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!
For 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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