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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!

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Initiative – “Any dilemma is just an opportunity waiting to be solved!”

“Any dilemma is just an opportunity waiting to be solved!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Organizations and the people that lead them become stuck because they aren’t sure how to solve the problems that they face. In the meantime, those who realize that those problems or dilemmas are really just opportunities in disguise and charge ahead. […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Creativity – “There will always be someone with a better idea!”

“There will always be someone with a better idea!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Never rest on your laurels. Never become complacent. Never presume that your idea is the best idea, the only idea, the greatest idea. Because there is always another better one! People who spend time with me come to realize that at any […]

Daily Inspiration: Energy & Space – “If you can’t dream big, why bother dreaming at all?”

“If you can’t dream big, why bother dreaming at all?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Out on the fringe of exploration are a lot of ‘crazy‘ ideas – that is until they aren’t so crazy anymore! I was thinking of that when my daily research service delivered me this particular clip: Every day I receive quite […]

Daily Inspiration: Forward Thinking Organizations: “Shift your mindset from ‘surviving’ to ‘thriving'”

“Shift your mindset from ‘surviving’ to ‘thriving'” – Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever noticed many people thrive on the word survive? They’ve just got to survive the day. Survive the change they are immersed in. Survive the project. Survive the recent events. Survive the golf round. Why survive when you could thrive? Years ago, […]

Daily Inspiration: Leadership & Innovation – “Disruptors value defiance over blind obedience!”

“Disruptors value defiance over blind obedience!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Be like Chuck House. In a world in which you are surrounded by yes-men, be the person who is willing to say no since sometimes following the lead is exactly the wrong thing to do. Years ago, the book The Intrapreneurs, by Clifford Pinchoot III, […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Leadership – “Successful companies got rid of all the bull excrement”

“Successful companies got rid of all the bull excrement” – Futurist Jim Carroll Let’s be real about it. Successful companies have learned a lot about the future – and the fact that it isn’t as complicated to get there as they once thought it would be. In doing so, the old barriers that were in […]

Daily Inspiration: Reinvention and Moving Forward – “Don’t judge your success by what you did before. Judge it by what you will do next!”

“Don’t judge your success by what you did before. Judge it by what you will do next!” – Futurist Jim Carroll If your life is to be a play, always be prepared for a second act! Or perhaps, get into a mindset where you will always have even more complex performances with many different scenes […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation Leadership – “The best way to find creative solutions to your real-world problems is to listen to the wisdom of those who have already found them!”

“The best way to find creative solutions to your real-world problems is to listen to the wisdom of those who have already found them!“ – Futurist Jim Carroll You know you’ve been a real road-warrior speaker when you check into your Hilton hotel in San Jose and get a feeling that you’ve been here before! […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation – “Don’t just show up. Show up with ideas!”

“Don’t just show up. Show up with ideas!” – Futurist Jim Carroll There are a lot of people who go through the motions. Put in the minimums. Barely get involved. Never contribute. The fact is, it never ends up working well for them. Are you one of those people? Consider how this puts you out […]

Daily Inspiration: Knowledge & Trends – “Always be prepared to know how little you know!”

“Always be prepared to know how little you know!” – Futurist Jim Carroll One thing that I have always understood about my ability to interpret the future is that while I know a lot of stuff, there is a lot I do not know. I think that’s a good thing, because that fact is the basis […]

Daily Inspiration: Change & Leadership – “The future belongs to those who put in the effort to actually go there!”

“The future belongs to those who put in the effort to actually go there!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I went into the broadcast studio yesterday to film a voyage about yesterday’s inspiration, in a clip involving artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and virtual reality – and how these trends all come together into a fascinating, accelerating […]

Video: “When we Start Building Gyms for Robots to Learn How to be Robots”

Futurist Jim Carroll takes you into a fascinating voyage involving artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, virtual reality – and how these trends all come together into a fascinating, accelerating future!

Daily Inspiration – Personal Motivation : “If you always end up doing the same thing, you’ll never end up doing the right thing!”

“If you always end up doing the same thing, you’ll never end up doing the right thing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll You’ll never do the right thing if you keep doing the same old thing – because doing the same old thing is always the wrong thing! Got it? The photo in today’s quote is […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class aren’t afraid of big ideas!”

“World class aren’t afraid of big ideas!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early in 2009 after a […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators focus on pervasive connectivity”

“World class innovators focus on pervasive connectivity” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early in 2009 after a […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators focus on skills partnerships as a key success factor!”

“World class innovators focus on skills partnerships as a key success factor!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators focus on long term wins through constant incremental improvements”

“World class innovators focus on long term wins through constant incremental improvements” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators check their speed and focus on corporate agility”

“World class innovators check their speed and focus on corporate agility” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators focus on ingesting fast ideas”

“World class innovators focus on ingesting fast ideas” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for the weeks of March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators focus on customer-oriented innovation”

“World class innovators focus on customer-oriented innovation” – Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for the weeks of March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early in […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators continually reinvent their revenue”

“World class innovators continually reinvent their revenue– Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for the weeks of March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early in 2009 […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators possess a relentless focus on growth”

“World class innovators possess a relentless focus on growth”– Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for the weeks of March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early […]

Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation – “World class innovators refuse to accept the way things were.”

“World-class innovators refuse to accept the way things were” – Futurist Jim Carroll How do you become a world-class innovator? Not someone who merely pokes around the edges of innovative thinking and explores a few ideas here and there, but someone who truly tries to infuse the mindset of everything you do, or into every […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Risk – “Do the wrong things for the right reasons!”

“Do the wrong things for the right reasons!”– Futurist Jim Carroll History celebrates the rule-breakers who did the wrong things for the right reasons! Rosa Parks – she defined the push for civil rights by refusing to sit where she was told. Martin Luther King for a regular series of arrests in violation of demands […]