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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!

10 Big Realities for Telecom Companies

I’ve been doing quite a few presentations within the telecom sector. I still find a lot of senior management and staff don’t get the sheer depth of the massive change sweeping the industry. Here’s a list I’ve put together that outlines the reshaping of the industry — and which will mean that a good number […]

“Forward oriented innovation and leadership”

The title of this post plays out to the key theme that I’ve been covering off since, what, early February? This is my first week back in the home office full time since then. Keynotes for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Nestle, SAP, Tier Technologies, Wirtz Beverages, the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Motorola, […]

Fostering creativity

One of my most recent CAMagazine columns focuses on creativity. Although I spend my time advisiing major organizations on trends, innovation and future issues, I also happen to be a professional acocuntant by background!”When I started my career …. I quickly realized I might be different from everyone else…..Over the years, I’ve come to realize […]

Innovation, frogs and the future

A whirlwhind of activity over the last few weeks, with keynotes for Verizon in Orlando on how to instill an innovation culture; several sessions for SAP in Atlanta and San Jose on how to become a more strategic midsized organization; a keynote for the Canadian Horticultural Assn and the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, as well as […]

I’ve got my Masters in Business Imagination!!!! Do you?

Huge web traffic has hitting my recent lists, just posted in December — 10 Innovation Killers, 10 Words for 2005, 10 Ideas for 2005 and more of my “lists of 10.” I’m convinced there is a stifling lack of creativity in the world today. Which is why, when I read an article about MBA’s complaining […]

10 Good Words To Adopt for 2005

Are there signs of greater turnover in your customer base, or more competitors in your industry than ever before? Is your top line getting hammered at the same time that your costs keep going up? Are your products or services becoming a commodity in an increasingly complex marketplace? Have you been so focused on managing […]

Does your organization use these innovation killers?

The Globe & Mail published my article on “innovation killers” today — “ …in a world of rapid and constant change, many people still manage to think that they can get away with routine. That’s why I’d suggest you undertake an “attitude inventory” during your next staff, board or executive meeting.”[ Read the article ]

Leading the Future: Leadership In An Era of Innovation and Change

We live in an era of unprecedented, relentless, rapid change. An era in which competition changes overnight, and where new products and services come to market faster than ever before. A time in which rapid innovation has led to compressed product lifecycles that are now measured in a matter of weeks and months instead of […]

What’s the future for intelligence?

I’ll be keynoting the closing lunch tomorrow at the 14th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems. It’s a very august crowd of PhD’s, researchers, academics and scientists. I can’t tell them much about the future that they don’t already know — so I will talk about this: “In his keynote presentation, futurist, innovation and trends […]

Keynote overview – “Bridging a Path to the Future”

“If you’re not taking risks in your company and career, you probably aren’t adding much value. That was the bottom-line message of futurist Jim Carroll, who delivered the closing general session address on Wednesday to the Professional Forum of the Industrial Asset Management Council ….. Carroll discussed 10 trends that are shaping the future of […]

Article – Will Sarbanes Oxley Kill Innovation?

Will the intense focus on governance and compliance issues in the wake of major scandal somehow force many organizations to throw the innovation baby out with the bath water? It may inhibit a board’s ability to focus on risk taking and long term value creation. And once risk and innovation are removed from the board […]

Telecom market disruption

Every industry reaches a point where new technologies, business models, a critical mass of user readiness and customer demands suddenly brings it to the point where everything begins to change — in a big way. Such is the case with the telecom industry — Voice-over-IP is a hugely disruptive technology, and it is now starting […]

Revisiting the future

For a while, it wasn’t trendy to think about the future. Now that’s over — I’m noticing that companies are scrambling to try to understand the trends and issues that will affect them into the future. That’s good — because we continue to function in a world in which the rate of change is speeding […]

” I don’t think the marketing world has figured it out yet”

I’m quoted in a ComputerWorld artilce this week, Blogs Bubble Into Business. The points I raise were discussed in an earlier article I wrote about the topic. As I comment in ComputerWorld, “….everyone out there is too darned terrified to try anything new right now…” which is a shame, because weblog software can have a […]

“Only a stupid country could do this”

Canada’s Copyright Board ruled today that there should be an additional *TAX* of up to $25 if you buy an Mp3 player in this country, with the money going to artists to make up for online swapping. They also leave intact the existing *TAX* on buying blank CD-Rs. Almost two years ago, I wrote the […]

One of the all-time-great inventions…..

“…. was of course the wheel and it was so beneficial that people have been reinventing it ever since.” Picked up by my newsclipping service today. What a wonderful statement!

How to think about innovation

My newsclipping picked up a great quote by Home Depot’s CEO: “The landscape is strewn with retailers who had a great business model and got locked into the past versus building off the past”

Innovation article : “…you’ve got to instill a sense of courage….”

The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an innovative frame of mind. The article also provides my innovation-framework — a practical management method by which organizations can learn to harness and manage their internal innovation processes. You can read the article here. The article directly relates […]

“Innovation in schools” keynote

It’s been confirmed that I will be keynoting the Network of Innovative Schools conference in Calgary, AB in October. My approach to the issue of innovation in education today? In a matter of but a few years, we’ve got from euphoria to gloom when it comes to innovation in the educational sector. Consider how quickly […]

Online health care as a way to cope with looming crisis

I’ve been suggesting for years that the Internet-connected universe of the future will provide an opportunity for more home-care, helping to alleviate the shortage of critical-care beds that will emerge as the population ages and health-care funds dry up. It’s slowly becoming a reality ….. with an announcement by Menem …. They’ve just launched “a […]

Innovation stagnation?

In preparing an outline for a talk to a group of PR professionals, I’m still thinking about what is really going on out there in corporate America. I caught some of my thoughts in my “aggressive indecision” article a few weeks back — but this morning, woke up with the phrase “innovation stagnation” in my […]

Most failing at innovation

I’m currently researching various issues on innovation for an upcoming talk, and came across this stat — while the majority of American CEO’s place innovation and creativity at the top of their agenda, only 6% believe that they are actually effective in achieving it. That’s a pretty damning indictment of many initiatives to evolve corporate […]

Is Your Sales Team Getting a Tad Stale?

“…a constant, relentless focus on innovative sales methods and approaches might be the key to helping deal with your customers changing needs.” Read my February ’03 article from Contact Magazine — “Time for A Little Innovation Oxygen” [ article ]

Things businesses should think about

From The Observer (Sarnia), Jan 17/2003 — they picked up on my “predictions for the future article:” “1. The return of the future – for some: We will see a big disconnect between organizations, as some charge ahead, while their competition remains mired in the mud of their inaction, and the economic impacts of the […]