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.
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The American Academy of Actuaries has just released their July / August edition of Contingencies Magazine, with an article about the impact of technology on actuarial practice. It’s a great article: with quotes such as this, you know its presenting some challenging ideas as to how insurance industry, and the actuarial profession that assesses risk, […]
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CNBC interviewed me a few weeks ago on the question of “trends that could shake up the financial industry.” Over the years, I’ve done thousands of such interviews. They just ran the resulting article, “4 Trends Changing the Way You Manage Money.“ A couple of key points: The article observes: Last year Accenture, a global […]
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I was in Detroit last week, for an opening talk for the TheBigM – Manufacturing conference. I had two roles to play : I was a speaker for the evening Gala Celebration, and was scheduled for an opening keynote the next morning to open the conference. Of course, when you live and work in the […]
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I’m featured, this month, in an article in Medical Products Outsourcing Magazine, entitled “Artful Adaptation: Packaging and sterilization providers must keep pace with rapid change to innovate, grow and improve product safety.” You can read the full article here — it’s well worth a read! Very much focused on several of my major themes, include that organizations […]
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It was a year ago today that my son Willie and I travelled to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, outside of Washington, where I was to deliver a keynote for a senior leadership team. The theme of my talk? In the grand scheme of things, over the long term, “the business of space is changing,” […]
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Final preparation in the home office here for what will prove to be a fun event next week! I’m headlining both the dinner, and am part of the opening events for “The Big M: Manufacturing Conference” in Detroit. On Monday night, I will be speaking to a packed audience of manufacturing executives and engineers at the SME Gala […]
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The future belongs to those who are fast — Jim Carroll, from the opening to a keynote to an audience of thousands in Las Vegas!
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The folks at the UK’s Retail News publication recently interviewed me on the future of retail; I’ll be featured in their upcoming 125th anniversary edition coming out in mid-July. They’ve just run a teaser for the article on their Web site. I promise to put up a full version of the article when it appears; […]
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Here’s a clip from a recent keynote for an insurance association at their annual conference in New Orleans; I’m speaking about the challenges that emerge in the industry as the pace of innovation in the world of insurance shifts to Siilcon Valley, and a new generation of mobile-enabled customers demand different methods of interaction.
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Caught your attention, didn’t I, and you obviously want to point something out to me! But now that I have your attention, think about the honorable profession of farming — it’s been around almost since the beginning of time. And it’s a profession that has involved a lot of trial and error; failure and success; […]
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Here’s a quick video clip from a health care keynote in Houston; I’m speaking about bio-connectivity and the trend towards the virtualization of healthcare.
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Way back in 2003, Monster.com ran a promotion which offered the winner — a corporate organization — the chance to bring me in for a customized talk on future trends. I showed my kids (then 8 and 10 years old) the ad. They were not impressed. Why do I post this now? My wife and […]
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Microsoft runs one of the largest training and certification communities in the world, related to its Microsoft Developer program. And they certainly “get knowledge” ; indeed, I often use a quote from the organization that outlines their belief that in the future, half of GDP will be generated from knowledge acquisition and education. That’s why […]
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Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for 2014 Ameriquest National Symposium, speaking about trends related to transportation, infrastructure, fleet management, business model disruption — you name it! Bridget Fediuk is the Marketing Manager for NationaLease, and is responsible for overseeing the marketing of NationaLease meetings and events, the NationaLease NEWS, Webinars, and […]
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A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker in Las Vegas for the 2014 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC). In the room were folks responsible for the technology investments of a vast number of major fast-casual and quick-service restaurant companies. The attendee list featured some of the largest such organizations in the world, as […]
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The CEO’s are starting to notice. That is, a lot of my clients (I do a lot of private, corporate off sites with major companies in addition to my conference and association keynotes) that the speed of change in their industry is increasingly being dictated by the speed of innovation of companies in the technology […]
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At the end of the month, I’ll be the opening keynote speaker for the Camstar Global Conference 2014, in Orlando, Florida. I will be focused on the theme of the acceleration of product life cycles, the need for new, fast paced manufacturing methodologies, and the issue of what happens as every industry is aligned to […]
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Another video clip, hot off the press from a keynote I did for 2,000 in New Orleans a few months ago. My apologies to Scanadu – the project isn’t happening at NASA’s JPL, it’s over at Ames.
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The folks over at DealNews gave me a call to chat about a few of the trends I see occurring in the world of retail. My main comments? “From an interaction perspective, Apple has completely eliminated the checkout line,” says Jim Carroll, a retail futurist trends and innovation expert based in Toronto. “Cash registers have […]
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On Monday, I was the opening keynote speaker in St. Louis for an event for the National Rural and Electrical cooperative, and spoke about a variety of energy trends. And, as always, I had some fun with the audience while doing so! The folks over at Electric Co-Op Today reported on my keynote. A fun, […]
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Each year, Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine puts together an issue that peers into the future. I’ve been named one of their esteemed visionaries in the past, and again this year for their 2020 Imperative issue. Here’s the opening comment from the magazine: any my insight is shared below that. “It’s no secret that consumer […]
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It was a bit of a whirlwind the last two weeks, with keynotes in Anaheim (medical device industry), Phonenix (top farming producers) and two in Orlando (the first being for Ameriquest; more on that to come. The other event I opened in Orlando was for the 2013 Innovation Takes Root conference with Natureworks; they’re the […]
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I’m covered in the January / February issue of an Australian publication, Think and Grow Rich. It’s oriented toward franchise operations. Enjoy! The Power of One from Think and Growth Rich January/February 2014 Despite a small slump in figures during the Global Financial Crisis, franchising has come out of the mire relatively unscathed and in […]
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Last autumn, I was the luncheon keynote speaker for the Electronics Representatives Association in Chicago. This is a group of folks who act as middlemen between a vast number of large and small electronic/equipment manufacturers and their eventual sales targets — other manufacturing companies. My focus : how a world of fast change in manufacturing, […]
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