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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.

TRENDS INSIGHTS

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

10 Realities About Business Models

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 […]

Keynote: The Future of Tourism!

I’m honoured to be the opening keynote speaker for the 2012 Ontario Tourism Summit, the most significant tourism event in the province of Ontario, Canada. They recently featured a short profile that provides a little bit of insight into my talk. Global futurist Jim Carroll to speak at 2012 Ontario Tourism Summit “The future belongs […]

Investing In The Future: What the Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors are Asking Me

Recently, I’ve had two absolutely fascinating session, each about 2-3 hours in length. In one case, a major private equity firm engaged me to meet with their main advisory board In another case, I met with a group of very wealthy investors who were / are owners of major family held businesses, with valuations into the […]

Video: Speed is the New Metric in Food and Retail

From my keynote earlier this year at the International Dairy, Deli and Bakery Association, a clip that outlines faster change — in consumer taste trends, societal change, technology — drives the need for speed being the new success factor in the food industry in terms of retail. The clip certainly ties in to what is […]

Rethinking Innovation in the Energy Sector

Earlier this year, I was invited to open the Southern Gas Association in Austin, Texas. In the room, I had about 800 of the most senior executives in the natural gas industry in the US, including utilities, distributors, exploration companies, producers and suppliers. It was a pretty heavy duty crowd. This was one of several […]

Article: Silicon Valley Will Drive the Pace of Innovation. Are You Ready?

The Canadian Society of Association Executives “Association Magazine” has just released their latest edition, which included my article with the title above. You can grab the PDF of the article at the right on the image. Note that it is English and French. The article is based on the blog post I wrote back in […]

When science speeds up!

Jim Carroll speaks to the annual general meeting of the PGA of America, challenging them to think about what happens “when science speeds up.”

Big data. Big opportunities!

Back in February, I flew into Aspen, Colorado, to speak at the leadership meeting for a major consulting firm. My topic? An extremely customized keynote on the trends and opportunities that are unfolding with the new era of analytics and what has come to be known as “big data.” There was a tremendous amount of […]

Trend: The Future of Energy

I’ve recently been the opening keynote speaker for two major energy events, with talks that focused on the future trends that will impact the energy industry, primarily from the perspective of energy utilities. The first was for Accenture’s International Utilities and Energy Conference held in San Francisco, with a global audience from over 35 countries. My […]

“Bold predictions for 2020”

Mashable just ran a post, “9 Bold Predictions for the Digital World of 2020“. I’m quoted in point 5 – Virtual Hospitals”. Here’s what I said: “By 2020, if not before, most industries – health care, agriculture, financial – will have found that they have been transformed by the velocity of Moore’s law. Mobility, wireless, […]

Healthcare 2020 : Moore’s law, Genomics and Velocity!

One of my recent talks featured me as the keynote speaker for Talent Strategies 2012 in New Orleans; the conference tagline was “Creating the Organization of the Future: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Today.” I’ll blog more on my talk later – I do an extensive number of talks on the future of workforce, skills issues, and […]

From Disney to the PGA – Everyone is focused on innovation!

A short clip from a recent keynote in New Orleans – in which I outline how everyone is focused on innovation. This was at the Talent Strategies 2012 event, where I focused on human capital issues.