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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.

INNOVATION INSIGHTS

If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
end up with the same old thing!

Article: The Future of Manufacturing is in Acceleration!

Companies that don’t yet exist, will build products that are not yet conceived, based on ideas not yet invented, with manufacturing methodologies that have not yet been conceived. Are you ready for the new world of disruption? That’s the reality of manufacturing today, and that will be the focus on my keynote next week when […]

Keynote: “Aligning to Velocity: Key Trends and Strategies for the Era of Acceleration”

This October, I’ll keynote the MacKay CEO Forum 2017 Edge Summit in Vancouver, with about 500 CEO’s in the room. I’ll take a look at what happens when accelerating technology trends result in every company become a technology company. I just wrote up a new keynote topic description, modified from a few of my other topic […]

Daily Inspiration: “There’s more to you than you think there is!”

“There’s more to you than you think there is!” – Futurist Jim Carroll ‘’ I was doing a stage/sound check in Las Vegas, and the AV guys were doing some testing of their video setup. The opportunity for a fun little shot was too big to pass up! The next morning, I spoke to 2,000 people […]

Two of the Most Innovative Industries Today? Not Quite the Ones You Would Think!

Last spring, I was the closing keynote speaker for a meeting at Genentech — they’re one of the world’s leading genomic based pharmaceutical organizations. I just found this gem in the video — when I was asked a question, and turned it around to my thoughts on two of the most innovative industries in existence […]

Daily Inspiration: “Don’t be afraid of dreaming too big. Be afraid of thinking too small!’

“Don’t be afraid of dreaming too big. Be afraid of thinking too small!’ – Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily Inspiration: “Seek perfection in your goals, but accept imprecision in how you get there!”

“Seek perfection in your goals, but accept imprecision in how you get there!” – Futurist Jim Carroll ‘’ This could apply to my golf game, but also goes to the heart of my innovation mantra – Think big, start small, scale fast. The ‘start small’ part suggests that you should take on a whole series of […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “Establishing a Committee Guarantees Innovation Paralysis”

It’s Monday morning, and I know of 3 situations right now where an organization is considering bringing me in for a keynote, and there is a committee involved. 2 of these 3 decisions have been dragging on for more than few weeks. I suspect that I might get 1 of the 3 assignments, because committees […]

Video On Disruption: 20 Reasons Why It’s Bigger Than You Think!

Here’s the thing. Disruption isn’t just Uber and AirBnB and others. It’s more. It’s fast science, robotics, 3d printing, exponential technology, new materials, big dreamers, the rise of the small and so much more! Watch this video NOW. Disruption is real, it’s happening now, is is much bigger than you think!

Daily Inspiration: “If you are going to show up at the starting line for the future, make sure that you don’t show up late!”

One of my key responsibilities as a futurist is to help my clients — some of the largest associations and companies in the world — align themselves to the fast paced trends of today. One key question that always comes up? “When do we get involved with any key trend?” I walk them through that […]

What a Futurist Does: Keynote Highlights, 2nd Quarter 2017

What goes on in the life of a futurist? Lots of stages and lots of fascinating events, with talks focused on linking future trends to opportunities for innovation! Here’s a wrap-up of some of the events from April to June of this year. Gore Mutual, Toronto This was certainly a highlight – I shared the […]

Keynote: Thing Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption

I spent the morning yesterday with the Board of Directors of a multi-billion dollar credit union, taking a good hard look at the trends sweeping the financial services space. They know that disruption is real, and that it is happening now. And disruption is everywhere: every business, and every industry is being redefined at blinding […]

The Story Behind the Picture: Is Your Brand from The Olden Days?

“A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months….” In that context, you’d better get ahead of the fast future, before it gets ahead of you! Consider Sony. Once they were a really cool company with the coolest technology on the planet — the Walkman. Then they weren’t, because they didn’t […]

Daily Inspiration: “Think BIG!”

“Think BIG!” – Futurist Jim Carroll ‘’ A view from the upper deck of my keynote yesterday for an group of insurance brokers on the future of #change and #disruption. A great stage leads for a great keynote! ‘’

Keynote: Nasscom C-Summit, New York – The Hi-Tech Industry and the Next Big Opportunities

Now this was cool! I was invited in by Nasscom, which represents the global software and business process outsourcing industry for India. Essentially the national trade association for one of the largest software and services industries in the world. My closing keynote, “Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption”, provided context […]

Keynote @Nasscom2017: Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Innovating in the Era of Disruption

I’m off to New York, where tomorrow I will be the closing speaker at Nasscom’s inaugaural C-summit The National Association of Software and Services Companies is a trade association representing the major players in the Indian IT and business process outsourcing industry. The event is taking a look at future trends and opportunities for innovation, […]

Daily Inspiration: “Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly.”

“Expect velocity. Plan for acceleration. Structure for intensity. Execute relentlessly.” Back in 2006, I keynoted the Society of Cable Telecom Engineers at their annual conference in Tampa. At the time, YouTube was only just beginning to have an impact, and social networking was still in a nascent stage. It was January — Twitter wasn’t even […]

Article: Innovate now—the future is coming quickly : Five strategies for successful innovation.

Credit Union Magazine just ran a great article on my keynote yesterday in Las Vegas for Drive 17, the annual conference from CU Direct on trends in the automotive lending space for credit unions. Self-driving cars, drone technology, Apple Watch, and even FaceTime. It’s technology we see depicted in “The Jetsons,” a cartoon from 1962 […]

Innovation? Do These 10 Things Now….

Obviously, I spend a lot of time thinking about innovation. And given my global client list, I have a unique front-row seat into what organizations are doing to succeed — or, as they case may be, not succeed — with their innovation efforts. With that, here’s a quick list of 10 more things that smart, innovative […]

Innovation: Why Every Company Needs What I Call an XBOX/Playstation Room!

Half of the events I do as a futurist and innovation expert are spent at corporate leadership events. I’m frequently engaged by a CEO or other senior executive for a global Fortune 1000 company to come in and challenge their team as to how to align to a fast paced, disruptive future. After all, the reality […]

Article: Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage

IBM’s Think Marketing blog found my site, and interviewed me on some of my thoughts around innovation and culture. Give it a read! Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog Sometimes, you wake up and it feels like it became spring overnight. But when […]

Keep Up with the Speed of Change: Future Trends in the Speaking Industry

I work with many of the world’s leading bureaus, one of who is the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Magic Johnson, Terry Bradshaw — global political, sports and other leaders. They’ve just run a blog post that I wrote on trends in the […]

Daily Inspiration: “While the game of golf is based upon centuries of tradition, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t big opportunities for innovation, change and bold thinking!”

“While the game of golf is based upon centuries of tradition, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t big opportunities for innovation, change and bold thinking” – Futurist Jim Carroll This morning I got up and wrote a blog post, “The 8 best things happening in growing golf right now”

Daily Inspiration: “Start you day today by asking really good questions”

“Start you day today by asking really good questions” – Futurist Jim Carroll Over the last 25 years as a speaker on future trends and innovation, I’ve seen many cases where companies have jumped onto a trend simply because everyone else. Or, they’ve suddenly decided that ‘innovation’ is important, without really defining a purpose or […]

Trend: Why Spatial Data Bubbles are Going to Be a Big Part of Your Life (And Why You Need to Know What they Are!)

Location intelligence was the hot new opportunity 20 years ago as spatial (GIS) data came to be a big part of the world. 20 years on, it still is. My oldest son is building a fabulous career working in the industry – he’s a leading expert in the use of tools such as ArcGIS, for […]