Futurist Keynote Speaker Jim Carroll: Disruptive Trend & Innovation Expert – “I help CEOs and organizations achieve their strategic objectives by aligning them to a disruptive, accelerating future!"

Futurist Jim Carroll
Artificial Intelligence Keynote Speaker
Trends and Innovation Expert

Futurist Jim Carroll is on a mission to help organizations
understand how to align to tomorrow, today.

“I help CEOs, senior executives, and association leaders
achieve their strategic objectives by aligning them with a
disruptive, accelerating future. It’s actionable, powerful
leadership insight based on detailed, specific industry
trends – delivered within a fast-paced keynote
with a compelling motivational style!”
– Jim Carroll

CEO EVENTS AI FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS AI KEYNOTES HOW JIM CUSTOMIZES

“We invited Jim in to give us an assessment of how our industry will change over the next 10 years. We have never seen a more compelling, concise – and motivating – assessment!”

“Wow! That’s all I can say. Thank you for coming in on short notice, and thank you for providing one of the most concise overviews of the future of the broadcasting industries that I have ever seen!”

“On behalf of the entire Innovative Technology Partnerships Office, thank you for your engaging and thought-provoking presentation at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. From the feedback we have received, the event was a great success. Thank you for sharing your insight and expertise with us!”

“We were extremely pleased with Jim’s presentation… the content was bang-on and would hopefully prompt people to think about the rapidity of change going on in our world! Jim’s storytelling approach really helps to get his points across! He did a great job!”

“An amazing ability to put into perspective the trends and reality of the transformation of the transportation industry. We’ve heard a lot of speakers on the hype involving the industry, but have never seen one put into perspective the future in such a fun,motivating but most important, strategic fashion. Extremely well done!!”

“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!”

“Absolutely stunning. We know that retail and consumer behaviour is changing fast, but you really put into perspective with detailed insight – it’s obvious you did your homework. Not to mention that you inspired, motivate and energized those in the audience — all while ensuring they had a good laugh early in the morning. The best speaker we have ever had!”

“A stunning keynote with extremely powerful insight. Humour, energy, deep research and relevant content for our audience. We loved him!”

“Revenue reinvention. The acceleration of science. The transformation of industry. Every industry becomes a tech industry. Moore’s law dominates. I could barely keep up with the blistering pace of the change that is coming at us. You identified in a concise manner what we need to be focused on – and what we need to do about it!!”

“We said we needed someone special to speak at our 100th anniversary dinner in Tokyo, and you delivered! The effort you put into preparing for your talk showed once you took the stage – and you commanded the room. We’ve worked with a lot of speakers over the years, but you certainly have something special.”

“Jim , I’ve never seen a more powerful speaker on trends and disruption. Your use of stories, detailed research, captivating stage presentation style with humour and motivational guidance – you had it all! People need to see you!”

“Great presentation, great perspective, EXCELLENT on all accounts.” “Outstanding. Very thought provoking which I believe was the intent” “It takes a lot to impress an astronaut. And I’m impressed! Thought provoking!” “I resonated with this speaker; it’s very hard, NASA needs more of this kind of attitude to more readily accept changes to explore/exploit opportunities”

“Jim, not many people can come into a room full of lawyers and hold their attention, but you did. And your unique views on the ‘future of risk’ was a sobering reality check for these folks. You gave them both a realistic view of what they face in the future as well as practical insight as to what they should do about it.”

“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!”

“We thought Jim was amazing – just the positive message we wanted to leave folks with!”

“Stunning – captivating – challenging! You really got our global franchisees thinking about the fast future — I’m not sure if they will ever view the future in the same way!”

“Wow! We thought we needed good insight into how we might be impacted by rapid changes in the business environment and consumer behaviour. We got more than we bargained for – not only concise details on key trends, but workable action plans as well. Jim really did his research for our event!”

“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!”

“Wow! So much insight in such a fast moving dynamic presentation. Everything you covered gave our top global leadership a lot of think about in terms of the trends which are changing our world!”

“Jim, you definitely took us into the future. Your masterful method to combine the humour of your observations about the Jetsons, combined with real fast-moving trends was absolutely spot on. Our audience of key customers loved you!”

“Wow! That was wild! 3 times wow! Your take on disruption, change and opportunity was spot on, and just what we needed for our largest event of the year!”

“We wanted to open our energy conference with some really challenging insight. You took our group beyond that and delivered in a really compelling way – with a lot of humour and unconstrained energy to boot.”

