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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.

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Daily Inspiration: “The axis of your universe has shifted forever. Did you shift with it?”

“The axis of your universe has shifted forever. Did you shift with it?” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m releasing a new video this morning – “Rethinking Your Future: How Has the Global Pandemic Changed The Axis of Your Universe?”. Based on some work I was doing for a client in the energy sector, the video […]

Daily Inspiration: “Successful people tend to arrive in the future before the future does!”

“Successful people tend to arrive in the future before the future does!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A frame grab from a pre-event video that was produced for me by my fantastic overseas video partner Armine, aka “Alex.” Ok-doke! It rocks! Watch the video! I’ve started including these videos – short, sharp shocks of pre-event insight […]

Video: The Rapid Emergence of New Careers!

I’ve got a TON of video to share from my virtual keynote earlier this week on the topic of the future of education. Here’s the first – all about the rapid emergence of new careers. It features some context with the career path of my oldest son, who now works as a ‘location intelligence professional’ […]

Daily Inspiration: “Face facts: your business model is faced with a surge of inevitability. Innovate & adapt – don’t give up & surrender!”

“Face facts: your business model is faced with a surge of inevitability. Innovate & adapt – don’t give up & surrender!” – Futurist Jim Carroll So yesterday morning I had a bit of a rant in this post, stating my belief that the global meetings, event and convention industry is pretty delusional – we won’t […]

Daily Inspiration: ““There’s a lot of ‘guessticating’ going around right now. You might want to forecast your future on something more than just an estimate or a hunch!”

“There’s a lot of ‘guessticating’ going around right now. You might want to forecast your future on something more than just an estimate or a hunch!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Guessticating – you are probably surrounded by it every single day. Heck, you are probably making a few guessticates every day too! Think about it […]

Video: “You need a gut-check. A reality slam to the side of your head.”

You need a gut-check. A reality slam to the side of your head. Our old world is gone. We’re building a strange, new, different one. If you aren’t aligned to that fact, then you will wake up at some point in the future and ask, “how was I so dumb?” Go through the list in […]

Aggressive Indecision 2020: How Organizations Are Failing By Freezing FAST! (Hint: Accept Your New Covid-19 Reality)

It seems there are a lot of people reading my new book, “Think Small, Delay Now, Scale Slow!” They so busy thinking that Covid-19 will ‘soon be over’ that they aren’t reinventing themselves for our new future. The result? They’re going to be left far, far behind. I’m watching people, organizations, associations and how they […]

Article: “Innovating for the future: 5 ideas that could emerge post-COVID”

The job of a futurist, of course, is to predict the future! And since this ‘thing’ began, I’ve been working behind the scenes furiously, analyzing, thinking, pandering, researching, observing. Here’s a quick little hit of an article that covers just a few of my thoughts. Innovating for the future: 5 ideas that could emerge post-COVID […]

Daily Inspiration: “In times of challenge and change, leadership insight into trends and innovation is more important than ever before!”

“In times of challenge and change, leadership insight into trends and innovation is more important than ever before!” – Futurist Jim Carroll With that in mind, I give you my new virtual studio highlight reel! Just delivered fresh this morning from my overseas video production partner, Armine (“Alex”) Simonyan – she has been working with me […]

“Virtual Done Right” – Post Pandemic Recovery Trends, Strategies and Insight

Virtual done right? With Jim Carroll, definitely! He’s invested well over 1,000 hours in his home broadcast studio. Check out the results. First, here’s a quick tour of what he can do and how he can help you with an unparalleled virtual event in terms of content, studio set ‘stage design’ and wow-factor special effects […]

TV Interview – “The Cobots and Robots are Coming!”

The impact of Covid-19 on the future has, obviously, been massively dramatic! But the real art comes in assessing the world around us, and understanding which trends have accelerated as a result of the pandemic. TRT, a global television network based out of Istanbul, reached out to me for my insight on how one of […]

TV Interview – “When Do You Innovate? Revisiting the 7 Stages of Economic Grief”

I was on Bloomberg BNN’s MoneyTalk last night with a two part interview about the economic crisis, the future and how winners will reinvent themselves at the pace demanded for success. Just like I am! Part 1 Part 2