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.
“Great ideas die when a leadership team develops an organizational sclerosis that clogs up their ability to deal with the future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It was back about 2002 that I started speaking about the innovation killers on stage – my list of the attitudes and cultures that kill innovation in its tracks: https://innovationkillers.jimcarroll.com […]
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One of the world’s largest restaurant companies had me in keynote a massive global leadership meeting – and asked me to share my insight on what they could do to align themselves to the high velocity change which surrounds them. This was the result!
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I had a keynote for the National Safety Council a few weeks ago in San Diego – the largest gathering of workplace safety professionals in the world – with a talk that was to look at the future of safety risk. While preparing for my talk, I went golfing, while thinking about my talk. Of […]
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So I went to Torrey Pines for a keynote, had a round of golf, and cut a video. Learn more about my keynote topic, Driving the Future – Linking the Acceleration of Golf to The Speed of Business, over at https://jimcarroll.golf
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“The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined – the trends that have not yet occurred, the science not yet discovered, inventions not yet invented, and ideas not yet crystallized!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ll be on stage in about 4 hours in San Diego for my leadership keynote for the National Safety […]
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This is the largest occupational health and safety conference in the world, with over 15,000 professionals in the field attending. I was invited in for a keynote to look at the future of safety risk – how an era of device connectivity, the Industrial Internet of Things, robots and robots, the virtualization. of the workplace, […]
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Next week, I will be the leadership speaker at NSC 2019 National Congress and Expo in San Diego. Put on by the National Safety Council, it is by far the largest safety oriented conference in the world. This is an absolutely massive event – over 10,000+ people from 60+ countries, all involved in managing workplace […]
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Jim was the opening keynote speaker at the 2nd Global Manufacturing Conference for the International Finance Corporation, a part of of the World Bank Group, held in Marrakesh, Morocco. The conference saw the attendance of government ministers, business executives, development experts and other officials, with al focus on the economic development opportunities that can come from the […]
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Guess what! Facts matter! (Oh, and science is real too, but that’s another story). With that in mind, consider this: a year ago, NAFTA was very much in the news. People thought it was either dead, dying, being replaced – and that the negotiations by some old, illogical guy was going to see it replaced […]
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A clip from my keynote in Muscat, Oman last year that I edited together yesterday. Watch it – and then, ask yourself : are you really operating with the speed and agility that you require in our modern day world?
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Here’s a clip for you to watch; it’s from an event I spoke at a few weeks ago in San Diego. It speaks for itself. Often, when I am speaking about innovation, I will bring up this concept of a #MOTOFail. Essentially, don’t be Motorola. Don’t dare to presume that what you have done in the past […]
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A video clip from my keynote yesterday for several hundred educators and executives for the Career Education College Education conference in New Orleans. One day, we’ll look back at today, and realize that our world was kind of quaint in terms of the big transformative trends which were unfolding. Your future is way bigger than […]
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Are you really accomplishing great things in the era of acceleration – when the future belongs to those who are fast? Or are you a bit performer, a marginal success, failing to rise to your potential? Before I went on stage for the massive Microsoft FutureNow event, I filmed a clip that outlined what it […]
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One of the keynote topics I’ve been delivering on stage tees off with the title Driving the Future – Linking the Acceleration of Golf to the Speed of Businessf It’s a fun, innovative talk on the link between the world’s oldest game and business strategy, leadership, trends and innovation. Part of the insight comes from my […]
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It’s the era of accelerated risk! It’s just been confirmed that I will be the keynote speaker @NSCsafety – the National Safety Council Congress & Expo in San Diego this fall. This is an absolutely massive event – over 10,000+ people from 60+ countries, all involved in managing workplace risk. New workplace risk issues are multiplying […]
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A futurist must always be a relentless optimist, particularly on stage. We’ve been engaged to provide a tour of the future that provides our audience a sense of hope and opportunity. As I will often joke, I can’t go in front of a 1,000 people and start out by saying, “Guess what! Your future sucks!” […]
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“Your biggest risks at this very moment are the ones that you don’t know about, have yet to emerge, but will be here sooner than you think!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m on stage in Chicago in this picture, speaking to the Chief Legal Officers of some of the world’s largest organizations on the unique topic […]
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Over the last few years, 3 of the world’s largest global legal firms have asked me in for a talk on the new risks and challenges they are faced with in the era of acceleration. In addition, another one invited me for a similar talk in Dallas and Chicago for their major clients – a […]
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You won’t be selling tomorrow what you sell today. You’ll either be selling something very, very different, or you won’t be selling anything at all. You need to reinvent, continuously, and quickly. How big is this trend? Big enough that it is a major focus of almost every talk I do for every industry – […]
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As a futurist, I’m often called on by Fortune 1000 organizations to speak at their global leadership meetings, you get a sense as to what CEO’s and senior executives are concentrating on. Key trend? 10 years ago, the concept of ‘collaboration’ was not. No more – now, it’s speed. And specifically, agility in the executive […]
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“Acceleration & speed demand agility and flexibility: but are you structured for slow in the era of fast?” – Futurist Jim Carroll 19 Trends for 2019: #3 – The era of agility! As a futurist, I’m often called on by Fortune 1000 organizations to speak at their global leadership meetings, you get a sense as to what CEO’s […]
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“Think growth! Think optimism! Think like a farmer!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Obviously my keynote this morning is for the agricultural industry – I’m headlining the DTN Ag Summit in Chicago for about 700 farmers, agricultural specialists, ag companies and crop consultants. It’s a fascinating industry – my theme is ‘Agriculture 2045”, or what the industry […]
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Here’s a clip you’ll need to get you thinking. I was brought in by a manufacturing company to speak at their global leadership meeting, with a predictive on key trends they need to align themselves to. And of course, I had to close with some guidance on what to do to deal with the reality […]
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In October, I will keynote the Tag & Label Institute annual general meeting in Amelia Island, Florida. I’ve put together two good summary videos that they will share with their attendees in advance of the event, to get them thinking about the issues that they must confront as an industry. In the first one, I take […]
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