Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll is a leading futurist and trends and innovation speaker.

For over three decades, he has shared his insights with more than 2 million people across the globe.

Recognised for his customised, heavily researched, industry-specific keynotes, and leadership presentations, Jim’s client list covers virtually every industry sector, including the World Bank, Volvo, NASA, the PGA of America, the Walt Disney Organisation, Pfizer and Mercedes Benz.

With a front-row seat to the ever-changing landscape for global industries, Jim helps to transform growth-oriented organisations.

Throughout his career, countless organisations have engaged Jim for his unique insight and proven track record in providing a customised leadership programme to forecast trends, identify untapped opportunity and promote creativity to achieve growth opportunities.

Jim provides high-energy keynotes for audiences of 50 to 5,000, as well as intimate, customised strategic planning sessions for CEO/CxO, board, and senior management meetings.

He has researched key innovation success factors for dozens of organisations and industries including life sciences, healthcare, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail and banking.

Jim has delivered bespoke keynote talks for senior leadership teams including the future of the space industry for NASA, the future of pharma and healthcare for Pfizer in Paris, 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.

Jim’s insight has been covered in countless global publications, including The Telegraph, Dubai’s Capital Magazine, South Africa’s The Star, the BBC, Reuters, and AP News, among others.

He was named as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity by BusinessWeek and he has featured as an expert on the prime-time CNBC series, The Business of Innovation.

As an author, Jim has written 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.

Speech topics include:

• Unlocking Tomorrow - How to Get to Your Future, Faster
• Leadership
• The Future of AI
• Megatrends
• Innovation

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