Innovation

"While you might never open many closed minds, be careful to never close your own!" - Futurist  Jim Carroll A closed mind is a dangerous thing. There's a lot of them about. And the fact is, many innovation efforts fail because of all the closed minds

"Chasing success? Be fast, bold, disruptive, focused, certain, flexible, anticipatory, and young at heart!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Two days ago, I found myself in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where I was the closing keynote speaker for the annual meeting of Protein Canada. (The song by the Guess Who might

"Never trust anyone who tries to sell you an old idea!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The big problem with organizational memory is that often, there is too much of it. And yet, too many people rely on it to keep bringing up the same old ideas they always

"Move from why it can't be done to why it should be done!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Shift happens.  Do you? Many organizations fail because they have failure engrained in their corporate culture! Do you? Thirty years of innovation insight tells me that it can be

"Be the spark that ignites the flame of change!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Most people have a problem. In fact, most people know that they aren't quite ready for all the change that they are faced with in their future, yet know that everything they are

''Old ways of doing new things? Often it’s only the young who can shake it off" - Futurist Jim Carroll (I saw what you did, said Swifties!) Everyone hated Zoom - until they didn't anymore. We spent so much time in Zoom rooms during