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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: Personal Development – “Be the person known for ideas, not excuses”

“Be the person known for ideas, not excuses” – Futurist Jim Carroll Word gets around about the whiners. You know who they are – the constant complainers, those who suggest it can’t be done, and the engines of negativity. No one likes a co-worker who is always dragging the team down instead of lifting them […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation Strategies – “Before you are good at something, you’re bad at it. That’s OK. That’s how it’s supposed to work!”

“Before you are good at something, you’re bad at it. That’s OK. That’s how it’s supposed to work!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Stop chasing perfection. Chase action. My 10 Great Words Web page and the related document were the subject of a lot of visits yesterday; for some reason, it has met the search engine […]

Daily Inspiration: The Misinformation Age – “Have you ever noticed how some people can easily explain why an outcome that they did not expect was inevitable all along?”

“Have you ever noticed how some people can easily explain why an outcome that they did not expect was inevitable all along?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Today’s Midjourney image prompt: “A room full of experts at nothing, photorealistic, with news headlines on monitors on the wall.” Seinfeld was ostensibly a show about nothing and yet […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Initiative – “A failure while trying is better than failing to try!”

“A failure while trying is better than failing to try!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved by those who wimped out! In fact, nature rewards those who at least make an effort to enhance their future with expertise and insight. It’s always better to try to fail than to fail to try […]

Daily Inspiration: AI and Creativity – “You might find your imagination buried deep within the algorithm!”

“You might find your imagination buried deep within the algorithm!” -Futurist Jim Carroll I imagined myself on a stage in the future – and there I am! Imagination is a wonderful thing. Don’t waste it – empower it! With a number of upcoming keynotes on AI, I decided that it might be captivating to tell […]

Daily Inspiration: AI and Strategy – “Asking the right questions is often more important than finding the right answers.”

“Asking the right questions is often more important than finding the right answers.” – Futurist Jim Carroll Here’s another slide from the master slide deck I will be using for a variety of AI presentations and keynotes in the next few weeks. You’ll know it as a phrase I use often: “The only thing we […]

Daily Inspiration: AI & The Future – “Spend more time learning stuff that you know you might never understand.”

“Spend more time learning stuff that you know you might never understand.” – Futurist Jim Carroll Follow the edges. That’s always been my advice to many organizations that are trying to understand the future. It’s out on the edges – beyond the traditional world of R&D and discovery – that much of the future is […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Leadership – “STOP planning. START doing!”

“STOP planning. START doing!” – Futurist Jim Carroll When I spoke in Muscat, Oman at the International Roads Union conference – the event on which this photo is from – a good part of my talk was focused on the future electrification of most trucking fleets. I was making the point to the audience that […]

Daily Inspiration: Serendipity & Innovation – “”Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines”

“Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it works.)” – Futurist Jim Carroll You probably know the traditional story about serendipitous innovation – that in the world of science, it’s the accidental discovery, the unplanned moment, the sudden […]

Daily Inspiration: Business Model Disruption – “Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?”

“Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?” – Futurist Jim Carroll For an upcoming keynote, I’m working on a report on key lessons I’ve learned from my global clients over the last 30 years. One aspect is taking a look at ‘dismissive leadership‘ – those situations […]

Daily Inspiration: Transformative Thinking – “If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?”

“If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?” – Futurist Jim Carroll Every once in a while, a conversation with a client reminds me of the scope fo the transformative change that is in front of us – and that’s odd since I’m in […]

Daily Inspiration: Just-in-time knowledge – “Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That’s power!”

“‘Just-in-time knowledge’ – Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That’s power!” – Futurist Jim Carroll This phrase bears repeating, over and over again: “You won’t be replaced by an AI. But it’s pretty likely you could be replaced by someone using an […]

Daily Inspiration: Industry Transformation – “A bold future abhors a timid mind!”

“A bold future abhors a timid mind!” – Futurist Jim Carroll The old automotive industry is disappearing; a new one is being born. The old world of energy is shrinking; a new one has all the momentum. The old world of healthcare is no longer working; new ideas are flourishing. The old concept of insurance […]

Daily Inspiration: Trend spotting – “Opportunities only exist if you can see them!”

“Opportunities only exist if you can see them!” – Futurist Jim Carroll In 1998, a few years before Steve Jobs announced the iPod, I had an Mp3 player called the Eiger F10, arguably the world’s first portable digital entertainment device. A small little thing, it held the music in digital format in removable memory – […]

The Future of Manufacturing, Robotics and AI – An Avatar Interviews Futurist Jim Carroll

Let’s talk about robots! Because if you are at all involved in the world of manufacturing and are thinking about AI, that’s where your head really needs to be. That’s the subtle undertone of my interview over at the ABB “Factories of the Future – The Robot Podcast” which you can listen to and download […]

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Creativity – “How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says ‘That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!'”

“How do you identify a truly great idea? As soon as someone says ‘That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard!'” – Futurist Jim Carroll Every great idea was once the dumbest thing you ever heard! I’ve said many times in the past, and I repeated it again during the Q&A portion of a virtual talk […]

Daily Inspiration: “‘It is what it is’ is an admission of defeat. ‘It will be what I choose to make it’ is a sign of wisdom!”

“‘It is what it is’ is an admission of defeat. ‘It will be what I choose to make it’ is a sign of wisdom!” – Futurist Jim Carroll I really dislike the phrase “it is what it is,” even though I use it a lot because to me, it seems to involve a mindset of […]

Daily Inspiration: “You’ll never get to the future if you never attempt the future!”

“You’ll never get to the future if you never attempt the future! “– Futurist Jim Carroll If you are into that type of thing you might have tuned into Apple’s WWDC event yesterday to get a first look at their new VR/AR headset – or, what they are calling their new spatial computing device. And […]

Innovation and Creativity: Why It Thrives in the Building of Sandcastles

Way back in 2006, inspired by the arrival of summer, I wrote about how innovation thrives in the building of sandcastles! It was a great post — and it made it into BusinessWeek. With summer upon us, I thought it a fitting post to leave here while you might be busy in your studies. With […]

Realizing the AI Opportunity – Beyond ChatGPT and towards The Artificial Intelligence Megatrends Rocking Industries

Over my 30-year career, I’ve built relationships with some of the most respected speaker bureaus in the world. The result is that the same agents who represent me also book various global icons, politicians, and business leaders into corporate and association events – such as Barack and Michelle Obama, George Bush, Magic Johnson, Anderson Cooper, […]

Article: The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence: A New Look at Our Disruptive Future

The team AAE Speakers Bureau just published my article, “The Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence: A New Look at Our Disruptive Future“. In it, I take a look at just two of the many issues emerging with AI – in this case, the acceleration of all knowledge, and the issue of what I call the Hype-Opportunity […]

Daily Inspiration: “It’s not the motivation that matters – it’s what you do with it that counts!”

“It’s not the motivation that matters – it’s what you do with it that counts!” – Futurist Jim Carroll It’s a holiday Monday here in Canada – and so I’ll keep today’s post short, concise, and to the point! As I often say, the message from a motivational speaker can be like Chinese food – […]

Job Opening: Sr. VP of Artificial Intelligence Risk Management

Most organizations are going to need a senior vice president of artificial intelligence risk management within a year. That’s because the risk AI is going to introduce to your organization is going to be even bigger than you can imagine. The position, reporting to the Board of Directors, will be responsible for: monitoring, assessing, and […]

Imagine if You Could Imagine Tomorrow. Today.

Another new highlight reel – this one on what I bring into organizations. The voice is AI.