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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!

Keynote Clip: On Stage at the World Government Summit In Dubai

It’s the era of acceleration: are you too slow when the world is too fast? It was a thrill to keynote the World Government Summit in Dubai in 2018, with a talk on the challenges and opportunities that exist in our fast future. Previous speakers included @BarackObama @elonmusk @stevewoz & @richardbranson – what fun to […]

Daily Inspiration: “…incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes…”

“The best definition of incremental innovation? A continuous series of mistakes, each of them part of a non-stop learning opportunity!” -Futurist Jim Carroll You won’t always get it right the first time. In fact, it might take you many times before you figure out the solution to your problem. As in – ‘it’s learning by […]

What is Innovation? This Is!

Rethink it! It’s about asking yourself three questions – what can I do to run the business better? Grow the business? And most important, transform the business!

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.