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
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“To win in the race to the future, you need to decide to show up at the starting line” – Futurist Jim Carroll Each morning since August, I’ve enjoyed my morning coffee while putting together a little future/motivational quote from some of my stage pictures. You can track this over on Instagram; I also tweet them. I’m […]
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It’s that simple. Here’s a simple list of companies that were once great successes. Then they weren’t: Blockbuster. Borders. Lehman Bros. Kodak. Circuit City. RadioShack. Pan-Am. Enron. E.F. Hutton.RCA. Tower Records. Polaroid. Woolworths. Compaq. Arthur Anderson. The list could go on…. companies that were leaders in their time, and then failed, due to a lack of […]
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At this point in my career, 70% of my keynotes are for leadership meetings, many involving Fortune 1000 organizations. I’m often brought in my a CEO or other senior executive to inspire top leadership to think about the trends that will impact them, and that will provide both opportunity and challenge going forward. In these […]
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Over the last 25 years, many CEOs of Fortune 1000’s and other companies have brought me in for sessions to encourage their teams to align to the future. Over this period of time, I’ve become quite adept at spotting the challenges that a client might face. There’s a laundry list of issues I can spot. Ask yourself […]
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“Don’t be afraid of failure. Fear inaction instead!” – Jim Carroll Are you doing enough in your organization to encourage a culture of failure? If not, why not? Failure is often a prerequisite for success. In other words, many times, you can’t there from here, unless you take a diversion to there….. That’s an important lesson […]
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Here’s my favourite quote from 2016. It comes from Tesla Motors, and hence, Elon Musk, in a SEC filing on August 5th, having to do with the Tesla Model 3. A car that does not yet exist, but which 400, 000 people bought into the idea of (I was one of them!) “We have no […]
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What are the trends I’m watching as we head into 2017? Far too many; indeed, the list is almost too long to consider. I’ve got keynotes, leadership or Board meetings in almost every sector in the coming months: transportation, construction, healthcare, retail, automotive, advanced materials and manufacturing, agriculture, insurance … the list goes on and on. […]
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While I find myself doing keynotes in Las Vegas, Orlando and Phoenix for audiences of up to 7,000, I also regularly do a whole series of small, CEO or Board meetings that are focused on future trends, strategies and opportunities. I’m thouroughly enjoying myself while preparing for an upcoming 2017 event in this space; I’ve […]
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For as long as there has been the future, there have been people who don’t like it. Ogden Nash captured that reality perfect, when he observed that “for some people, progress is great, but its’ gone on way too long.” With that in mind, here’s a clip from my keynote for the PGA of America […]
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I’ve always liked the children’s book series which involved Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat. It was fabulous to read to my kids, as it featured this adorable little monkey who was always thinking about things and always ended up getting into trouble as a result. It made me think about the […]
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In my keynotes, I often talk about how the rate of change — whether with business models, product life cycles, the rapid emergence of new competitors, business model disruption, skills and knowledge and more! — is speeding up. With such change, there’s a lot of uncertainty within many industries as to what to do next: a […]
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It’s a funny job, being a futurist. Essentially, your job is to take people out of their comfort zone, by removing them from today, and taking them into tomorrow. Tomorrow, of course, involves challenge and change; opportunity and threat; hope and fear. Some people are ready for it; many others are not. With 25 years […]
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“Establishing a committee is a guaranteed prescription for innovation paralysis” – Futurist Jim Carroll Why are committees so bad for innovation? Here’s a list of 10 reasons…. it sends the message that innovation is something special; that not everyone is responsible for great ideas it often leads to the worst form of group-think, whereas divergent […]
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A few weeks ago, I was in Washington, and filmed a little clip about the need to innovate despite massive uncertainty. Last week, I was in the UK, and filmed a version for folks trying to think about the future in the context of Brexit. You need to watch it!
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And we’re off! A key client just confirmed that for the start of 2017, they need one of my key messages …. right now, in an era of massive uncertainty, they want to kick off the year by shaking off aggressive indecision, and by aligning themselves to fast paced trends. So I wrote them a keynote description that […]
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One of my favorite innovation phrases that I always use on stage or in a CEO off-site is “think big, start small, scale fast!” So I woke up this morning and came into the home office, and was thinking about the “start small’ part of that phrase. And quickly jotted down a list of small […]
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I just filmed this today in front of the White House. You need to watch it.
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During a call yesterday, a client was asking whether I could customize my talk for their group. Are you kidding? Here’s a good case study of the typical process that I goes through. This particular organization was in the retail space; through conversations with several member of global management, we built a list of the key […]
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The future belongs to those who are fast — Jim Carroll, from the opening to a keynote to an audience of thousands in Las Vegas!
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To: CEO’s Worldwide From: Futurist Jim Carroll Date: November 1, 2016 I know things are extremely busy, particularly given the current climate of economic uncertainty. Yet, there is a key issue that you need to make sure is on your agenda. Innovation. The most important thing […]
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The Canadian Society of Association Executives had me write a series of articles with some of the unique challenges presented to associations in the context of fast-trends. Over the new week, I’ll play out these articles in a series of blog posts. They provide good food for though! Over 20 years, I’ve keynoted numerous association […]
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Give it a few years. You won’t even recognize the industry you are operating in. That’s because the rate of business model change is accelerating in every single industry. Here’s why: Right now, there are probably a bunch of really smart people figuring out to disrupt your business model If you aren’t busy thinking about […]
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Let’s talk about organizations that are clearly failures with the future — those who are stuck in a rut, and unable to figure out what to do next. With a twenty-five-year focus on innovation, I’ve become convinced that many organizations develop cultural sclerosis that holds them back to such a degree that their failure becomes a blinding liability. […]
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A common focus for many of the keynotes I’ve given for senior executive as of late revolves around the theme, ‘what is it that world class innovators do that others don’t do?” Over a period of time of 20 years, I’ve had the opportunity to observe and learn from many organizations as to what they are […]
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