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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!

There Are 3 Types of People When It Comes to the Future. Which Type Are You?

I’ve long observed when challenging my audience to align to the future, that there are 3 types of people in my audience: those who watch the future happen those who make the future happen and those who react, “whoah, how did that happen?” Here’s a clip where I am talking about that issue … and […]

Some people. Innovative people. Spot the difference!

It’s quite true. Some people have a very narrow view of the world and never achieve too much. Innovators have a wide-open mind and change the world in new and continuous ways. Consider the differences. Some people see a trend and see a threat. Innovators see the same trend and see an opportunity. Some people […]

An Eclectic Creativity & Innovation Video Playlist!

Inspire yourself! Think different!

Innovation Isn’t What You Think It Is – Here’s What You Need to Know!

The following article was published in AkzoNoble’s “A” Magazine, featuring some of my thoughts on innovation in organizations. The organization is the largest global paints and coatings company and is a leading producer of specialty chemicals. The article is a good read as to how I think and work. It was distributed in print form […]

Checklist: Many organizations are structured for failure. Are you?

“Failure? It’s an attitude that is often preceded by its actual occurrence” – Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever noticed that you are surrounded by people who seem determined to set you on a path to failure? Or who somehow seem to find joy in some weird passion to bring you down than to build […]

Keynotes I’ve Delivered: And the 101 Ideas on Disruptive Thinking, Innovation Acceleration and Your Next Future That They Provide

So – someone asked me if I delivered canned insight. LOL. I’ll just give you this playlist to start. And then, let me share what I really do. I decided to start listing a few clients with a short overview of the unique keynote titles or topic spin that formed the basis for my keynote […]

KEYNOTE: Bridging the Acceleration Gap Achieving Growth By Aligning to The Post-Pandemic Future

KEYNOTE: Bridging the Acceleration Gap: Achieving Growth By Aligning to The Post-Pandemic Future The global pandemic has changed the axis of our universe. What was disruptive before is now massively transformative. Do you have a strategy to keep up? Pre-pandemic, CEOs and organizations were dealing with a world of business model disruption, the acceleration of technology, the […]

Staying Complacent? You Know You Are Killing Yourself with Inaction. What Are You Going To Do About It?

You’re stuck. Fading into irrelevancy! Dying from organizational sclerosis every single day. Killing yourself with inaction. You know it’s true, don’t you! Because you keep on making the same old excuses, each and every day, that validate your belief that you don’t need to change. As that famous philosopher once said: LOL. The joke will be […]

“Ask a Futurist” – What Trends Are you Watching?

What trends are worth watching as we start to enter an eventual weird, post-Covid economy? How do you distinguish real trends from fads? What really matters? I took these questions on in my “Ask a Futurist” video today. I covered a lot of stuff – fad trends like NFT (nonfungible tokens), Clubhouse and meme-investing which […]

Post-Pandemic Leadership – What’s Your Plan?

Relentless volatility. Ongoing uncertainty. Information ambiguity. Unreliability. A lack of clarity. Ongoing vulnerability. Welcome to your new future. What’s your plan? My ongoing research, trends tracking and client discussions tell me that we are faced with a future in which you now need to move at lightning speed, without really knowing what might come next. […]

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 […]

Start Your Day Today with Some Consistent Failure In Your Plan! It’s the Only Way You Will Succeed!

Because if you don’t fail, you aren’t learning! Here’s some inspiration to get you going. I seem to write about beneficial failure a lot in my Daily Inspiration posts!

The Wizard of Oz, The Pandemic of 2020, and Disruptive Innovation: Be Like Dorothy!

Are you doing marginal things when you could be doing so much better? Dedicated to my wonderful sister Dorothy, who we lost to pancreatic cancer just over two years ago. Don’t live a monochromatic life – live in technicolor!

Video: “Go Ahead: Admit It – You’re Stuck, Indecisive, and Not Sure What Do Do!”

So when do you innovate? Right now! For some reason, my sound configuration was off – but still a good story.

Daily Inspiration: “You are best defined by the barriers you overcome, not by the failure they might impose on you!”

“You are best defined by the barriers you overcome, not by the failure they might impose on you!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Who would have thought 6 months ago that I’d have a full fledged city skyline view from my basement – but here we are! The home studio is just cooking along. Failure teaches […]

Moving Forward : Discovering Opportunity in this era of Volatility and Uncertainty!

Are you thinking about your eventual post-pandemic future, and how you will align yourself to the opportunities that are unfolding right now? Or are you stuck in the here and now, unable and unwilling to comprehend what you need to do to align to ‘what comes next?’ This post will provide you some motivational guidance […]

Revisiting Your Disruptive Future : Are You Ready for Your Next 5 Years?

I returned to my virtual broadcast studio yesterday, and filmed a video as to this fact – while you’ve been busy managing your pandemic reality, the future has still continued it’s relentless, disruptive march. You need to make sure you are still aligned to what comes next!

Daily Inspiration: “If it doesn’t work? Blow it up. Do it again. Repeat!”

“If it doesn’t work? Blow it up. Do it again. Repeat!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I filmed a bit the other day for a story as to how disruptive trends are coming back onto the global leadership radar – and what organizations need to do about it. I had a great stage set, but I wasn’t happy with […]

“Someone once asked how I prepare for my future. Ready? Pay attention. Try new stuff. That’s it!”

“Someone once asked how I prepare for my future. Ready? Pay attention. Try new stuff. That’s it!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This is a screen clip from a little video I did yesterday which goes through the steps I follow to create a live video in the virtual studio. You’ll only develop new skills if you try new things. You’ll […]

Daily Inspiration: “Innovation. It thrives in the building of sandcastles!”

“Innovation. It thrives in the building of sandcastles!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Way back in 2006, inspired by similar times, I wrote about how innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles! It was a great post — and it made it into BusinessWeek. With summer still upon us, I thought it a fitting post to […]

Video: Your Challenge is In Your Innovation and Creativity Prevention Department!

You know it’s true. And you’ll be even more convinced you watch this. Virtual. Done right.

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 […]