Insight Index - Futurist Keynote Speaker Jim Carroll: Disruptive Trend & Innovation Expert

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.

All about growth!

Daily Inspiration: Industry Transformation - "A bold future abhors a timid mind!"

"A bold future abhors a timid mind!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The old automotive industry is disappearing; a new one is being born. The old…

Daily Inspiration: Economic Growth - "At what point will you realize you've wasted time preparing for an economic downturn that never happened?"

"At what point will you realize you've wasted time preparing for an economic downturn that never happened?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Have you noticed that…

Daily Inspiration: Business Transformation - "At some moment in time, you will come to realize that the future you thought had no longer exists!"

"At some moment in time, you will come to realize that the future you thought had no longer exists!" - Futurist Jim Carroll If you…

Leadership and Volatility: It's What You Do Right Now That Matters

History teaches us that those who move forward, fast, during periods of relentless uncertainty, are those who win. Futurist Jim Carroll on stage in London,…

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Daily Inspiration: "The future of work? It's the skills you don't know about that you need to be planning for!"

"The future of work? It's the skills you don't know about that you need to be planning for!" - Futurist Jim Carroll What can the…

Daily Inspiration: "If you are letting all this recession talk defer your plans for growth, you're doing it all wrong!"

"If you are letting all this recession talk defer your plans for growth, you're doing it all wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll History has taught…

Video: Achieving Optimism - Learning from the Two Different Types of Farmers!

One of my favorite bits of insight I like to share from the stage concerns the story of the 'two types of framers.' Which one…

Keynote Topics 2023: Growth, Innovation & Creativity, Megatrends, Leadership and Acceleration

I just sent out my February update to all my speaker bureau partners - I'm represented by most of the major ones in the world…

Daily Inspiration: "If only the paranoid survive, it's also true that it's the chameleons who will thrive!"

The BIG Future: "Regenerative Medicine" and a New Era of Healthcare Science

We might live longer. We will see the reduction, elimination, or perhaps eradication of diseases. We'll fix broken bones with lab-grown materials. We will grow…

10 Great Strategies for 2023 - What are the CEOs Thinking About?

I just finished the final post in my series, "23 Trends for 2023." As I write in the intro: The future is a vast and…

23 Trends for 2023 : #18 The Battle for Reality

We live in perilous, scary times - there are people around you who actually believe the wild conspiracies found in this image below. (And actually,…

Daily Inspiration: "Negative people seem to believe they can drag you down and destroy your optimism. Prove them wrong!"

"Negative people seem to believe they can drag you down and destroy your optimism. Prove them wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Something remarkable has been happening…

23 Trends for 2023 : #14 Reimagining and Reinventing

If what you sell, who you sell it to, how you sell it, and essentially, what it actually is - you've got to change things.…

23 Trends for 2023 : #13 Peak Carbon

We all know the phrase - insanity is doing the same thing and over again and expecting a different result each time. It doesn't happen.…

23 Trends for 2023: #11 The Massive Velocity of A.I.

There can't be a bigger story in tech this year - other than the self-inflicted destruction of many aspects of the tech sector through hubris,…

23 Trends for 2023: #8 - Knowledge Velocity

It used to be about what you know. Now it's not only about what you know, but how fast you need to know it! And…

23 Trends for 2023: #7 - Crazy ideas go mainstream

The pace of new ideas, innovations, concepts, scientific discoveries, and product breakthroughs is occurring at such a pace that the need to align to a…

Into 2023: What's Your Plan if Twitter Melts Down (or Does not?)

You would have had to be living under a rock for the last month to miss all the drama around Elon Musk and his purchase…

Daily Inspiration: “A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!”

“A slow start doesn’t mean a lost race when you’ve got acceleration on your side!” – Futurist Jim Carroll (Graph via @bcshaffer – Blake Shaffer) In my home country of Canada today, it’s a holiday known as Victoria Day, aka “May Two-Four” for those who choose to celebrate this unofficial start to summer with a […]

The Dark Underside of a Usually Optimistic Future: How Bad Could Things Get? Pretty Bad!

I bill myself as an “Optimistic Futurist.” My running joke when walking out on stage was – and is – “I can’t tell you that your future sucks, because then I wouldn’t get many repeat bookings.” But all kidding aside, I try to force myself each and every day into a positive frame of mind […]

The Era of Acceleration? It Just Got Faster!

Here’s a clip where I’m on stage a few years back, at an event where the CEO and his team are fine-tuning strategies and plans for the coming year. I’m there to set the context for the next several days with a talk about the future. They’re big in the global tech industry, manufacturing a wide […]

Video: The Future is Going to Happen Faster Than You Think!

On this day, in 2018. And if you think about it, the future was pretty slow back then. In the olden days, pre-Covid, before the world accelerated, and the Acceleration Gap became your biggest challenge going forward!

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 […]

Daily Inspiration: “A simple fact: those who invest in the future, get to the future!”

“A simple fact: those who invest in the future, get to the future!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Let’s talk infrastructure! After all, it seems a lot of people are! The world seems to be broken down into two groups of people: those who believe it’s a good idea to invest in the reality and opportunities […]

Unlock Creativity. Drive Innovation. Achieve Growth!

Simply put, as we slowly emerge from Covid-19, we are entering a new and more complex economy. You thought you had time to prepare for a faster future – and then the explosive acceleration of all trends happened. Now what? I’ll show you the way!

10 Great Words for 2021 : Reinvention and Other Opportunities for Growth!

10 great words for 2021! It’s a good way to think about how you might reinvent yourself for what will truly be an interesting year! Here’s the genesis of the idea. Way back in 2005, I wrote a blog post, “10 Great Words for 2006“, that outlined my thoughts on how to align to an accelerating […]

Reinventing Your Reality: Stories from the Studio On Personal Growth and the Future – My Interview with Santa Claus!

