Innovation

"Be the person who sees the solutions, not the one who only identifies the problems!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You never read a LinkedIn profile that starts out boasting someone is just a problem-identifier - but you do see people boasting that they are a problem-solver! You never

"See differently and you'll innovate brilliantly!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Most people see a ketchup bottle. Creative people see trends & innovation! Last week, I spoke at the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis; my topic was the impact and opportunity of artificial intelligence

"‘Your time is gonna’ come’ need not be your epitaph!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Innovate or die. It's that simple. Here's a simple list of companies that were once great successes. Then they weren't: Blockbuster. Borders. Lehman Bros. Kodak. Circuit City. RadioShack.

"If you keep chasing motivation instead of chasing trends, you're doing tomorrow all wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most interesting - and perhaps one of the most common - situations in my line of work is when you get contacted by a potential

"Prove them wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Your life is often defined by a series of barriers established by someone other than yourself. The barriers are established by them to tell you that you can't accomplish something - prove them wrong! That you don't

"Aligning to tomorrow? You’ll succeed when you get beyond a series of awful decisions driven by the delusion of denial!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Most people believe that they can keep doing tomorrow what they are doing today, even when what they are doing today is not