Jim Carroll

Profile

When the Walt Disney Corporation went looking for a expert on the topic of innovation and creativity, they went with Jim Carroll!

Jim is the author of Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, and What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation.

Jim is a strategic thinker and "thought "leader" – providing deep insight into trends, the future, creativity, innovation.

He provides high energy keynotes for audiences of 3,000, or intimate, detailed customized strategic planning insight for CEO / board / senior management meetings.

He was named by Business Week as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity, and a featured expert on the prime time CNBC series, "The Business of Innovation," hosted by Maria Bartiromo.

His client base includes Nestle, Motorola, American Society for Quality, Caterpillar, Verizon, the BBC, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Property and Casualty Insurance Association of America, and the Swiss Innovation Forum.

Jim is an author, columnist, media commentator, and consultant. He has an 18-year track record in providing direct, independent guidance to a huge, diverse client base, combined with a previous professional financial background, including 12 years with the world's largest professional services firm.

He has researched key innovation success factors for dozens of industries, associations, professions, companies, and individuals.

He has provided industry specific keynotes and strategic planning sessions for life sciences, health care, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail, banking, and countless other industries.

Rapid times require bold change and new levels of creativity and innovation within every organization ... and that's why Jim was recently named as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity by Business Week magazine.

There’s no wonder that such global publications are picking up on Jim’s key message. Jim is known for effecting compelling change with lasting results. Jim's recent clients include Disney, DaimlerChrysler, Caterpillar, Nestle, Motorola, KPMG, Towers Perrin, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Swiss Innovation Forum, Verizon, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Waters Corporation.

Jim has carefully studied the key strategies, methods and cultures that have permitted some organizations to achieve breakthrough innovations and absolutely compelling levels of creativity. His extensive research has allowed him to identify and analyze the key trends that are impacting dozens of industries. He shares this deep insight with a client base that spans the world. Jim has spoken to audiences in Zurich, New York, Vancouver, Cayman Islands, Palm Springs, London, Los Angeles, Budapest, Miami, Toronto, Costa Rica, San Francisco, Nassau and Stockholm, to name a few locations. He works with small, intimate management get-togethers, to on-stage presentations that dazzle an audience of 3,000 or more.

He's now immersed in his next project and the title of his newest book - Ready, Set, DONE: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast.

WHAT'S JIM TALKING ABOUT?
* Global economic trends; hyper-innovation; rapid time to market; the latest consumer trends; collapse of product lifecycles and high-velocity marketing; the skills crisis, managing Gen-connect and the new workplace; creating high performance, change oriented teams.

WHAT HE DOES!

* He provides unique, detailed, customized insight into workplace, business, economic, current events, social and cultural trends, as well as into demographic, lifestyle and technology issues, based on highly original research.
* He sets the stage for organizations to become more competitive, innovative and adaptable, and that are open to the opportunities of the future
* He does so in a very dynamic and motivational style, with presentations that involve his signature humor, high-level energy, deep insight and challenging observations

WHAT'S HIS BACKGROUND?

* He's the author of "What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward-Thinking Innovation"
* He has provided his insight in dozens of books, in over 600 articles, and in over 3,000 interviews on radio, television and in print, with media exposure and interviews with ABC News, BusinessWeek, INC, Fast Company, CNBC, Texas Meetings and Events, the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), American Way, The Age (Sydney, Australia), CAPITAL Magazine (Dubai/United Arab Emirates) CEO Magazine Hungary, Association LEADERSHIP, the National Post and PROFIT, to name but a few.

HOW CAN HE HELP YOU?

* He wakes people up to the trends that will affect them, and challenges them to cope with a world that continues to witness constant, dramatic change.
* "Thought provoking, full of energy, up to the minute and timely" are just a few of the ways to describe Jim's presentations. Jim has the ability to energize people so they can discover opportunities for personal and corporate growth.
* Each presentation is unique and customized. Clients value the time Jim takes to "know" their industry or profession, their issues and concerns.

Clients Comments

"In the ten years that I have been organizing conferences I have not run across a more pertinent and energizing keynote speaker presentation." GIS Conference and Exhibition, GEOTec Media

"An outstanding presentation for an industry and association that falls on its traditions so often. We learned that our tradition should not be something that holds us back, but rather the launching pad for innovation for the future. Thanks Jim for your thought provoking presentation!" - 94th PGA of America Annual General Meeting

"Jim Carroll recently presented at Lockheed Martin’s Executive HR Leadership conference. His content was very provocative, fascinating, and relevant. I’ve embedded a couple of his nuggets into my operating model." - Lockheed Martin

"Healthcare in 2021? What will we be doing in 10 years time? Well, according to Jim Carroll, keynote speaker for the opening session, definitely not what we're doing today! He presented an invigorating view of what our healthcare systems could be looking like and it's up to us to decide how we get there. We'll be accepting his challenge to take three scary ideas away and think about how we can make them work, rather than the reasons why they won't. The poll4 system was fun and it was definitely the first time we'd been asked to turn our phones on during a presentation!" - International Society of Medical Publication Professionals

“I have been working with Jim for the past four years, and, without question, he is one of the most dynamic speakers and professional partners I’ve ever come across. Our audiences (internal and external) love him, and he works wonderfully with our customers. ….I’m willing to bet your first experience will lead to many, many more, as it has with SAP. I wish you the best with him….book him before someone else does!” - SAP

“We were extremely pleased with Jim’s presentation….. the content was great and would hopefully prompt people to think about the rapidity of change going on in our world!” You were superb! As we make changes your message could not have come at a better time. This group likes tradition but unfortunately that often gets in the way of moving forward. Thank you again for reminding us that our greater responsibility is to the future!" - US National Recreation and Parks Association