“Santa rocks at innovation!” – Futurist Jim Carroll That was the focus of a show I filmed in the home broadcast studio The context? Every year around this time, I share a blog post I wrote way back in 2006: “Why Santa Rocks at Innovation!” This year, I decided to go one better from my […]

Daily Inspiration: “The decisions you make at this very moment can lead you to a case of post-traumatic growth syndrome! Think about that – and act accordingly!”

“The decisions you make at this very moment can lead you to a case of post-traumatic growth syndrome! Think about that – and act accordingly!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A shoutout to Harry Whitbread, the Managing Director LSB America at London Speaker Bureau, one of many agencies who’ve put my name in front of global clients […]

Leadership Keynote: 9 Things You Need To Do Right Now: Rediscovering Growth, Opportunity and the Future When Volatility is the New Normal!

Speaker bureau, event and meeting planner friends – leadership folks – clients…. My 2020-21 Recession keynote topic was just published. “9 Things You Need to Do Right Now: Rediscovering Growth, Opportunity and the Future When Volatility is the New Normal!” Right now, it’s crisis mode. But I want you to know I’M READY when your […]

Daily Inspiration: “Think growth! Think optimism! Think like a farmer!”

“Think growth! Think optimism! Think like a farmer!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Obviously my keynote this morning is for the agricultural industry – I’m headlining the DTN Ag Summit in Chicago for about 700 farmers, agricultural specialists, ag companies and crop consultants. It’s a fascinating industry – my theme is ‘Agriculture 2045”, or what the industry […]

Keynote: Mississippi Economic Development Council, Biloxi, MI – Where’s the Growth? Economic Development in Our Faster Future!

Over the years, I’ve done a lot of talks for groups of economic developers on the overall theme, “Where’s the growth?” I cover a wide variety of trends that are driving future economic growth, both from a US-centric but also a global perspective. Regions need to work harder to draw industry and to do that, […]

Keynote: Town of Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce, Ontario : Growth Opportunities in the Next Economy

Last but not least – this one was a huge amount of fun – it’s the community where my ski chalet is located, 2 hours north of Toronto, Ontario! They were having their AGM – I wasn’t booked that particular date – and agreed to come in and speak about the global trends that will […]

Keynote: Global Economic Growth Trends, Nevada Economic Development Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada

Sadly, one week before the horrific Las Vegas shootings, I spoke at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for economic development officials from across the state, on key economic opportunist beyond the tourism and gaming sector. It covered issues related to renewables and energy, self driving cars and accelerating industries, workforce and skills issues and […]

Daily Inspiration: “Some people see the future and see a threat. Innovators see the same future and see an opportunity. Who do you choose to be, and what will you do to align yourself to an era of growth?”

“Some people see a trend and see a threat. Innovators see the same trend and see an opportunity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

Thinking Growth: Where’s the Growth? It’s Everywhere

I’m cleaning out some old research files, and came across this simple set of statistics: between now and 2050, we will move from 7 to 10 billion people; we need 70% more food, 50% more water, and 50% more fuel. People always ask me, ‘where are the emerging opportunities for innovation?” Those simple statistics define […]

The “tinkering economy,” global growth and why the Mark 2 Hovercraft matters!

I’m often writing and speaking about real trends that matter. Not fads, or social-media driven hot-Youtube videos. Real, substantive trends which will provide for long term transformation of industries and skills. Business model disruption. The rapid emergence of new competitors. Stuff like that. Back in 2012, in my end of year post, “Trending in 2012: […]

Iowa Farmer Today on Jim Carroll: “Future of ag is focused on growth”

Future of ag is focused on growth By Zoe Martin Iowa Farmer Today | Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2012 Jim Carroll knows a lot about camping, urban renewal, golf and agriculture. Above all, the author, speaker and consultant knows change. “It’s hard to explain what I do,” said Carroll, a “futurist.” “I walk into virtually […]

A $1 Talking Stick & The Reality of Global Growth!

On stage in Las Vegas for a recent conference, Jim is speaking to the real trends that are driving global growth. Watch this in the context of a great observation by Bill Gates: “Most people overestimate the rate of change that will occur on a two year basis, and underestimate the rate of change that […]

T. Rowe Price, Baltimore: Annual Investment Symposium – “Where’s the Growth?”

It’s 2011: the hangover of the global economic collapse of ’08 is still pounding away at the minds of many. This global investment firm had me come in as the closing keynote speaker for their annual symposium to help the audience understand that we live in a time of unparalleled opportunity and potential for growth. […]

Agriculture 2020! Innovation, growth & opportunity!

I found myself in Sonoma County, California earlier this week; I was the opening speaker for a small corporate conference that featured what were probably the top 100 cattle, stockyard and feedlot operators in the US. This was a pretty heavy duty event, so to speak, with some individuals representing ranches with upwards of 30,000 […]

Where’s the growth? 2011 and beyond……!

One of the highlights of 2010 had to be the day that I was the opening speaker for the 94th Annual General Meeting of the PGA – Professional Golfers Association of America. It was the first time they have ever had an external speaker open their meeting; I was invited in to discuss the major […]

Trend: Switching from cutting back, to focusing on growth

In a whirlwind of activity over the last ten days, I’ve been the keynote speaker for conferences that probably represents the vast majority of global Fortune 1000 organizations, speaking to the trends that will impact the future of ‘corporate facilities.’ These have included keynotes for the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association annual conference in Orlando; […]