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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!

Innovation? Do These 10 Things Now….

Obviously, I spend a lot of time thinking about innovation. And given my global client list, I have a unique front-row seat into what organizations are doing to succeed — or, as they case may be, not succeed — with their innovation efforts. With that, here’s a quick list of 10 more things that smart, innovative […]

Innovation: Why Every Company Needs What I Call an XBOX/Playstation Room!

Half of the events I do as a futurist and innovation expert are spent at corporate leadership events. I’m frequently engaged by a CEO or other senior executive for a global Fortune 1000 company to come in and challenge their team as to how to align to a fast paced, disruptive future. After all, the reality […]

Article: Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage

IBM’s Think Marketing blog found my site, and interviewed me on some of my thoughts around innovation and culture. Give it a read! Hatching your next great idea: 5 ways to set the stage by Jennifer Goforth Gregory, IBM Think Marketing Blog Sometimes, you wake up and it feels like it became spring overnight. But when […]

Keep Up with the Speed of Change: Future Trends in the Speaking Industry

I work with many of the world’s leading bureaus, one of who is the Washington Speakers Bureau. They represent such people as Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Magic Johnson, Terry Bradshaw — global political, sports and other leaders. They’ve just run a blog post that I wrote on trends in the […]

Why “Bandwagon Innovation” and “Pursuing What’s Hot” is Doomed to Fail!

Over the last 25 years as a speaker on future trends and innovation, I’ve seen many cases where companies have jumped onto a trend simply because everyone else. Or, they’ve suddenly decided that ‘innovation’ is important, without really defining a purpose or goal behind such a focus. Innovation that is based on “jumping on the […]

Lessons from My Youngest Son: Taking Initiative!

My youngest son Tom turns 22 today. Time flies! Both of my sons have been a huge inspiration to me on my approach to life, innovation, the future and trends — I know they live in a world that is completely different than my own, as they’ve grown up in a world of fast, relentless […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “Agility is the Only Antidote for Velocity”

One recent client engaged me for a talk for their global team, with the keynote title “Achieving Agility: Aligning Ourselves for an Era of Accelerating Change”. That’s a good example of how I outline the attributes for success in a world of high velocity change. With that, I focus on how organizations and leaders must incorporate […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “Why Suggestion Boxes are a Stupid Idea, and 10 Powerful Lessons for Innovation!”

With 25 years of working with some of the leading organization in the world on issues related to creativity and innovation, I’ve seen some of the best and worst approaches to the issue. The worst approach? An innovation suggestion box! That will doom your efforts from the start! I will often sit back and analyze what I’ve seen […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “What Will You Do Today To Do the Tough Stuff? Ask Tough Questions!

Here’s a good quote to live by: it is said that doing the right thing when it’s easy to do is easy — it’s doing the right thing when it’s tough that is really tough! It can be difficult to be tough about things, because it’s always easier to be nicer, to avoid stress, to […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “Establishing a Committee is a Guaranteed Prescription for Innovation Paralysis”

How many times does this happen – you have a great idea that you know will succeed – only to have it go to a committee, who proceed to destroy your idea? As I dig into the culture and attitude of a client through interviews with the CEO and other team members, I’m always mystified […]

The Story Behind the Picture: “Surround Yourself With Optimists!”

Some of the most fascinating organizations in the world have brought me in to encourage their people to think about the future, and how to nurture a culture of creativity and innovation. Organizations like NASA (twice!), Johnson and Johnson, Whirlpool/Maytag, the Walt Disney Corporation and literally hundreds more! One of my key motivational points […]

10 Signs that You Are Failing At Innovation – And What You Should Do About it!

For close to 25 years, I have been relentlessly studying what makes organizations successful at dealing with the future and innovation. I know why some fail, while others succeed. In those who fail, there are some common traits : People laugh at new ideas Someone who identifies a problem is shunned Innovation is the privileged practice […]