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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!

Innovating in the era of the global idea machine – and the concept of “Just-in-time Knowledge”

If you want to known why you need to speed up your organization, spend a bit more time staring at an iPhone — or for that matter, any Apple device that you might happen to have in your home or office. Think about the fact that Apple now masters such a torrid pace of product […]

Video: The Masters in Business Imagination!

A clip from a recent keynote in San Antonio, Texas — shouldn’t you be thinking about getting a Masters in Business Imagination? I first proposed the concept of the MBI back in 2003, when I wrote the Masters in Business Imagination Manifesto. Here’s the intro: Complacency in a time of rapid, disruptive change can be […]

The Google Car, 3D Printing & Big Bold Ideas!

Many people don’t know how to think big — how to envision bold news ideas. In this clip from Las Vegas, Jim talks on stage in Las Vegas at a major manufacturing conference, about he challenged an auto company to think bigger by thinking about Google as a potential competitor. He uses this as opportunity to […]

Avoiding innovation paralysis caused by “aggressive indecision”….

A few days ago, the Smart Blog on Leadership wrote a blog post covering my recent keynote at the IMXchange manufacturing conference in Las Vegas. It drew quite a bit of attention on Twitter, particularly the vein having to do with my concept of what holds back a lot of innovation efforts. Some of the […]

The future of North American manufacturing? Brighter than you think!

I’ve just returned from Las Vegas, where I was the keynote speaker for a new manufacturing conference that has attracted quite a bit of attention – IMX 2011 – “The Interactive Manufacturing Experience.” I was in esteemed company on the stage; the other two keynote speakers were Peter Schutz, author and retired CEO of Porsche […]

10 More Great Words for Innovation!

The “10 Great Words” page on my Web site is one of the most consistently visited and shared pages on my entire site. I think that people find the words to be powerful and inspirational, and help to set a good mindset for innovative thinking. Words are very powerful motivators. I was dealing with a […]

“Raving fan of PollEverywhere”

The folks at PollEverywhere — the service that I use to conduct live text message polling while on stage — have just run an interview with me over on their blog as to how I utilize the tool. I’m reposting it here since it does provide a good overview of just how wonderful and interactive […]

Fairmont Hotels, Whistler, BC – Leadership and the “Masters in Business Imagination”

This iconic global brand held a global leadership meeting, bringing together its top hotel managers, senior executives and other for a two day retreat to focus on how to stay aligned to the fast changing travel industry. One of their executives had read my Masters in Business Imagination Manifesto years earlier, and thought the structure […]

Article : “What’s your vision of the future?”

The following article was just published in July 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 […]

“We’re going to think big, start small, and scale fast” – Experiential capital and the PGA

Here’s a video clip from my opening keynote for the 94th Annual General Meeting of the PGA of America, in which I talk about the necessity of “thinking big, starting small, and scaling fast,” and of the importance of the concept of experiential capital as a foundation for innovation. I’ve written and spoken about the […]

From bombs to beauty: the ubiquity of innovation!

Here’s an adaptation of my May CAMagazine article, which was titled “From Bombs to Beauty” in the print edition. ——- March was an interesting month for me. One day I was in Dayton, Ohio, opening the annual leadership meeting for the US Air Force Research Laboratory. In the room were senior military officers, scientists and […]

The future of retail franchise operations!

A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker for the 2011 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference held at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The audience were owners and operators of multiple franchise operations, primarily from the restaurant / food sector, but also from other franchise operations in auto, pet care, home supplies and other retail […]

Live text message polling – on stage for the PGA!

My recent post about using a live text message poll while speaking to a group of high school students drew a fair bit of attention as an example of the novel use of a social networking tool. This isn’t the first time I’ve been using this type of tool on stage — I’ve been doing […]

Association CEO’s – Are you thinking big enough?

As an association executive, are you thinking BIG enough? That’s the challenge I raise in a forthcoming article for the April / May CSAE Association publication, due out in print any minute. You can get a sneak preview right now! Here’s how I close the article. There is a lot of transformative change that is […]

Innovation in the field of franchised operations…

In April, I’ll be one of the keynote speakers for the Multi-Channel Franchising Conference in Las Vegas. Franchising.com recently caught up with me for an interview on some of the issues that I’ll be focusing upon. Here’s the interview! ———– Jim Carroll loves to predict where the world is going. As such, he has become […]

Why we ski….

“What I really feel is that, if on a pair of skis … I forget everything but the joys of living…” Viscount Anthony Knebsworth, in a letter to his father, Earl of Lytton, 1924 The mood is melancholy in the home office today, as we head out for our final ski weekend of the year. […]

Headlines: The More Things Change, the More Things Stay The Same (sometimes)

“Most people overestimate the amount of change that will occur in two years and underestimate the change that will occur over ten years” – Bill Gates That’s a phrase that I often use when opening a keynote. When I’m on stage, about to blast into a high velocity 45 minute presentation that links fast-paced trends […]

Understanding the velocity of innovation – take the “10 Things Test!”

One of my most recent blog posts reflected on the death of my fax machine, and how we now live in a period of time in which many devices can simply “disappear” from our lives as they are replaced by new technologies, business models or concepts that we can’t even begin to imagine. This is […]

What’s hot? Search phrases from March 7, 2011

I haven’t done one of these posts for a while. Here’s another week of unique insight from my blog tracking tool, ReInvigorate, that links the search phrases that people used to find a page on my site. This can be a useful way to discover a few gems of insight from the several thousands of […]

The future of seniors care / assisted living – big trends, or crazy ideas?

(This is a long post!) Were my comments in the video below — recorded in front of 3,000 people at the annual National Recreation and Parks Association annual conference in Salt Lake City in 2009 — quite possibly the stupidest, dumbest comments I’ve ever made on stage? Could we really be headed to a world […]

Video: Thinking boldly, the challenge of wellness, and innovation!

Here’s a clip from a recent event — actually, my keynote for the national meeting of the PGA — that I think speaks for itself. I know there’s a big debate going out there, but from my perspective, the problem is real – the scope of the obesity challenge is surreal, mind-boggling and massive in […]

Understanding 21st century capital : why it’s not just financial capital anymore!

Enhance your balance sheet! In the 20th century, financial capital was the resource of choice. That’s doesn’t cut it anymore. Today, it’s all about skills, experience, creativity and more. Do you have what it takes? In the 21st century, given the high velocity economy and the need for agility, organizations will need many different, nontraditional […]

Revisiting the Hollowing Out of Global R&D Trends

Two years ago, I was the opening keynote speaker for the 14th Annual Portfolio Management for New Products & Services Conference in Fort Lauderdale, an event sponsored by the Product Development and Management Association. In the blog entry I wrote at the time (The Hollowing Out of Big Corporate R&D), I noted that “I spoke […]

Time for a little innovation oxygen! Everyone needs to inhale deeply…..

Is your organization getting a tad stale? Try rejuvenating staff by prescribing a dose of newfound creativity – through some innovation oxygen! When my good friend Scott Kress summited Mount Everest two years ago, he used a little bit of oxygen for the final push. Many climbers do — sometimes you need the extra energy […]