Insight Index – Page 5

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!

Video: “In the Olden Days, We Only Farmed when the Sun Was Up; We Went to Places Called Stores to Get Things… and We Fixed People After They Were Sick….”

Do you really know how big your future is? Nope. Watch this. It’s a clip from a recent keynote for a few thousand in New Orleans. And now take a look around you – you can see it happening in front of your very eyes.

Daily Inspiration: “You are spending way too much time living in the land of the status quo!”

“You are spending way too much time living in the land of the status quo!” – Futurist Jim Carroll You won’t do extraordinary things if you only do things that are average … that much is true. But you also won’t arrive in the future in great shape if you try and preserve the reality […]

Video: The Future is WAY Bigger Than You Think! Here’s Why!

The volume of knowledge is doubling every eight years. Batteries will dominate the world of transportation going forward. 24 hour solar power plants are the future. Drones define the future. Fitbits for cows. And why my genetic profile resulted in a particular speech booking! Here’s 6 minutes that will help you understand that your future […]

What’s Driving Disruption? Multiple Trends, All at Once!

We’ve never lived in a time that has involved so much opportunity. Consider what is happening as multiple trends appear, combine, and provide pathways for imagination. Learn more – 24 Reasons Why Disruption is Bigger Than You Think It Is -> https://disruption.jimcarroll.com

#MOTOFAIL: Why Do Smart Companies Do Really Stupid Things?

Here’s a clip for you to watch; it’s from an event I spoke at a few weeks ago in San Diego. It speaks for itself. Often, when I am speaking about innovation, I will bring up this concept of a #MOTOFail. Essentially, don’t be Motorola. Don’t dare to presume that what you have done in the past […]

Timing is Everything: Jim Carroll’s 5 Rules on Aligning to the Future!

Here’s a big issue to wrap your head around – increasingly, your opportunity for future success will come from your ability to get the timing right! That issue has been the focus of an increasing number of my keynotes as of late: a recent one in the construction sector for Matheson Financial Advisors – a […]

Video: Are You Thinking too Small When the Scope of the Future is WAY Bigger Than You Think? Probably!

A video clip from my keynote yesterday for several hundred educators and executives for the Career Education College Education conference in New Orleans. One day, we’ll look back at today, and realize that our world was kind of quaint in terms of the big transformative trends which were unfolding. Your future is way bigger than […]

“We Used To ….” – A Look Back at How Primitive Our World Was in 2019

Part of the art in figuring out the future comes not from looking forward, but by looking back. What that idea in mind, here’s a list of things we used to do back in 2019 which we don’t do anymore. This list will be a completely valid list at some time in the future. When? […]

THE WHO had it right: Your business model will probably die before you get old!

Will you survive? People don’t have a lot of confidence that their business model is going to stay the same. Watch this clip where I’m polling a retail audience on that very question…. With that, I give you must list of the 24 Drivers of Disruption. Read the list – and take a look at […]

Daily Inspiration: “Truth, or dare?”

“When it comes to your business model: truth, or dare?” -#Futurist Jim Carroll⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣Admit it: you probably played the game as a kid! Everyone did! ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣It was, perhaps, a method to explore the boundaries of your world; discover the edges of right and wrong; and live a bit of a vicarious thrill.⁣ […]

Daily Inspiration: “Arrogance Kills”

“Arrogance kills!” – #Futurist Jim Carroll One of the sins that will guarantee your failure is complacency: a belief that your world won’t change. At the other extreme, arrogance – a belief that while your world will change, you are so strong and impervious that you won’t be impacted. Complacency in the […]

Daily Inspiration: “Hyper-connectivity now defines the future of just about everything

“Hyper-connectivity now defines the future of just about everything!” In the photo, I’m on stage in Muscat, Oman, opening the #iruworldcongress , a global event focused on the future of transportation – and I’m talking about the #InternetofThings aka #iot I’ve been talking about IoT long before the phrase was defined – as early as […]