Insight Index – Page 5

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!

Pardon Me While I Interrupt Your Complacency! Companies Die From Organizational Sclerosis: Here’s Why!

Some months back, I was I’m killing some time waiting for ay flight in Paris’s Charles deGaulle airport. With a little bit of jet-lag, needed to keep myself awake – so I wrote a parody of my Web page, Why Book Jim, with one called Why You Should Not Book Jim. It’s a fun read! […]

Reinventing Revenue, The End of Oil, Chemical Science and Massive Business Model Disruption!

Need to understand the Saudi Aramco IPO? Simply put, they know oil is over, that chemical science is the future, and that rapid reinvention is critical. Chemours, a global chemicals company, had me in for a talk at a dinner that featured a variety of awards for customer innovation. My dinner keynote included a look […]

Your Monday Innovation & Creativity Playlist!

Get inspired with this assortment of clips from keynotes on the stage…

Video: What Do Innovative Organizations Do? This, but Not That!

From the vaults: I’m on stage, opening the 2010 US Air Force & Navy Child Youth Program event in Dallas. I’m brought in on an event initiative by @MichelleObama, who had the goal of providing more support for child support workers – parents & staff on military bases. My theme? Innovation!

WTF! Most Sales Conferences and Dealer Meetings Today are a Failure: Here’s Why!

“Do what you’ve always done, and you’ll get what you’ve always got.” So goes the phrase. Which increasingly, in a world in which the era of acceleration is changing what you sell and how you sell it, is a recipe for disaster. With that, I give you what I’ve learned about internal sales force and […]

Video: Rapid Reinvention and Chameleon Revenue

Your legacy is your death. Watch this clip – CEO’s are talking about the need to provide for revenue streams where revenue didn’t exist before, from products not previously in existence. That’s your future realty!

Video: “What’s Your Tin Can?” – Are You Stuck in an Innovation Rut?

On stage in London, England. Are you stuck in a 110 year old rut?

Daily inspiration: “What’s your tin can?”

“What’s your tin can?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Are you stuck in a tin can rut? Have you seen the StarKist Tuna plastic re-sealable pouch? That little package – a new product innovation if there ever was one – was responsible for almost $200 million in new revenue since it first hit the shelves years […]

Video: I’m Here to Scare You – But Also to Inspire You!

Some people see the future with fear – you should see it as something full of opportunity! Here’s an edited clip of my recent keynote for 2,000 people in San Diego at the 2019 National Safety Council annual conference. Words to live by.

Video: From the Vaults – Highlights from 2006 Swiss Innovation Forum Keynote!

The quality is kind of shaking, but here’s a clip from my opening keynote for the global Swiss Innovation Forum way back in 2006!

Video: What Do Innovative Organizations Do?

One of the world’s largest restaurant companies had me in keynote a massive global leadership meeting – and asked me to share my insight on what they could do to align themselves to the high velocity change which surrounds them. This was the result!

Video: 10 Great Words

It’s all you really need. Inspired? Learn more about them – hit https://10greatwords.jimcarroll.com

Video: Linking the Acceleration of Golf to the Speed of Disruptive Change

So I went to Torrey Pines for a keynote, had a round of golf, and cut a video. Learn more about my keynote topic, Driving the Future – Linking the Acceleration of Golf to The Speed of Business, over at https://jimcarroll.golf

Video: Innovation? Think Like a Farmer!

The optimistic ones …. not the other ones.

Focused on Success? Here’s What You Should Avoid!

I’ve long been accused of being relentlessly optimism in the face of long odds. It’s a message I share on stage, in my writings, and in my personal life. If you have a similar mindset, how do you maintain it? Hang out with other optimists! People who have a belief that we have an opportunity […]

Daily Inspiration: “To supercharge your creativity, fire up your internal rebelalyzer!”

“To supercharge your creativity, fire up your internal rebelalyzer!” – Futurist Jim Carroll If it’s not a word, it should be! And if you are going to be a rebel, you’d better make sure that you regularly recharge your rebelliousness. Carry your rebelalyzer with you everywhere you go, ready to fire up your rebellious attitude! […]

#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 […]

Video : “10 Great Words” – Seeking Inspiration to Do the Great Things You Need to Do!

Here’s a clip to get you thinking – my closing comments from my keynote for the PGA of America. In the room, I’ve got 500 golf professionals who are members of this, the largest working sports organization in the world. I’ve just done a talk on how they should be thinking about opportunities to grow […]

A Little Bit of Insight

I’ve been blogging since 2002, and over the last 17 years, I’ve pulled into my site A LOT of insight on future trends and innovation. In my old site, these were easily accessible via one section – but they didn’t fit well into the general structure of my new Web site. I’m still busy integrating […]

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 […]

Why don’t you know what you should know? Do you actually know what you don’t know? 5 Questions to Assess Your Insight!

You should know what you don’t know! Because if you don’t, you won’t know! With that idea in mind, here’s a line of questions you might to try to challenge yourself when it comes to your ability to deal with the future and your own knowledge. Why don’t you know what you should know? Why […]

Are You a World Class Innovator? Do You Have What It Takes?

Are you really accomplishing great things in the era of acceleration – when the future belongs to those who are fast? Or are you a bit performer, a marginal success, failing to rise to your potential? Before I went on stage for the massive Microsoft FutureNow event, I filmed a clip that outlined what it […]

Why Innovation Thrives in the Building of Sandcastles!

I’ll be busy studying some key innovation issues for the next week. I have assembled a crack project team with detailed skills to assist me with my research! Way back in 2006, inspired by similar times, I wrote about how innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles! It was a great post — and it […]

Daily Inspiration: “Your challenge is probably within your Innovation & Creativity Prevention Department!”

“Your challenge is probably within your Innovation & Creativity Prevention Department!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Many people hate those who are different. Just look at our world of politics. It is tiresome. From a business perspective, people also hate those who have creative ideas, are willing to challenge the status quo, and who are prepared to […]