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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.

YOUR POST-COVID FUTURE

What comes next, and what should you do about it? Explore these topic pages for detailed insight on what YOU need to be doing NEXT.

25 years on stage with global clients like Disney, NASA, and the World Bank, Jim Carroll excels at delivering customized insight, high-energy presentations, with full interactivity, onstage or from a state-of-the-art broadcast studio.

Trends: Your Post Covid Future

An Instant Update: “What Comes Next? What Should You Do About It?”

I’m represented by many of the most prestigious and hard-working speakers bureaus in the world – the same folks who represent Barack and Michelle Obama, George W. Bush and Colin Powell, Richard Branson, and others. I regularly work to keep them up to date on things that are impacting our world. With that in mind, […]

Ask A Futurist – “What’s Going to Happen with Globalization?”

I recently established a new video series to address some of the many questions that come to me over the course of the week. I take a look at the questions that arrive and choose one or two a week that might provide some useful insight. One visitor asked “what’s the future of globalization? How […]

One Year Ago Today: I Spent 2 Hours in Shock. Then, I Started to Reinvent. Did You?

And so there it is! One year ago today, it was clear that my universe was shifting – my keynote life on stage in Las Vegas and elsewhere was coming to an end for quite some time, and that I had to reinvent FAST! Facebook and Cisco had just announced the cancellation of their annual […]

Video: Your Post Covid Reality – The Trends that Define Your Future!

The ultimate impact of Covid-19 on your future? Beyond the fact that we will be living in a somewhat surreal and unusual future, another fact remains – every organization is entering a new future in which a new era of massive acceleration defines everything you will do. I hit the virtual broadcast studio in my […]

Reinvention: An Interview with a Pastor!

The fourth instalment in my new video series on the theme of ‘Reinvention’ – what does it take, what’s involved, what’s the mindset? We are all headed into a dramatically different and transformed future – our success comes from our ability to reinvent. In this episode, I interview Pastor Keith Pelzer. Forget the idea of spiritual […]

What 2020 Taught Me About My 2021! Aligning to New Realities and Defining New Opportunities!

I hit the virtual broadcast studio in my basement yesterday, and filmed a story around what I learned from 2020 …. Here’s what I know: speed matters : agility is everything acceptance of reality was key : that became a fuel for momentum optimism ruled : attitude was everything action mattered : indecision failed reality shattered […]

The Future of Energy: Disruptive Acceleration in Our Eventual Post-Pandemic Economy!

One of my recent virtual keynote events had me sharing my research, thoughts and insight on the future of the energy industry wtih a vast number of executives from throughout the US energy industry. I cut out this particular section from the middle of the talk where I went into detail on what I saw […]

Notable Keynotes: Lessons in Leadership for our Post Pandemic Recovery – Pfizer and the Acceleration of Healthcare!

Just over a year ago, Pfizer had me in to open a senior global leadership team meeting, with a talk that looked at the future of healthcare. This was the summary that I wrote about what I covered: The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical […]

The Future of Healthcare Post-Covid: Speed, Collaboration, Innovation Lead To Transformation!

Over a 25 year time span, I’ve been asked to provide my thoughts on the future of medicine and healthcare to a vast majority of the world’s major pharma companies, healthcare institutions, hospital groups, professional health associations and more. I can’t profess to be a medical expert by any stretch of the imagination, but my […]

Video: The Future of the Global Restaurant Industry in Our Post-Pandemic World : Great Virtual Starts with Deep Subject Matter Expertise!

A leading franchise organization had me in for a virtual keynote on what the restaurant industry looks like as we enter in our eventual post-pandemic world. I’ve cut out the middle bit – it was an hour long, highly iterative presentation that the client was thrilled with – where I cover the major trends influencing […]

Notable Keynotes: Lessons in Leadership for our Post Pandemic Recovery – The Swiss Innovation Forum and Skiing!

A clip for my Notable Keynotes – Lessons in Leadership For Our Eventual Post-Pandemic Recovery series – about my keynote for the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich. As a new late-in-life skier (I took it up at the age of 40!), there was a lot of links between my innovation message and my experience learning to […]

The Opening Moments – Setting the Stage and Agenda! (Virtual! Done Right!)

Here’s a clip from the opening moments from my keynote for the Round Table Owners Association yesterday – it’s a long lasting and fast moving pizza franchise group based on the west coast. They had me in for a virtual keynote on the restaurant industry going forward – and I set the agenda early on! […]