Whether it’s HAL the murderous computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey or billing systems demanding payment for $0.00, baby boomers have grown up with a simple message — computers are not to be trusted! We are skeptics, but let’s face it, we know our discomfort with technology is leaving us behind as the world of work and leisure changes. It’s no longer something we can afford to ignore — quite simply, we must adapt to survive the dramatic economic change arising from an increasingly wired planet. Originally published in 1997, Jim Carroll’s Surviving the Information Age is an engaging, humorous and non-technical account of the challenges that baby- boomers faced in the early days of the computer revolution. With today’s hyper-connected world of Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, it’s all too easy to forget just how strange the early days of the computer revolution happened to be. The book takes a fascinating look back at what happened when technology first began to invade our lives - and the challenges and opportunities that it presented along the way!

Surviving the Information Age

Carroll, Mr Jim

Computers & Technology

Oblio Press

Poetry. "Poetry presents the thing in order to convey the feeling. It should be precise about the thing and reticent about the feeling, for as soon as the mind responds and connects with the thing the feeling shows in the words; this is how poetry enters deeply into us. If the poet presents directly feelings which overwhelm him, and keeps nothing back to linger as an aftertaste, he stirs us superficially; he cannot start the hands and feet involuntarily waving and tapping in time, far less strengthen morality and refine culture, set heaven and earth in motion and call up the spirits!"—Wei T'ai (eleventh century)

Old Dogs, New Tricks

Literature & Fiction

Starck, Clemens

Poetry

We live in an era of unprecedented and relentless change. The emergence of China as a super-power; hyper-innovation and business market turmoil; constant career change and rapid scientific advances. Competition is changing overnight, and product lifecycles often last for just a few months. Permanence has been torn asunder. We are in a time that demands a new agility and flexibility: leaders must have the skill and insight to prepare for a future that is rushing at them faster than ever before. Jim Carroll provides concrete guidance on how to turn challenges into opportunity Anticipate future trends that will impact you Move from a culture of indecision to one that is forward-thinking and decisive Instill an innovative culture in your company Develop key leadership skills for the future View change as an opportunity to pursue not as a threat to be feared

What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin With Forward-Thinking Innovation

Business & Money

Carroll, Jim

Business Culture

When a healthy baby is born, everyone is quick to share in the celebration. When something goes wrong however, it can be hard to find words.    'The Tiniest Warrior of All' charts the epic battle of a premature baby sent on a quest to find her true home. When her time-machine crashes, she is cared for by a cast of wizards, sorcerers and bodyguards, all of whom help her to fulfil her destiny.    This beautiful picture book is intended for the families of premature babies. It explains the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit environment in an honest yet gentle way. In the world of the Tiny Warrior, babies who sustain injuries during their battle are honoured as champions. The children who don't win their struggles are also commemorated for their bravery, thus providing a tool to help deal with bereavement

The Tiniest Warrior of All: A Fairytale for Families with a Premature Baby

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The high velocity global economy of today drives rapid consumer, business, industrial and marketplace change. The fast paced world around us is relentless and unforgiving. It drives increased customer and business partner expectations, requires faster innovation, and necessitates a faster more complex response to rapidly changing circumstances. That's why you need to learn how to innovate when faster is the new fast - by getting into a mindset where you're prepared to figure out a solution to a problem, almost before you know you have a problem. Ready, Set, Done provides unique insight into how to innovate when faster is the new fast Velocity: you'll understand the rapid change that increasingly drives our world, and why it's critical to constantly innovate in order to keep ahead Agility: You'll learn how organizations ensuring they can respond to fast-changing circumstances Innovation: you'll gain insight into how innovation can apply to everything you do, every day Activity: you'll learn what you should start doing now to elevate the importance of your innovation efforts.

Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast

Follow Scott Kress' journey from his first moves on the rock face to the top of the world, Mount Everest. By rising to the challenge of change and continuous improvement, Scott demonstrates how the lessons of life in the mountains are directly applicable to any and all personal and professional challenges.

Learning in Thin Air

Biographies & Memoirs

Kress, Scott

Professionals & Academics

We live in a world in which business models evolve at a furious pace. In which customers are demanding and expecting new forms of interaction. In which technology and mobile devices are changing industries at a furious pace. Everywhere you look, you witness rates of change and innovation which are accelerating, not slowing down.
That leads to an undeniable fact - it will be the ability of an individual, a leader, and an organization to keep up with fast paced change that will increasingly define their potential for future success.
Jim has taken some of the most popular, relevant and useful observations from the blog and combined them into this book, The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast. His intent is to provide an easy way to discover some of what he has learned through what has become a truly remarkable job.

The Future Belongs To Those Who Are Fast: The Best of the Insight from JimCarroll.com

Industries

Custom edition of The Future Belongs To Those Who Are Fast - For clients interested in a custom print run, this is is a sample.

The Future Belongs To Those Who Are Fast - Custom Edition

Management & Leadership

Ron Wicks was an NHL referee for more than 25 years. As a whistler blower in hockey games all of the US, Canada and Europe, Ron tells his story in A Referee's Life.

A Referee's Life

Wicks, Ron

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast is based on the key business transformation guidance that futurist Jim Carroll has been providing to his global client base for over 25 years. He has shared his insight with over 2 million people in more than 1,500 keynote presentations worldwide. The book provides a glimpse into the uniqueness of the work that Jim has done in preparing for these events, and is based on insight from a long career as an advisor to countless global organizations. Jim came to realize this unique experience -- a life on the stage -- provided him with some very unique observations into how people try to deal with a world of massive change and challenge. Over time, he began to capture these observations, usually inspirational, sometimes controversial.Notes Jim: "In late July 2016, through a variety of colliding circumstances, the opportunity to focus my thinking into a message of hope and inspiration took on a life of its own. Since that moment in time, I have started each workday, without fail, very early in the morning, with my coffee, my laptop, and a moment of quiet reflection. They are a critical part of a very important journey, that of painting a picture of hope and optimism for what the day might bring. I have not missed one day, since starting this in early August 2016. I mark my personal progress and success one day at a time by my ability to inspire myself and others each and every day through this small personal thought."The book is a story of inspiration and transformation. It provides motivational guidance to those who seek how to navigate our increasingly complex and ever faster world. It provides insight into what people and organizations must do to deal with a world of massive disruption and transformation in everything they know: disruptive business models; competitive markets, product and service lines; changing consumer behaviour; the impact of accelerating technology, and more.

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast: Stories from the Stage on Disruption, Transformation and the Accelerating Future

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Oblio Press publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Oblio Press