look the same? (A note from Jim, November 2020: this particular show was VERY EARLY on in Jim’s voyage into virtual events. Check his page, https://virtual.jimcarroll.com for better, more recent examples of his work. This video is pretty marginal!) Check this out – Jim Carrol has nailed how to […]

A New Weekly Virtual Webinar: Disrupting the Big Disruption: Jim Carroll’s Weekly Review of Leadership and the Big Realignment

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the insight that I might be able to share with respect to my role as a futurist. There seems to be a lot of people putting up a lot of stuff on the s My most powerful capability over a 25 year career as a futurist has […]

Daily Inspiration: “If there was ever a time to ’THINK BIG,’ it would be at this very moment!”

“If there was ever a time to ’THINK BIG,’ it would be at this very moment!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s like a picture from the olden days! My time on stage! It’s hard to believe that just over two months, I was excited to launch my latest book, “Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: […]

Daily Inspiration: “Think of the future this way: we’ve just hit a great big ‘Pause’ button. We’ll press ‘Play’ again one day!’

“Think of the future this way: we’ve just hit a great big ‘Pause’ button. We’ll press ‘Play’ again one day!’ – #Futurist Jim Carroll Anxiety, worry, uncertainty, confusion, anger, denial – these are the emotions that likely rule your day. They’ve become the new normal. It’s not a lot of fun not knowing what comes […]

Daily Inspiration: “These days, success is best measured by a few small victories that occur throughout the day, rather than the huge wins that worked before!”

“These days, success is best measured by the few small victories that occur throughout the day, rather than the huge wins that worked before!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I can tell you one thing – I’m going to have a really nice lawn! And so rather than wielding a laptop on a stage, I’m using […]

Daily Inspiration: “You will always find a way to keep doing the things that matter to you…”

“You will always find a way to keep doing the things that matter to you, if you believe it’s important enough to keep doing it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Starting the first week of August 2016, I began my morning with a little bit of reflective thinking while have my morning coffee. I found a […]

Daily Inspiration: ““Your biggest risk comes from your ‘biggest unknowns.’”

“Your biggest risk comes from your ‘biggest unknowns.’ How do you plan to get to your future if you don’t know what it will look like when you get there?” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve always been mystified by the presence of people around me who go into each and every day without any idea […]

Daily Inspiration: “The timing of the arrival of the future is ultimately unknowable – but requires extremely careful planning!”

“The timing of the arrival of the future is ultimately unknowable – but requires extremely careful planning!” -#Futurist Jim Carroll When it comes to the future today – timing is everything! The issue is providing the key structure for many of my keynote topics, to such a degree, that later on today I’ll release a […]

Innovation – What To Do and What Not to Do!

During a Q&A on stage in New Orleans, I was asked what organizations should do to try to accelerate their innovation capabilities. Watch my response: concise and to the point!

Accelerate Your Creativity: Develop Your Own Masters in Business Imagination Degree!

The skills you have will NOT take you into a faster future. The era of acceleration demands that you have new and unique skills – including an overdose of creative thinking. With that in mind, maybe you should pursue a Masters in Business Imagination! I first proposed the idea over 15 years ago – I […]

Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration #21 – Realize The Future is Bigger Than You Think!

Spend a moment to think about the scope of the dramatic change that we are now witnessing all around us. We are moving from an era of gas and diesel cars that people drive, to vehicles with big batteries that drive themselves. A world of retail in which more stuff comes to us rather than […]