"The Package is the Brand"
Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for the Innovation Takes Root conference, organized by NatureWorks. I've often spoken around the theme that 'the…
Branding & Marketing · Manufacturing & Industrial
"Business Mantra for the Future ... Think Fast. Act Faster!"
Back in February, I was the opening keynote speaker for 2014 Ameriquest National Symposium, speaking about trends related to transportation, infrastructure, fleet…
Energy & Utilities · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Trends: Restaurants - "...we'll be processing payments from our car dashboards..."
A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker in Las Vegas for the 2014 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC). In the room were folks responsible for…
Consumer & Food · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Trend: When Every Company Has to Innovate As Fast as Apple Does!
The CEO's are starting to notice. That is, a lot of my clients (I do a lot of private, corporate off sites with major companies in addition to my conference and…
Change · Faster - The Acceleration Economy
Retail Trends: "Apple has completely eliminated the cash register"
The folks over at DealNews gave me a call to chat about a few of the trends I see occurring in the world of retail. My main comments? "From an interaction perspective…
Retail & Consumer · Trends
Jim Carroll named as one of 75 experts in Consumer Technology Magazine "The 2020 Imperative"
Each year, Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine puts together an issue that peers into the future. I've been named one of their esteemed visionaries in the past, and…
Consumer & Food · Industries
Innovation Takes Root 2014: NatureWorks Conference....
It was a bit of a whirlwind the last two weeks, with keynotes in Anaheim (medical device industry), Phonenix (top farming producers) and two in Orlando (the first being…
Consumer & Food · Industries
Article: The fast future is here: How innovators are driving emerging markets
Last autumn, I was the luncheon keynote speaker for the Electronics Representatives Association in Chicago. This is a group of folks who act as middlemen between a vast…
Autonomous Vehicles · Change
Article: What's in Store For Canada's 2014 Babies?
Running in the Ottawa Citzen, Vancouver Province and other papers today is this article, which offers more food for thought about what the future will be like for babies…
Change · Media & Press
Trends and Innovation: The Franchising Industry
I found this recently from a keynote two years back.... Future Trends: Futurist, Trends, and Innovation Expert to Keynote Multi-Unit Conference Jim Carroll loves to…
Consumer & Food · Innovation
Trends: What's Next for the Insurance Industry (interview)
I'm doing a lot of insurance keynotes lately, in all sectors -- property and casualty, life, employee benefit plans. It's catching some attention. The folks at ACORD…
Financial Services & Banking · Innovation
10 Great Innovation Phrases!
Here's a quick little list that I used in the summary of a recent client keynote. Enjoy! move forward: adopt the mindset that you aren't going to fix the problems of he…
From the Archives · Innovation