Jim Harris

Jim Harris

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Futures | Strategy | Innovation | Change Expert

  • Videos
  • Expertise
  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Alliances & Partnerships
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Technology
  • Consumer Behaviour & Retail
  • Disruptive Innovation
  • Change Management
  • Innovation & Creativity

JIM HARRIS BIOGRAPHY

Jim Harris is one of North Americas foremost management consultants, authors, and thinkers on disruptive innovation, leadership, innovation, organizational change, future trends, and mitigating risk. An Association Magazine has ranked Jim Harris as one of the nation’s top-ten speakers. As a management consultant, Jim Harris speaks internationally and conducts strategic planning sessions with executive teams.  He focuses on many of the most pressing issues in business, including:

  • Future Trends and Disruptive Innovation
  • Collaborative Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Leading Organizational Change
  • Creating Learning Organization as well as Big Data & CRM.

Jim Harris also offers presentations on strategic planning amid complexity, disruptive innovation, and creating a common mission/vision. A staggering 88% of CEOs say innovation is important to growing their top line and increasing profitability, according to a study by a leading market research firm in conjunction with a major national publication. Yet only 33% of CEOs are happy with their current results. These future trend presentations focus on how to drive growth and profitability.

Jim Harris has worked extensively with the healthcare sector, government, financial services, retailers, and professional services firms. As a management consultant, Jim Harris works with leading businesses, Fortune 500 companies, and organizations aspiring to join these ranks. For several years, Jim Harris represented a renowned leadership center in Canada, teaching a globally recognized leadership framework. Jim Harris was also among the first group of Canadians personally trained to present a well-known environmental presentation on climate change.

Jim Harris, a disruptive innovation speaker, is a catalyst for conversation and change. He excels at leading people to new ways of thinking, making productive and profitable change possible. His sessions are highly informative, thought-provoking, interactive, and fun!

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Podcast

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Book

Blindsided
Blindsided
In Blindsided, Jim Harris examines how the rapid pace of change, driven by technology, mergers, and fierce competition, has made the business world more chaotic than ever. The book offers practical strategies for business leaders to better identify emerging trends and predict their impact, helping...

Book

THE LEARNING PARADOX
THE LEARNING PARADOX
In The Learning Paradox, Jim Harris explores the idea that change is the most powerful driver of a company's success. The book provides practical advice from real-world examples on how businesses can embrace change, cultivate resilience, and design structures that foster continuous growth and...

Jim Harris Topic Presentations

AI Customized Presentations for Tech Industry

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2024, Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of Intel, said that he was seeing use cases demonstrating 10X to 10,000X productivity increases. Jim’s session will validate Pat’s analysis.

    Global IT spending hit $4.6 trillion in 2023 according to Garner. Artificial intelligence (AI) can cut software engineering cost and speed and improve efficiency by 20 to 45%, according to McKinsey. ARK Invest predicts that companies using AI for programming will be 10 times more productive that those only coding with humans by 2030.

    Why is this Important? 

    • Technological driven change is accelerating
    • Companies using AI will thrive and far outperform those that aren’t

    AI and Generative AI are revolutionizing the tech, software, programming and cloud computing.  Organizations are asking is “What does this mean for us and what do we have to do to benefit and win?”

    Focusing on actual business use cases, the session will provide practical, proven strategies, tools and tips and how AI can transform businesses and client experiences:

    AI tech session can help:

    • Improving operational efficiency
    • enhancing product innovation and development,
    • improving operational efficiency,
    • enabling better decision-making through data analysis,
    • enhancing customer service through automation,
    • driving personalized marketing and sales strategies,
    • optimizing supply chain management,
    • improving cybersecurity measures,
    • facilitating predictive maintenance,
    • enabling cost savings through process automation,
    • fostering new business model creation and revenue streams.

     

Customized AI Presentations for Healthcare & Pharma

Disruption Turbo Charging Innovation: A Decade of Change in Just Two and A Half Years

Revolutionizing Business Success: Unleashing the Power of Chatgpt

Exponential Organizations: Why Some Firms are 10 Times Better, Faster & Cheaper Than Traditional Companies

Thriving in the Era of Disruptive Innovation

Reaping the Benefits of Differences for Collaboration and Engagement

Surviving & Thriving Through Innovation

Managing Change and Leveraging Creativity

Future Trends That are Changing Your Business and Industry

The Impact of the Internet of Things On Organizations

Social Media Endorsement: Jim Harris the Social Influencer

Jim Harris Speaking Testimonials

Jim’s session was one of the most highly rated and I am certain that we will work with him in the future. What was particularly noteworthy was the accessibility and relevance of his material. Jim’s friendly, open style is critical in encouraging participants to take the material on board and shift their thinking.

Geoff Merchant

Centre for Management & Policy Studies
UK Cabinet Office

As if the enthusiastic response of our audience wasn’t enough, the results of our post conference survey are conclusive: you were a major hit! In fact, the response of 2,000 delegates closely paralleled my own assessment: the content was on target, the presentation superlative

President
Mackenzie Financial

Jim Harris was a wonderful speaker. The delegates and I really enjoyed his presentation and he was extremely professional.

Mirissa Caldarola

Senior Coordinator
Events Supply Chain Management Association

Jim Harris Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jim Harris Keynote Speaker delivers customized and tailored keynote presentations, workshops, and training sessions on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique and are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.

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