The Next 5 Years:
Understanding the Trends That Define Your Post-Covid World

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KEYNOTE: The Next 5 Years:
Understanding the Trends In our Post-Covid World

We know the axis of our universe has shifted.

But what has it shifted to? Futurist Jim Carroll
shares his insight on the path forward.,

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Global leaders, industry and professional associations, corporate organizations – they have all turned to Jim Carroll for insight on aligning to a faster, more complex future. Shouldn’t you?

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The Next 5 Years
Understanding the Trends In our Post-Covid World

The ultimate impact of Covid-19 on your future? Beyond the fact that we will be living in a somewhat surreal and unusual future, another fact remains – every organization is entering a new future in which a new era of massive acceleration defines everything you will do.

Here are some facts about your future:

  • 68% percent of organizations have said that global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business model
  • 77% recognize the need for systemic change in their operations
  • 82% believe a more challenging economy is in their future
  • and yet 47% of CFO’s are not very comfortable committing to new investments in the next 6 to 12 months

The pandemic has changed everything, and future-oriented leadership is more important than ever before. History tells us that every global crisis shifts the axis of the future of our universe and every crisis offers an opportunity to improve.

In this keynote, Futurist Jim Carroll provides you detailed, customized insight on the trends that matter as we go forward into a world driven by uncertainty, impacted by potential relentless volatility, and unrelenting waves of massive opportunity. For over 25 years, Jim Carroll has provided senior-level leadership insight on how to become a future-ready organization. With clients such as NASA, Disney, Pfizer, Microsoft, Chrysler, the World Government Summit, Godiva, and Nestle, he has a proven track record of aligning organizations to a fast-moving future.

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Series: 2026 • Megatrends • Forward • Tomorrow