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Agriculture 2020! Innovation, growth & opportunity!
I found myself in Sonoma County, California earlier this week; I was the opening speaker for a small corporate conference that featured what were probably the top 100 cattle, stockyard and feedlot...
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My 200KM / 140 Mile “Ride to Conquer Cancer” June 11/12 – I did it!
My son and I finished a 2-day, 9 hr 220km ride in the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, and raised over $5,500 for the Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Research Center! I successfully finished the...
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Insurance 2020: Bold moves, turning concepts upside down!
In the last few weeks, I’ve done a number of insurance oriented keynotes, including one for a meeting with the CEO and top leadership team of one of the largest insurers in the world, as well as a top...
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Article : “What’s your vision of the future?”
"If Carroll had his way, the phrase “You can’t do that because we’ve always done it this way” would be grounds for immediate dismissal". The following article was just published in July in AkzoNoble’s...
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News release: Trends Expert Jim Carroll to Keynote CGT’s Leadership Event
Trends Expert Jim Carroll to Keynote CGT’s Leadership Event Trends and innovation expert Jim Carroll will deliver the keynote address at this year’s premiereConsumer Goods Business & Technology...
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Keynote feedback: “Some mind-blowing stats …”
Fresh from my keynote in Orlando this week, I’ve come across a blog post from someone who attended, and saw my early-Monday keynote – “‘Breakthrough performers’ and ‘pervasive connectivity’: Notes from...
View ArticleInnovating in the era of the global idea machine – and the concept of...
If you want to known why you need to speed up your organization, spend a bit more time staring at an iPhone — or for that matter, any Apple device that you might happen to have in your home or office....
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10 Enemies of Innovation!
I had a conference call with a client yesterday with respect to an upcoming leadership meeting; I’ll be helping the organization think about some of the barriers they have towards innovation, and what...
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A shout-out to my tech partners of 2011!
A big shout-out to the 10 companies that helped the most in keeping the JimCarroll.com Web site infrastructure in great operating shape throughout 2011. If you want to do a great Web site, you need to...
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Trending in 2012: What’s to Come in the Year to Come?
Here’s some of the key trends that I see unfolding through 2012 and beyond. My unique job allows me the opportunity to see and hear what a lot of CEO’s and senior executives in a lot of organizations...
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“2012 – The New Normal: Innovation, Hyper-niching, and Transformative Change”
The International Dairy, Deli and Bakery Association has invited me to be the closing keynote speaker for the 2012 international conference in New Orleans. I’ll appear before an audience of 8,000 key...
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Getting healthcare out of GroundHog Day
I often wonder if the discussion about health care in many parts of the Western world has come off the rails – with the result that many opportunities for real innovation are not being pursued. That’s...
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Three simple things about innovation.
I was a keynote speaker in San Diego last week for the PSCU 2012 Senior Leadership & Member Forum. I was honoured to be following Captain Mark Kelly, NASA astronaut, onto the stage. Need to think a...
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Innovation: Hire people you don’t like — and don’t jump on bandwagons!
I recently discovered that I was quoted in one of the Phillipines major business journals, BusinessWorld, n an article, “Biggest Business Innovations Engines of Innovation” published back in February....
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The Future of Energy: Stopping Light Photons and Other Neat Tricks!
I’ve had the opportunity to be the opening keynote speaker at four major energy conferences in the last two months ; the 2012 Accenture Worldwide International Utilities and Energy Conference in San...
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Trend: The Future of Retail : Cardboard people plasma people!
A press release has gone out about an event I’ll be doing in Chicago later this month. The essence of the issue is the extremely rapid change coming to the retail sector. I spoke about this years ago,...
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A Keynote for the Texas Municipal League, a Century in the Making
I’m honoured that next month, I’ll be the opening keynote speaking for the 100th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Texas Municipal League, which represents the interests of civic officials...
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Moving beyond the Meltdown! How to refocus 2,200 mayors and advisors in Texas!
Last week I was honoured to be the opening keynote speaker for over 2,200 mayors and elected officials from throughout the great state of Texas, for the 100th Annual Meeting of the Texas Municipal...
View ArticleVideo: “Things from the Olden Days”
Many of my keynotes and leadership meetings in dozens of industries and corporate events involve a good, hard look at serious future trends. It’s a lot of work, takes a lot of research, but is a hugely...
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Technological Changes Can Transform Medicine by 2020: A Conversation with the...
In September, I was the closing keynote speaker for the American Medical Group Association 2013 Institute for Quality Leadership annual conference in Phoenix. Subsequent to my keynote, I was...
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