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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.

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “If there was ever a time to ’THINK BIG,’ it would be at this very moment!”

“If there was ever a time to ’THINK BIG,’ it would be at this very moment!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s like a picture from the olden days! My time on stage! It’s hard to believe that just over two months, I was excited to launch my latest book, “Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: […]

Leadership In Crisis And The Strategy of ‘Next’: #4 – Hope and Action!

Sometimes you’ve got to take a longer term view. Because, what’s the alternative?

Leadership In Crisis And The Strategy of ‘Next’: #3 – Keeping Calm!

It’s not hard to notice that absolutely everyone seems to be writing about leadership in these challenging times. How do you take an approach that makes sense? The most important article I saw this week is this one. It was sent to me by one of my younger sisters – and it had a pretty […]

Leadership In Crisis And The Strategy of ‘Next’: #2 – Hope & Optimism

It matters.

What Does the World Look Like in 2030? A Futurist Writes An Aspirational Trends Post!

This is my 5th or 6th global economic recession. I think I’m starting to get pretty good at trying to manage my mindset. Because back in my old life when I spent my time on stage – just over a month and a half ago – my running joke was that I couldn’t walk on […]

Leadership In Crisis And The Strategy of ‘Next’: #1 – Focussing Forward

Like everyone else, it has been tremendously difficult to focus on the future, let alone think about it. With the crisis still unfolding around us and the depths of the downturn becoming obvious, it is clear that we are in new and uncharted waters. And yet, I found myself in a little bit of the […]

Online.JimCarroll.Com – I’m Open, and Ready When You Are!

I’m ready – are you? I’ve kept myself busy through the month ramping up the sophistication of my home office broadcast studio. Here’s an overview of what my team can do! There are several elements in my kitbag: live Web broadcast video keynotes, with interactive Q&A, interactive polling and verbal discussion, from my home studio. […]

Video: Watching the Little Signals for the Big Transformative Changes That Are Underway!

Clearly, a futurist is not an essential service – and so I work away at the home office, doing what I do. The days are very different, but then again, sometimes not much – I’ve already been working at home for 30+ years! But I am keeping busy cutting video, writing things, working on projects […]

Fast Science and Covid-19 : Why The Global Hive Mind Is Our Best Hope Right Now!

There’s lots happening online with science – healthcare, genomics, technology. Fast genomics, open source respirators and more. Global collaboration is fast and furious, and its fast and furious out there. I filmed this in the home studio. This stuff is cause for optimism!

Trend: Watch for the Industries That Are Accelerating Through the Crisis

Years from now, we will look back and realize that many industries, technologies, concepts and ideas accelerated throughout the crisis, as the opportunity they provided, proved to be critical. Consider, for example, what is happening with the acceleration of drone technology concepts – it’s happening RIGHT NOW.

Video: It’s What You Do RIGHT NOW That Defines Your Future!

I hit the home studio yesterday and filmed this. What will you do today to align yourself? This was the second attempt. The first onehad a similar storyline, but I had camera issues – focus! I decided to post it regardless.

Daily Inspiration: “The seven stages of economic grief are very real, but it’s how you move through them that matters!”

“Shock, anger, denial, anger, bargaining ….acceptance. The seven stages of economic grief are very real, but it’s how you move through them that matters!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Hey, do you remember your life but just one month ago? It seems like forever! I was getting ready for a trip to Las Vegas where I […]

Video on Optimism! What I Saw with the CEO’s in ’08, ’01 and Years Before: Here’s Why It Matters!

Optimism. It’s oxygen. It matters. Set the tone. Fix the short term, but keep the eye on the long term. I filmed this in the home broadcast studio yesterday.

Daily Inspiration: “Optimism. It’s your fuel for your future!”

“Optimism. It’s your fuel for your future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I have a good friend who accuses me having relentless optimism at the best of times. He’s a skeptic on so many fronts & I always work to bring him back from the edge of his pessimism. And so here we are today! What […]

Moving Through the Meltdown : What YOU as a Leader Should Be Doing Right Now!

Today, whether you agree or not, it’s clear that the global economy changed. What has it changed to? No one is certain, but what we can be sure of is that many industries will be fundamentally different; job losses and cutbacks will occur; some companies won’t make it; there will be pain and grief; turmoil […]

Video: “What You Do Right Now Defines Your Future”

The day Lehman Brothers went down in 2008, at an event where I was on stage, a CEO spoke to his team on how to react. The guidance was vivid, to the point, and spot on. It profoundly impacted what I did that day and every day going forward. I filmed this clip 5 minutes after […]

Leadership Keynote: 9 Things You Need To Do Right Now: Rediscovering Growth, Opportunity and the Future When Volatility is the New Normal!

Speaker bureau, event and meeting planner friends – leadership folks – clients…. My 2020-21 Recession keynote topic was just published. “9 Things You Need to Do Right Now: Rediscovering Growth, Opportunity and the Future When Volatility is the New Normal!” Right now, it’s crisis mode. But I want you to know I’M READY when your […]

Leadership Today : “Accelerating Through Uncertainty” -> Fixing the Question / Answer Imbalance Through Action!

Right now, people have too many questions, and not enough answers. This upsets the traditional balance that people base decisions upon. The result? They stop making decisions. Organizations freeze up. Here’s what I learned in previous economic downturns…. Stay tuned to this blog! When you don’t have a stage in which to share the future, […]

What History Has Taught: Innovative Organizations Refuse to Adopt the Doomsday Scenario!

As your world changes, your mindset matters! I don’t want to discount the depth of the economic downturn that we now are entering; the fear that people feel; the tragic circumstances that people are finding themselves within; the uncertainty that envelopes us. Yet I do know that we’ve been here before, and that we know what […]

Broadcast Studio Update : “The future doesn’t stop with volatility – only your initiative does!”

Here’s an update as I continued yesterday to ensure that my home office broadcast studio is ready to go … I’ll have full details next week as to the full range of online service offerings. Know this – when you are ready to go, I will be as well! The future doesn’t stop with […]

Volatility? It’s Now the New Normal! 7 Leadership Things You Need to Do Right Now!

I’m often providing detailed strategic guidance to senior executives and leaders on trends and the future, and certainly the economy has become a big part of what I address today. Much of my time is now spent putting into perspective the fact that we’ve always had downturns; there’s still plenty of growth opportunities out there; […]