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!

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 […]

Video: The Future of Financial Services? Fast!

Silicon Valley owns the speed of innovation in financial services. It’s Moore’s law everywhere, and it’s all mobile. People expect to be able to apply for a car loan on their smartphone – and get approved in 45 seconds or less! If you can’t keep up – you aren’t in the game.

Disruption? Some people watch the future go by. Others make it happen!

Do you really understand what is meant by the word ‘disruption?’ Maybe not – there is a little bit of descriptive overkill that comes with its use. But it is real, and you need to understand why your world is changing faster than ever before. With that in mind, watch this clip. Then, read my post […]

Daily Inspiration: “Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns to destruction!”

“Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns to destruction!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Imagine your world as you finally realize that you have a fraud artist without a strategy, a storyteller without a plot, a stable genius who really lacks in intelligent agility. Everyone told you […]

Daily Inspiration: “With the arrival of the sharing economy, how will you sell things to people who don’t buy things? That’s your new – and perhaps biggest – challenge!”

“With the arrival of the sharing economy, how will you sell things to people who don’t buy things? That’s your new – and perhaps biggest – challenge!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This morning I’ll be the opening keynote speaker for AutoGlass 2019 – the annual conference of the automotive and transportation windshield repair industry. My […]

Daily Inspiration: “Timid moves? Marginal efforts? Indecisive actions…. get you a predictable result!”

“Timid moves? Marginal efforts? Indecisive actions? Reactive strategies? Small minded thinking? Emotion driven decisions? They’ll all get you a predictable result!” – Futurist Jim Carroll There’s a reason people like me use the phrases ‘era of acceleration’ & ‘exponential change’ on stage – It’s because we truly believe that we have never lived in a time that has seen so much change, […]

Video: “Will you watch the future happen – or will you make the future happen?”

Can you imagine your world 10 years from now? Are you ready to adapt? Will you watch the future happen – or will you make the future happen?

Video: “When Every Company Becomes A Tech Company!”

Take a look at my page, The Reality of Disruption (24 Reasons Why Your Company Might Die Before You Get Old) It’s a comprehensive list of a vast number of trends which provide for massive, disruptive change for your company and the industry in which you operate. Two of the top trends have to do with […]