Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto , Ontario

Futurist Keynote Speaker | Author | Innovation & Transformation Expert

  • Videos
  • Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Business Technology
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Transitions
  • Future of Work
  • Future Trends
  • Consumer Behaviour & Retail
  • Economics
  • STEM

JIM CARROLL BIOGRAPHY

Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading futurist, trends and innovation experts. Over the last 30 years, Carroll has shared his insight with more than 2 million people in attendance at his events. He is recognized within the global speaking industry for his highly customized, heavily researched, industry specific keynotes, leadership presentations and small, intimate senior leadership meetings.

Jim’s global client list is extensive and covers virtually every industry sector, including the World Bank, Volvo, NASA, the PGA of America, the Walt Disney Organization, the World Government Summit in Dubai, the Swiss Innovation Forum, the Wall Street Journal, National Australia Bank, WorldSkills, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, DuPont, The GAP, the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Godiva, SAP, Pfizer, Mercedes Benz, and hundreds more.

With a front row seat to the high velocity change that is occurring as disruption comes to take hold of every industry and every organization, he helps to transform growth-oriented organizations into high velocity innovation heroes! Countless global organizations have engaged Jim for his unique insight and proven track record in providing a customized leadership program that will let you see disruptive trends, focus on opportunity, align to disruption, unlock creativity, achieve agility and enhance your speed, collaborate more and deliver on growth opportunities!

Jim provides high energy keynotes for audiences of 50 to 5,000, as well as intimate, customized strategic planning sessions for CEO/CxO, board, and senior management meetings. He has researched key innovation success factors for dozens of organizations and industries including life sciences, health care, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail, banking and countless others.

Jim is known for his ability to take on unique, highly customized topics for senior leadership teams that align to a particular strategic goal or topic area, including the future of the space industry for NASA – twice; the future of pharma and healthcare for Pfizer in Paris – 6 months before Covid, accelerating innovation in the golf industry for the PGA of America, the future of manufacturing in 3rd world countries for the World Bank, and innovation and creativity in a world of upside down trends for the Walt Disney Corporation. He has developed a well-honed reputation within the global speaking industry for being the go-to-guy for virtually any type of specialized, unique trends or innovation topic.

Jim’s insight has been covered in countless global publications, including the UK telegraph, Dubai’s Capital Magazine, South Africa’s The Star, the BBC, Reuters and AP News, among others. BusinessWeek named Jim Carroll as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity, and he was also a featured expert on the prime-time CNBC series, The Business of Innovation.

In addition, he is an author, with numerous books including: Now What: Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future; Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast; Surviving the Information Age; The Future Belongs to Those Who Are Fast; Ready, Set, Done; and What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation.

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Now What?: Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future
Now What?: Reinvention and the Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future
Reinvention surrounds us. It is inherent to our future, fundamental to our success, and a pathway to our action. In this inspirational, and powerful book futurist Jim Carroll takes a look at the concept of 'reinvention' from a personal perspective. What is the essence of the mindset of those who...

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

Book

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

Book

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

Jim Carroll Topic Presentations

Jim Carroll Toronto , Ontario, Canada delivers Keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics.Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.

Decision Fatigue? What's That?

Breaking Through Decision Fatigue : How I Can Help!

AI Megatrends: Beyond Chatgpt: How AI Is Redefining Your Industry, Profession, Company and Career: and What You Need to Do About It!

Chatgpt, the Acceleration of Artificial Intelligence and the Arrival of the Personalized Knowledge Butler: Promise and Peril in the Next Technological Transformation

Innovating for the Upturn: How to Accelerate Opportunity and Achieve Growth in An Era of Volatility

Accelerating Creativity : Discovering Opportunity With An Innovation Reboot!

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast : Aligning Yourself for the Era of Acceleration

The Big Future: the Mega-trends That Define Transformative Opportunities and Demand Bold Thinking!

Ceo/cxo Leadership Events Highly Customized Insight, Extensive Pre-event Consultations, Global Track Record, Detailed Industry Experience!

Client/customer Oriented Events Highly Customized Insight, Extensive Pre-event Consultations, Global Track Record, Detailed Industry Experience!

Virtual Events? : Jim Carroll Is Ready When You Are!

Bridging the Acceleration Gap : Achieving Growth By Aligning to the Trends of Our Post-pandemic Future

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