Insight Index – Page 4

JIM’S INSIGHTS

Panic, do nothing, innovate and adapt? The choice should be clear!

DISRUPTION INSIGHTS

Your business model might be changing faster than you think!

The Disruptive Velocity of Industry Change: Cars Have Become Computers, and Traditional Auto Companies Can’t Keep Up

Cars have become computers. And the fact is, most car companies can’t keep up as the speed of change shifts to the speed of Moore’s law and Silcon Valley. Here’s a clip from the CUDirect Automotive Lending conference that I keynoted in 2016 in which I explain what is going on! Think about it a […]

Thinking Big & Bold: That Moment I Predicted the Tesla Business Model in 2003!

Back in 2003, I pretty much predicted the emergence of the Tesla business model and the disruption occurring today in the automotive industry. I had the details wrong though – in that I suggested that it would Google building this future! It doesn’t matter – the idea was right. Give it a watch!

WTF! Most Sales Conferences and Dealer Meetings Today are a Failure: Here’s Why!

“Do what you’ve always done, and you’ll get what you’ve always got.” So goes the phrase. Which increasingly, in a world in which the era of acceleration is changing what you sell and how you sell it, is a recipe for disaster. With that, I give you what I’ve learned about internal sales force and […]

Video: Business Model Disruption – Or Obstruction?

You have a choice to make!

Daily Inspiration: “Your path of business model obstruction? Let me remind you how well that worked for record companies!”

“Your path of business model obstruction? Let me remind you how well that worked for record companies!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It takes courage to disrupt a successful business model, but most likely, you have no other choice. On the other hand, only an idiot tries to obstruct the inevitable! And yet, I see that […]

Video: Rapid Reinvention and Chameleon Revenue

Your legacy is your death. Watch this clip – CEO’s are talking about the need to provide for revenue streams where revenue didn’t exist before, from products not previously in existence. That’s your future realty!

Video : Is Your Brand From the Olden Days?

Is your brand from the olden days? Probably. I nailed this as a trend years ago. With that, here’s a video from the vaults – March 2009, Las Vegas. I’m the opening keynote speaker for the global leadership meeting of Yum! Brands, with senior executives in the room from around the world for KFC, Taco […]

Daily Inspiration: “Is your brand suddenly something from the ‘olden days?’”

“Is your brand suddenly something from the ‘olden days?’” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s an interesting reality: your brand is no longer what you say it is – it’s what ‘they’ say it is! Who is the ‘they?’ The collective public, swimming through the river of social media, floating their brain waves through the Web, […]

Video: Highlight clip, EY Client Tax Conference : Dealing with the Disruptive Challenges of our Time

Two weeks ago I spoke for @EYCanada’s National Client Tax conference. I challenged the audience to think about the transformative trends changing their world. Here’s a sneak peak!

Daily Inspiration: “New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in order to acclimatize to your new surroundings!”

“New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in order to acclimatize to your new surroundings!” – Futurist Jim Carroll We’re up in the mountains for a few days between speaking gigs – the next one is down in Denver. Today, we’re at 8,200 feet, but will go out and […]

Video: “Keep Your Powder Dry – Because the Future is Bigger Than You Think!”

Microsoft had me in to open one of their major customer conferences – and so I opened the event with a barnburner of a speech that outlined some of the issues we need to prepare for. Things like 3d printing human body-parts. Robotics & AI in construction. Cars as upgradeable technology platforms. Plants linked to […]

Daily Inspiration: “Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!”

“Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Complacency is a disease often caused by smugness, and leads to the complications of inaction. And the sad fact it, it is a very common affliction. Yet often, it will not come about because of negligence, inattention or an attitude of superiority – but simply […]