“You get it. You got it. Thanks for getting us thinking about the scope and challenge and what comes next!”

“The feedback was incredible – what a home run! Everyone was raving about the energy, insight, motivation and compelling message. If the future is fast, we’ll be hurrying it up!”

“Simply stunned. We wanted a keynote that would challenge us on branding, accelerated product innovation, fast consumer trends and more – and you delivered! Thank you so much!!!!”

ABOUT JIM CARROLL

Futurist Jim Carroll is on a mission to help organizations understand how to align to tomorrow, today.

As the world’s leading global futurist, keynote speaker, business trends, and transformation expert, he is recognized worldwide for his compelling motivational style.

In his 30-year career as a disruptive thought leader, Jim has shared his insight with over 2 million people worldwide, guiding many of the world’s largest organizations into the future, with over 2,000 keynotes and leadership presentations and sessions. Jim is represented by the same agencies that book global icons such as Barack and Michelle Obama, George W. Bush, Ervin “Magic” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds & Tom Brady.

Jim’s clients include NASA, Disney, the World Bank, Mercedes Benz, the PGA, Blackrock, the Wall Street Journal, Pfizer, Microsoft, Cisco, and over 1,500 more. He shares his highly customized, industry-specific insight with CEOs, senior executives, government leaders, and leadership teams on the real trends that matter, and the innovation pathways to align with new disruptive realities.

With extensive industry insight & customized research, he helps to transform growth-oriented organizations into high-velocity innovation heroes!

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Why Book Jim Carroll?

Your event is critical. You don’t need an amateur. Learn about Jim’s 30+ years of experience on the global stage.

Client & Industry Experience

World-class innovators turn to Jim for insight on what comes next. Learn why NASA, Disney, Pfizer and the PGA selected Jim for their event.

Disruptive Trends Insight

You thought you had time to prepare for a faster future – and then the explosive acceleration of all trends happened. Now what? I’ll show you the way!

Deep Customization + Extensive Research = Deep Insight

Deep insight based on extensive, customized insight – that’s what Jim Carroll is known for.

COMPANIES THAT DO NOT YET EXIST WILL BUILD PRODUCTS NOT YET CONCEIVED USING CONCEPTS NOT YET IMAGINED USING MATERIALS NOT YET IN EXISTENCE WITH METHODOLOGIES YET TO BE DEFINED.

ARE YOU READY?

Futurist Jim Carroll provides strategic trends and innovation insight that guides individuals, teams, and companies into their faster future.

For more than 30 years, he has been on a mission to align organizations and their leaders and teams into tomorrow, today.

His client list demonstrates that a vast number of global leaders have trusted his message and have aligned to his views.

It’s proven insight based on detailed, customized research, and is provided with actionable insight.

You know you need to align to a world that is faster, more complex, and that demands resilience.

You need deep insight into the trends that will impact you and the strategies that you must pursue to align with those trends.

You need to inspire your leadership members to get moving.

That’s how Jim Carroll will help you.

Countless global leaders have trusted Jim Carroll to lead their organizations into tomorrow.

You should too.

Align yourself to tomorrow, today.

IN A WORLD OF BIG DISRUPTIVE CHANGE, YOU DON’T NEED TO BE CHASING SMALL IDEAS!

Countless senior executives in global organizations have turned to Jim Carroll for a thought-provoking keynote or thought-leader session for a corporate event, to align their organization to tomorrow.

NASA invited him in – twice – for insight into the future of the space industry, knowing they needed to move the mindset of astronauts, rocket engineers, and mission designers into the era of accelerated space commercialization. Disney had Jim provide a leadership keynote that was focused on the shifting foundation of creative and innovative thinking in the collaborative era, as well as insight into the seismic shift happening with the era of streaming services. The PGA of America has had Jim twice speak to club professionals and senior golf industry executives about the impact of technology, connectivity, and the next-generation golfer. Pfizer‘s global leadership team invited him in for an in-depth look at the future of healthcare and medicine, just six months before those very trends upended the global healthcare industry. The World Bank had Jim open up a major event with his thoughts on the shifting realities of globalization and manufacturing. Volvo knew that Jim was the right person to open up the minds of their executives and dealers on the seismic changes occurring in the transportation, automotive, and trucking industries. The British Broadcasting Corporation – the BBC – had Jim provide two senior executive-level sessions that outlined the challenging disruptive trends sweeping the global broadcasting industry. The global investment powerhouse Blackrock featured him at an intimate, invitation-only event for his key insight into the trends defining our next era of economic growth. KPMG had him headline an event in Dublin on the disruptive opportunities and challenges with artificial intelligence. Zurich Insurance invited him to speak to several hundred corporate risk managers with a concise exploration of the future of risk, with particular insight into fast-emerging technological and AI risk. McKinsey arranged to have him speak to the CEOs, CIOs, and CFOs of most major global insurance companies on the disruptive challenges facing the industry.

