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.
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
Here’s a short clip from my keynote in London, UK last week – and my story about what goes wrong if you fall prey to a mindset of negativity driven by economic gloom. The story in the video is key to my ‘innovate for the future despite uncertainty’ message – it’s early 2009, and the global […]
Read More
Futurist Jim Carroll on stage at an energy conference, outlining the realities of change, the disruptive realities changing our future, and the attitudes and actions that organizations follow to achieve breakthrough innovation performance.
Read More
Here’s a video clip from a virtual keynote I did just a few months ago, It’s detailed on this web page — https://disruption.jimcarroll.com Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think.
Read More
Legacy no longer matters – it’s what you do next that counts! Here’s why! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sglDaQHak
Read More
“Those who don’t like a trend don’t just oppose the trend, they now deny the reality of the trend itself” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve done a LOT of economic development-oriented keynotes over the years – for government agencies, regional associations, economic development organizations,s, and companies, on the trends that will define the next wave of opportunity. These […]
Read More
I’ve been booked by many global organizations for close to 30 years, speaking at their leadership events, corporate retreats, high-performance executive sessions, customer events, and more. Many of my bookings come through my many speaker bureau partners – I’m represented and booked by many of the same agencies who book folks like by the same […]
Read More
One year ago today, it was with much excitement that I received my Tesla Model 3. It was quite the moment since I’d been talking conceptually on stage about the idea of a Tesla-type vehicle since 2003, when I predicted the business model while at a senior leadership meeting at Mercedes HQ in Stuttgart, Germany. […]
Read More
We have fitbits for cows. And that fact – related to battery technology – spells the future of the automotive, energy and other industries. Learn why! Want to learn more? Read the post The Future of Just About Everything is all About Batteries
Read More
Back in 2017, I wrote a post, The 11 Rules of #IOT Architecture, which outlined what organizations must do to ensure they put in place a reliable, robust architecture as they go into the future. It drew a lot of attention. A month ago, I appeared virtually at Outsmarting Network Complexity at INS1GHTS 2022 for […]
Read More
Here’s a clip to grok over! The slide I used? Right here! The point? Organizations always need to be thinking RIGHT now about the skills they might need in the future. Students in food science and food processing need to be trained in cannabis now, so that they’re ready to help develop new products in five years’ […]
Read More
At some point in time, if it has not yet happened, you’ll come to realize that the future that you thought you had no longer exists, and that you need to do something new. And if you are a business organization, that realization brings you the reality that you need to reinvent your revenue. This […]
Read More
Essentially, every food company will be bringing cannabis products to market in just a few years. They won’t be able to hire the skills they need. The skills issue is all about getting the right skills at the right time for the right purpose. Most companies are ill-equipped because they don’t align future trends to […]
Read More
“The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined – the trends that have not yet occurred, the science not yet discovered, inventions not yet invented, and ideas not yet crystallized!” That was the essence of my closing keynote for several thousand executives at the National Safety Council annual conference. The talk? The […]
Read More
One day in the future, you’ll look back at where you are today. What will you see? In this clip, I’m on stage in Morocco at an event for the World Bank / International Finance Corporation taking that question on. Get your thinking on!
Read More
Just over 10 years ago, my book “The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast“ was released. It’s a powerful look at the implications of disruption through the acceleration of all trends and is based on many of the blog posts I wrote leading up to that time. The message became the basis for a […]
Read More
Futurist Jim Carroll with a clip from a keynote for Philips Medical Devices – with the basic message that the product they are selling is no longer a single, standalone product. Instead, it’s become a hyper-connected, highly intelligent medical device, leading them into selling a service based on some sort of AI medical thing. It’s […]
Read More
In this clip, I’m on stage at the Big M Manufacturing Conference in Detroit, with a keynote on trends impacting the global manufacturing industry. In this clip, I’m speaking to the issue of ‘revenue reinvention’ – how a world of rapid production innovation, faster product obsolescence, and collapsing product lifecycles are leading to a reality […]
Read More
Futurist Jim Carroll on a massive stage with an audience of thousands – speaking to the issue of the speed of change. Are you ready for what’s next?
Read More
It’s time to get your future on! In the era of acceleration, when everything is speeding up, it’s difficult to imagine where we might be in 10 years.
Read More
Disruption is real, it’s big, and it’s happening faster than you think. Individually, any trend is disruptive. Combine them together, and it’s transformative. Legacy is death: agility and speed are the new metrics for success. No one company can do everything that needs to be done in an era of fast change. I speak at […]
Read More
My Daily Inspiration had me looking today at the issue of the future of knowledge – give today’s post a read. While preparing my post, I borrowed from this post I put together way back in 2012. Reading it again, it’s worthwhile sharing again, because it is absolutely bang-on in terms of its predictive value. […]
Read More
Back in 2007, I had an avatar and spent some time exploring the virtual world known as SecondLife. If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember it – it was supposed to be the next big thing! Except, it wasn’t. There are a lot of next big things in our world, and right […]
Read More
I do a lot of interviews around various future trends and innovation issues; often, these are for very niche-oriented publications or corporate publications and newsletters. I was recently contacted by a company in the supply chain sector with a series of questions; rather than typing out my response, I thought IU would just hit the […]
Read More
This was my daily post today – and it’s probably important to put some additional context on it. So I decided to hit my virtual broadcast studio to film a short show about what the trend towards faster product obsolescence and faster innovation really means. Give it a watch – and look for my 1982 […]
Read More
GET IN TOUCH
Jim's Facebook page
You'll find Jim's latest videos on Youtube
Mastodon. What's on Jim's mind? Check his feed!
LinkedIn - reach out to Jim for a professional connection!
Flickr! Get inspired! A massive archive of all of Jim's daily inspirational quotes!
Instagram - the home for Jim's motivational mind!