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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.

INNOVATION INSIGHTS

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

Daily Inspiration“Every great idea was once a dumb idea!”

“Every great idea was once a dumb idea!” – Futurist Jim Carroll History is littered with the legacy of great ideas which were initially presumed to be dumb ideas. It happens all the time. Famously, the founder of FedEx, was told that his university project suggesting a local and international parcel delivery service was a […]

Daily Inspiration: “Innovate like the entirety of your tomorrow depends upon it. Because it does!”

“Innovate like the entirety of your tomorrow depends upon it. Because it does!” – Futurist Jim Carroll There are obviously some pretty significant changes underway in the global economy – and they are all happening around us right now. Massive changes to the workplace but more important – the attitude towards the ‘place’ of work. […]

Video: “Be Like Fiji! What We Can Learn About Potatoes, Stickmen and Reinvention!”

So, I filmed a thing yesterday. It’s all about optimism and reinvention. Be like Fiji – capturing me on stage in Morocco last yaer in a keynote for the World Bank! And the second, all about stickmen and my own reinvention, from a keynote for the annual tax conference for EY. Entitled, appropriately, “Don’t Let […]

Video: “Why Do Smart Companies Do Stupid Things?”

Because of this!

Revisiting the Innovation Killers in the Era of Covid-19 : A Reality Check For Your New Future

Over 20 years ago, when I began an intense focus on researching what defined “innovation success,” I came up with my list of the ‘innovation killers’ – the excuses that people and organizations make on their way to the future. Hence, failing at innovation. It’s a pretty comprehensive list, and became a key focus in many […]

Video: My New Book and Other Titles: “The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Slow!”

If you aren’t adapting, you aren’t surviving! Watch this clip where I talk about an alternate universe of alternate titles for my last 4 books. Then, think about what you are not doing well.

Interactive Leadership Topics for Your Post-Pandemic World: Battle Tested Strategies Delivered from a World Class Studio!

Right now, you need insight on your world redefined for the next 10 years; leadership strategies to deal with your new ambiguity, volatility, complexity and uncertainty; and battle tested strategies and action plans to get you there. This video outlines the 3 interactive virtual talks I will be delivering to global organizations eager to move […]

Daily Inspiration: “The global pandemic has created a war between fast moving events and previously slow-moving organizations!”

“The global pandemic has created a war between fast moving events and previously slow-moving organizations!”– Futurist Jim Carroll There’s a lot to unpack in this picture. As my mom would have said when I came down in the morning as an 8 year old with plaid pants, a checked shirt and striped socks, “It’s busy […]

Video Series: Rethinking Leadership : Insight for Our Eventual Post Pandemic World – #4 Partner Up!

I’m replaying clips from my January series, “Insight 2020: Leadership Strategies for the Era of Acceleration – and re-examining them in the context of our pandemic-impacted world. Here’s #4 – Partner Up! As I wrote back in January: “If you could do it alone, you would have already achieved what you needed to achieve! But […]

Failing at the future: 10 reasons why some companies will miss out on the economic upturn!

Just over 3 months ago, the global economy changed. What has it changed to? After the the ’08 downturn, I keynoted the Missouri Governor Economic Development conference in St. Louis, and offered this quote from the American Chamber of Commerce: “It’s going to be this move from a bad economy, to the next economy.” What […]

Old World “Not Hot”: Phoning it In. New World “Hot”: Not Zooming It In!

Through my 25 year speaking career, I have had the opportunity to form close relationships with many of the top speakers bureaus in the world. They are important and invaluable partners. And with that, I always have my pinch me moments when I find myself talking with the same agents who are booking Barack and […]

National TV Interview : Reinvent. Relentlessly. Repeat. Regularly!

Well, that was a fair bit of fun and made for a delightful weekend! Last Thursday, I was busy in the home office, wrapping up my weekly broadcast. At that moment, I was contacted by a reporter for Global National – that’s one of the national news programs in my home country of Canada. He […]