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.

TRENDS INSIGHTS

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

Trend Report: The Future of Investing & Advisory Services

I spend a lot of time speaking to global financial organizations —some of the world’s largest institutions — helping them understand what they need to do from an innovation perspective to stay ahead of fast paced change. These talks are often aimed at the idea of “how do we need to transition our advisory services — as financial planners, […]

Trend: The Future Challenges With Water

Jim’s on stage in New Orleans for WEFTec 2012, the world’s largest water conference – with a keynote that takes a detailed look at the issues and challenges involving “this most precious resource.” This bit of the talk is actually a good example of the customization that I do when preparing for a keynote; in […]

Health Care 2020: Moore’s Law, Genetics and Transformation

I’m on stage in Dallas, as the opening keynote speaker for the Chronic Disease Foundation annual partnership meeting, speaking to the massive transformation that is occurring in the world of healthcare now and into the future. https://youtube.com/watch?v=4U7IuwLrzxE%3F Everyone in a leadership position in the health care system worldwide knows that the challenges facing the system […]

The next generation, new business models, and the future of manufacturing!

In May, I was the opening keynote speaker for Manufacturing Innovation 2012, held in Orlando, California. In the room were a thousand or so folks from throughout the manufacturing sector throughout the US. This is one of MANY manufacturing conferences that I’ve opened — I’ve developed a reputation in the sector for what is really […]

10 Realities About Business Models

Give it a few years. You won’t even recognize the industry you are operating in. That’s because the rate of business model change is accelerating in every single industry. Here’s why: Right now, there are probably a bunch of really smart people figuring out to disrupt your business model If you aren’t busy thinking about […]

Keynote: The Future of Tourism!

I’m honoured to be the opening keynote speaker for the 2012 Ontario Tourism Summit, the most significant tourism event in the province of Ontario, Canada. They recently featured a short profile that provides a little bit of insight into my talk. Global futurist Jim Carroll to speak at 2012 Ontario Tourism Summit “The future belongs […]

Investing In The Future: What the Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors are Asking Me

Recently, I’ve had two absolutely fascinating session, each about 2-3 hours in length. In one case, a major private equity firm engaged me to meet with their main advisory board In another case, I met with a group of very wealthy investors who were / are owners of major family held businesses, with valuations into the […]

Video: Speed is the New Metric in Food and Retail

From my keynote earlier this year at the International Dairy, Deli and Bakery Association, a clip that outlines faster change — in consumer taste trends, societal change, technology — drives the need for speed being the new success factor in the food industry in terms of retail. The clip certainly ties in to what is […]

Rethinking Innovation in the Energy Sector

Earlier this year, I was invited to open the Southern Gas Association in Austin, Texas. In the room, I had about 800 of the most senior executives in the natural gas industry in the US, including utilities, distributors, exploration companies, producers and suppliers. It was a pretty heavy-duty crowd. This was one of several high-profile […]

Article: Silicon Valley Will Drive the Pace of Innovation. Are You Ready?

The Canadian Society of Association Executives “Association Magazine” has just released their latest edition, which included my article with the title above. You can grab the PDF of the article at the right on the image. Note that it is English and French. The article is based on the blog post I wrote back in […]

When science speeds up!

Jim Carroll speaks to the annual general meeting of the PGA of America, challenging them to think about what happens “when science speeds up.”

Big data. Big opportunities!

Back in February, I flew into Aspen, Colorado, to speak at the leadership meeting for a major consulting firm. My topic? An extremely customized keynote on the trends and opportunities that are unfolding with the new era of analytics and what has come to be known as “big data.” There was a tremendous amount of […]

Trend: The Future of Energy

I’ve recently been the opening keynote speaker for two major energy events, with talks that focused on the future trends that will impact the energy industry, primarily from the perspective of energy utilities. The first was for Accenture’s International Utilities and Energy Conference held in San Francisco, with a global audience from over 35 countries. My […]

“Bold predictions for 2020”

Mashable just ran a post, “9 Bold Predictions for the Digital World of 2020“. I’m quoted in point 5 – Virtual Hospitals”. Here’s what I said: “By 2020, if not before, most industries – health care, agriculture, financial – will have found that they have been transformed by the velocity of Moore’s law. Mobility, wireless, […]

Healthcare 2020 : Moore’s law, Genomics and Velocity!

One of my recent talks featured me as the keynote speaker for Talent Strategies 2012 in New Orleans; the conference tagline was “Creating the Organization of the Future: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Today.” I’ll blog more on my talk later – I do an extensive number of talks on the future of workforce, skills issues, and […]

From Disney to the PGA – Everyone is focused on innovation!

A short clip from a recent keynote in New Orleans – in which I outline how everyone is focused on innovation. This was at the Talent Strategies 2012 event, where I focused on human capital issues.

Rethinking Human Capital

I was in New Orleans two weeks ago, where I was a keynote speaker for Talent Strategies 2012. The working title of my keynote was “Talent Management 2020: What Comes Next?“, with this description being provided to program attendees. We live in an era of unprecedented, relentless change — a time of hyper-innovation, rapid skills […]

Trend: The Future of Healthcare in 20 seconds!

Nice, neat, concise two page summary that I put together in 2006,that puts in perspective what’s really going to happen with health care in the next few years. Spend 20 seconds to read it, and you’ll get everything that is going on right now. It’s a PDF – click it for the full file (2 […]

News media: “A futurist’s lookahead: JIm Carroll on key trends to watch”

The Globe & Mail had a nice summary of my 2012 future trends prediction blog. You can grab a copy of the PDF by clicking on the image to the right. Harvey Schacter, who summarized my original blog post, is a great guy! You might find it a good document to fire up into your […]

“I found the future in manure!” – Trends & the future of agriculture

I do a tremendous number of keynotes in the agricultural sector — from groups such as the Texas Cattlemen’s Association to the Mid-America Crop Protection Association to the US Farm Credit Co-op. As I note on my agriculture trends page, I “spent so much time customizing the presentation for one agricultural conference that at […]

Trending in 2012: What’s to Come in the Year to Come?

Here’s some of the key trends that I see unfolding through 2012 and beyond. My unique job allows me the opportunity to see and hear what a lot of CEO’s and senior executives in a lot of organizations are thinking about. The nature of my keynotes and small board / leadership meetings allows me to […]

Keynote Report: “The Paradox of Pessimism & Reality – Rethinking the Transformative Opportunities That Will Define Our Future”

A report from T. Rowe Price on my recent keynote for the 2011 Investment Symposium follows, where I was one of three keynote speakers (the other two being Colin Powell and Charlie Cook). You can find some blog links to each of the three key themes in the article at the end of the article […]

Major 10 year trend – The future of EVERY industry to now be controlled by Silicon Valley driven innovation!

At the T. Rowe Price 2011 Investment Symposium in Baltimore on Friday, I listened to the technology panel that preceded my luncheon keynote. It was a fascinating discussion as a number of their leading analysts spoke of the trends that they saw unfolding with consumer and other digital technology companies, such as Apple, Amazon and […]

Upside down health care – it’s January 1, 2020!

I’m on stage in New Orleans – it’s 730am, and 4,500 people have showed up for my keynote on Healthcare 2020: The session description used for the keynote: Today’s Trends – Tomorrow’s Opportunities Futurist Jim Carroll will give us a brief overview of the innovations affecting business and what they will mean to our economy […]