Leadership

"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

"It's not just about the trends. It's the speed at which they are happening" - Futurist Jim Carroll For some reason or other, I've had a significant number of event inquiries from the Middle East, in particular, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. These

"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

"Your biggest opportunities will be defined by how well you deal with the challenge of change!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The photo used in today's quote comes from an event I did a few weeks ago in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the North American leadership meeting