Insight Index – Page 20

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!

“What am I going to do today to kill new ideas?”

Here’s a video clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I was on stage in front of an audience of 4,000, speaking for a global organization. In this clip, I’m speaking about the challenges that organizations face with innovation — and in particular, the fact that every organization has people who wake up each […]

A conscious decision – don’t take part in this recession!

I led a small workshop last week after an event, focused on the issue of “how can we establish opportunities for growth during an economic downturn.” The cover of my handout was titled, “It’s January 15, 2020: What did we do to move through the great recession of 2009.” Inside, I presented a number of […]

Playboy, innovation, and brands from the 1950’s

When you travel a lot like I do, you end up doing a lot of reading. One of the books I’ve been reading provides a fascinating look back at the fifties and sixties: Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream. (No, I didn’t buy it for the pictures, because there are very few.) I […]

I read a book today, oh boy! “Bothered by My Green Conscience”

Fifteen years ago, I met Franke James — a brilliant designer, artist, and creative thinker. At the time, she had been the lead designer for a conference program for which I was the lead speaker. Our paths diverged, and I had not seen her for some time, but was aware of her ongoing work. In […]

Time for a little innovation oxygen? Why wasting time is a GOOD thing…..

When my friend Scott Kress summited Mount Everest last year, he used a little bit of oxygen for the final push. Many climbers do — sometimes you need the extra energy to accomplish something massive! So it is with innovation — sometimes you need some help to accomplish great things. I’ve written an article this […]

10 Things You Need to Do to Innovate in a Recession

Business Week ran an article in January, “10 Worst Innovation Mistakes in a Recession.” It’s easy to point out mistakes. It can be harder to indicate what you should be doing. I’ve been out speaking to organizations about trends, the future, innovation and creativity for fifteen years. Since last year, when the meltdown began, I’ve […]

You need to have a relentless focus on growth — RELENTLESS!

I was interviewed sometime last month by FoodProcessing.com – this was related to their discovery of the keynote I did for the Readers Digest / EveryDay with Rachel Ray team food industry summit in New York last fall. They ran a short article, “March of the New Machines: The Future of Food Processing” — and […]

When do you innovate?

The New Yorker has a great article out, “Hanging tough,” about how some companies choose to ensure that they stay innovative in recessionary times. That’s the theme I’ve been focused on for the last 8 months on stage. Here’s a clip from a recent Las Vegas event for a global organization, addressing the theme, “Innovators […]

What does it mean to innovate at high velocity?

I was the opening keynote speaker for a major credit union conference. In the room were the CEO’s and Board members for several hundred small to medium sized CU’s. This coming week on Friday, I’ll be the closing keynote speaker for the annual conference of the Texas Credit Union League in Austin. I spend quite […]

Experiential Capital

In my book Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, I made this observation: “Innovation comes from risk, and risk comes from experience. The most important asset today isn’t found on your balance sheet – it is found in the accumulated wisdom from the many risks that you’ve taken. The more […]

Rethinking Innovation

Here’s one thing I’ve been stressing to many of my clients during keynotes, leadership and workshops: organizations need to work hard to ensure they establish an overall culture of innovation. What does that mean? Everyone throughout the organization has a mindset that they are equally responsible for innovative ideas; they’re colaborative with those ideas; and […]

“Thriving in turbulent times ” – interview on Cognos Radio

IBM’s Cognos division has put up an interview with me on their BIRadio site, which focuses on business intelligence. The key theme of the interview: “Author and Innovation Consultant Jim Carroll explains how to avoid “aggressive indecision” and why now is the perfect time to forge ahead with new ideas”. Here’s an excerpt: Kelsey Howarth: […]

When Do You Innovate?

Another clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. Quite a few global organizations are bringing me in these days to inspire their leadership team to stay focused on growth, opportunity, and innovation. In this clip, I talk about these issues, and put some perspective on dealing with challenging economic times.

Reinventing brand relevance

Here’s a clip from a recent keynote in Las Vegas. I’m challenging the audience to think about the issue of maintaining brand relevance, in the era in which customers increasingly influence the perception of brands through social networking tools. The key challenge today is preventing a brand from becoming “from the olden days.” I emphasize this […]

Focusing on growth in a perilous economy – how innovators win

There’s a lot of research that goes into every keynote and workshop I undertake. Recently, one key theme has been looking at how innovators break through the recessionary blues, and create new markets and revenue through disruptive innovation. This was the theme of a recent column that I wrote, “Keep Those Ideas Coming.” While preparing […]

Recent keynote: Innovating for growth in the restaurant industry!

I was thrilled to be the opening keynote speaker for Yum! Brands 2009 Global Leadership Meeting. It’s the world’s largest restaurant company. The organization, the owner of such iconic brands such as KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, certainly finds itself in the midst of high-velocity change. There are fast paced trends in terms of […]

The hollowing out of big corporate R&D

I’ve just returned from delivering the opening keynote for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management for New Products & Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, an event sponsored by the Product Development and Management Association. I spoke to the broad theme of “innovating faster,” but also challenged the crowd to think about how the “source of innovative […]

Avoiding the idea recession!

Cognos has run an article I’ve writen about the importance of not sliding into an “idea recession.” Here’s an excerpt: Given the economic challenges that swirl around us and the rapidity with which the events of the fall of 2008 unfolded, a unique and challenging mindset seemed to quickly envelope many organizations: corporate idea factories […]

Video clip – “Dealing with the innovation killers”

Here’s another clip from my closing keynote at the World Healthcare Innovation & Technology conference — in this case, I’m talking about the dreaded “innovation killers.” What do you do if you have these people in your organization? Learn more here.

“Dive-in movies” and High-Velocity Product Innovation

Here’s an interesting way to think about the issue of high-velocity product innovation. I was keynoting a conference at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, last September, and was playing into the theme of how product innovation occurs today at a faster pace than ever before. I told the story of a ‘dive-in movie’ that I […]

Financial & banking innovation awards for 2009!

I just finalized my review of the entries for the 2009 Monarch Innovation Awards; for the second year in a row, I’ve been one of the panel of judges for the awards. The awards are presented by Barlow Associates, a leading banking industry market research organization. As their press release notes, “the awards honor innovation […]

Strategy for early 09 – Set bold short term goals

Some day, the graph at the right wont’ seem like something weird. Maybe today it does seem out of place. Yet I continue to notice that there are a significant number of executives out there who are “moving beyond the meltdown” stage and are pursuing active strategies to keep their team or group focused on […]

CEO insight: “We’ve got the survival thing down. Now we’re into phase two.”

I was in a conference call yesterday with the CEO of a global organization; I’ll be doing a leadership session with them this winter. It’s one of several pre-planning calls that I’ll do with this client as I shape my remarks for their meeting. I love the clarity of the CEO mind. At one point […]

Kicking off 2009 with innovation as the CORE STRATEGY!

I’ve been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management for New Products & Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, February 2009. The event is sponsored by the Product Development and Management Association, the membership of which are individuals responsible for product and service innovation throughout the corporate world globally, as well […]