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.
If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
end up with the same old thing!
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 […]
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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 […]
Read MoreI’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 […]
Read MoreThe 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, […]
Read MoreOne 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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreAre 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 ]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreI’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 […]
Read MoreWill 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 […]
Read MoreEvery industry reaches a point where new technologies, business models, a critical mass of user readiness and customer demands suddenly brings it to the point where everything begins to change — in a big way. Such is the case with the telecom industry — Voice-over-IP is a hugely disruptive technology, and it is now starting […]
Read MoreFor a while, it wasn’t trendy to think about the future. Now that’s over — I’m noticing that companies are scrambling to try to understand the trends and issues that will affect them into the future. That’s good — because we continue to function in a world in which the rate of change is speeding […]
Read MoreI’m quoted in a ComputerWorld artilce this week, Blogs Bubble Into Business. The points I raise were discussed in an earlier article I wrote about the topic. As I comment in ComputerWorld, “….everyone out there is too darned terrified to try anything new right now…” which is a shame, because weblog software can have a […]
Read More“…. was of course the wheel and it was so beneficial that people have been reinventing it ever since.” Picked up by my newsclipping service today. What a wonderful statement!
Read MoreMy newsclipping picked up a great quote by Home Depot’s CEO: “The landscape is strewn with retailers who had a great business model and got locked into the past versus building off the past”
Read MoreThe Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an innovative frame of mind. The article also provides my innovation-framework — a practical management method by which organizations can learn to harness and manage their internal innovation processes. You can read the article here. The article directly relates […]
Read MoreIt’s been confirmed that I will be keynoting the Network of Innovative Schools conference in Calgary, AB in October. My approach to the issue of innovation in education today? In a matter of but a few years, we’ve got from euphoria to gloom when it comes to innovation in the educational sector. Consider how quickly […]
Read MoreI’ve been suggesting for years that the Internet-connected universe of the future will provide an opportunity for more home-care, helping to alleviate the shortage of critical-care beds that will emerge as the population ages and health-care funds dry up. It’s slowly becoming a reality ….. with an announcement by Menem …. They’ve just launched “a […]
Read MoreIn preparing an outline for a talk to a group of PR professionals, I’m still thinking about what is really going on out there in corporate America. I caught some of my thoughts in my “aggressive indecision” article a few weeks back — but this morning, woke up with the phrase “innovation stagnation” in my […]
Read MoreI’m currently researching various issues on innovation for an upcoming talk, and came across this stat — while the majority of American CEO’s place innovation and creativity at the top of their agenda, only 6% believe that they are actually effective in achieving it. That’s a pretty damning indictment of many initiatives to evolve corporate […]
Read More“…a constant, relentless focus on innovative sales methods and approaches might be the key to helping deal with your customers changing needs.” Read my February ’03 article from Contact Magazine — “Time for A Little Innovation Oxygen” [ article ]
Read MoreInteresting report from Statistics New Zealand on business innovation. [ link ]
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