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“It’s the jobs that do not yet exist that you really need to prepare for!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s not often in this line of work that you get booked by the same client on the exact same day just a few years apart! I guess they liked my message! That was the case […]
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“Build for your future, not your past!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s easy to cling to yesterday – after all, that’s all you know! But that won’t get you anywhere, because your only certainty is that your tomorrow’s are going to be vastly different than your yesterday’s – and the only moment that you have […]
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“Do you mean to tell me that you don’t believe that widespread mental instability and mass delusion won’t be a huge workforce problem in your future?” – Futurist Jim Carroll The quiet part should be said out loud: one of the biggest problems that companies will have to manage in the future is how to […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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!
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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!
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“Some people see a trend and see a threat. Innovators see the same trend and see an opportunity!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
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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 […]
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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: […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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