Insight Index – Page 24

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.

Video: “Revisiting Our Future: How the Global Pandemic Has Accelerated, Twisted, Disrupted and Forever Changed Our Understanding of What Comes Next!”

I filmed in the home broadcast studio yesterday. It’s a clip that outlines ten trends that are evolving now, in real time, as a result of the global pandemic. It’s 8 minutes long, and crystallizes some of my thinking as to how Covid-19 and the global pandemic has reshaped our future, particularly in light of […]

Daily Inspiration: “The global pandemic has created a war between fast moving events and previously slow-moving organizations!”

“The global pandemic has created a war between fast moving events and previously slow-moving organizations!”– Futurist Jim Carroll There’s a lot to unpack in this picture. As my mom would have said when I came down in the morning as an 8 year old with plaid pants, a checked shirt and striped socks, “It’s busy […]

Daily Inspiration: “Well, I did observe (checks notes…) ‘The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined…’”

“Well, I did observe (checks notes…) ‘The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined – with the trends that have not yet occurred…’” – Futurist Jim Carroll No, I certainly did not predict the pandemic. I couldn’t help but be aware of the commentary of Bill Gates and others who were alerting the […]

Video Series: Rethinking Leadership : Insight for Our Eventual Post Pandemic World – #4 Partner Up!

I’m replaying clips from my January series, “Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration – and re-examining them in the context of our pandemic-impacted world. Here’s #4 – Partner Up! As I wrote back in January: “If you could do it alone, you would have already achieved what you needed to achieve! But […]

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “The Future Belongs to Those Who Adapt!”

“The future belongs to those who adapt!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I just put up a blog post with a video you should watch! Adapting to Opportunity: 55 Things I Learned From 550+ Hours Invested in My Home Broadcast Studio Infrastructure! The post features not just the information in its title, but a short clip that […]

Video Series: Rethinking Leadership : Insight for Our Eventual Post Pandemic World – #3 Commit to It!

The concept of ‘leadership’ has changed drastically in the last 3 months. Many are failing to meet the new standard of empathy, speed, imaginative thinking and more. Back in January – it seems like eons ago – I launched a video series, Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration. It put forth 20 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Leadership today: It’s found with those who define a future based on dignity and respect for all….”

“Leadership today? It’s found with those who define a future based on dignity and respect for all – and exposes those who are truly weak, who can only glorify a past that exposes their their vile, destructive hate!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Back in 2017, I wrote a blog post with my prediction for the […]

Video Series: Rethinking Leadership : Insight for Our Eventual Post Pandemic World – #2 Don’t Fight Your Future!

Video Series: Rethinking Leadership Leading Into Our Eventual Post Pandemic World – #1 Act Fast!

Back in January, I launched a leadership video series – “Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration.” You can find the full series of 20 short clips here, with some context. A heck of a time to launch something like that, because Covid-19 exploded shortly after the final item. But this got me […]

Show 6: The Return of Leadership!

Virtually yours – Jim!

Keynote: Exis Global, Virtual Event, “The Future of Commercial & Industrial Real Estate In The Era of the Great Disruption!”

Exis is a global real estate organization, and they brought me in for a virtual keynote for their first ever global leadership conference via Zoom. We had 140 participants in real time from throughout the world, including London, Hong Kong, Canada and the US. My 50 minute interactive talk focused on what leading organizations do […]

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 […]

Show 5: Las Vegas Style Energy Packed Into a Keynote Style Talk Filmed in a Basement Broadcast Studio!

Just watch it! Stop booking boring Zoom meetings. Call me! Spice up your online life! Disrupting!

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 […]

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 […]

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.’ […]

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 […]

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “Covid-19 has created a war between fast moving events and slow moving organizations! Speed and agility is everything!”

“Covid-19 has created a war between fast moving events and slow moving organizations! Speed and agility is everything!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A slide from my online talk last Thursday – I go live again today at 1130EST! Think about what you’ve seen. Retail has had to quickly moving from talking about curb-side pickup to […]

Highlight Clip – Week 1 – “Disrupting the Big Disruption: Jim Carroll’s Weekly Review of Leadership and the Big Realignment!”

So I went live last week – multiple cameras, multiple backdrops, multiple contextual images….. As we move to the online world for leadership insight meetings and events, most folks are offering up straightforward online broadcasts. I decided to innovate and go for more. Attention spans are shorter in the online world, so a topic expert […]

Daily Inspiration: “At particular moments in time, uncertainty is the root of all opportunity!”

“At particular moments in time, uncertainty is the root of all opportunity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll What will you do at this particular moment that will define the next ten years of your life? Regret for the past, anger with the present, or motivation for the future? Your answer matters. History shows us that it’s those […]

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 […]