The point is this – global leaders recognize that Jim Carroll provides them the insight they need to move forward into an accelerating future. They know that his big ideas, big thinking, and bold ideas based on big trends provide the foundation that is necessary for an era of relentless disruption.

Are you prepared to invest to think big? Or will you remain stuck in the era of small thinking, and let the disruptive, accelerating trends of our era pass you by?

ACCELERATE INNOVATION,
DELIVER GROWTH!

In a world of relentless change, it is a given that you need to know how to align to tomorrow, today.

That’s the insight that Futurist Jim Carrolll will share with you. Imagine if you could accelerate your way into the future, by clearly aligning future trends, your strategic thinking, and your internal engine of creativity. Countless global organizations have engaged Jim Carroll for his unique insight and proven track record in providing a customized leadership program that will let you:

SEE DISRUPTIVE TRENDS: you’ll better understand the trends that will impact you in the near and longer-term
FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITY: you will achieve clarity on the trends that matter
ALIGN TO DISRUPTION: you will shift your thinking to the actions that matter
UNLOCK CREATIVITY: you will discover that it’s buried in your teams – and how you can let it out
ACHIEVE AGILITY: you will learn more about the role of fast-teams
ENHANCE YOUR SPEED: you will discover how to better align to our faster future
ACCELERATE INNOVATION: you will find ways to rethink your strategic pipeline
COLLABORATE MORE: you will maximize the benefit of your internal idea factory
DELIVER ON GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: you shift from reactive defense to disruptive offense

You will join the company of global leaders at Disney, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, BASF, Nikon, and hundreds more who have found that Jim’s crystal clear trends and innovation insight take them into a world in which the future belongs to those who are fast!

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VISIT JIM’S A.I. SPECIFIC WEBSITE

Futurist Jim Carroll is regularly booked by CEOs and senior executives of major organizations to provide an opening or closing keynote, on a highly customized topic. Learn more!

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KEYNOTES & LEADERSHIP EVENTS – CUSTOMIZED INSIGHT ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER!

Futurist Jim Carroll is the global, disruptive thought leader booked by CEOs and senior executives worldwide to lead their corporate & association leadership meetings
he has a career that has spanned 30 years – during that time, he has spoken to over 2 million people on 5 continents, with over 2,000 keynote presentations
he is known for his deep customization based on highly original research with actionable strategies and ideas
his sophisticated trends tracking and research system regularly scans dozens of rapidly emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, digital twin technology, advanced genomics, material science, and more than 100+ other topics
he uses this trends tracking insight by assessing the impact of these trends across healthcare, consumer goods, manufacturing, insurance, agriculture, and dozens of other industries and sub-industries
he shares this insight through sophisticated trends research reports that cover near-term (1 to 6 months), medium (6-24 months), and long-term trends (> 2 years) and weaves the insight into his stage presentations, combined with the up-to-the-minute deep research undertaken for every customized keynote
he is a master of delivery, with a well-honed stage presence and style
he has an established reputation as THE thought leader with very detailed, extensive, industry-specific insight
this includes keynotes on agriculture, finance, insurance, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, sports, transportation & infrastructure, consumer products & more
each is carefully crafted based on particular client issues, trends, and requirements
for each keynote, Jim conducts extensive, in-depth research using his sophisticated online research tools that lead him into research papers, industry reports, news media, and more
most keynotes and leadership meetings involve 25 to 50+ hours of customized research prep
his insight is enhanced by unique insight shared with him from his global Fortune 1000 client base
most of his events have been for senior executive leadership teams
many of the topics covered have been related to fast-emerging disruptive trends that require immediate team coordination

CLIENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS INDUSTRY EXPERTISE CLIENT CASE STUDIES

Futurist Jim Carroll is regularly booked by CEOs and senior executives of major organizations to provide an opening or closing keynote, on a highly customized topic. Learn more!

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EXTENSIVE, CUSTOMIZED
INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

“How long have you been a farmer?” asked one audience member of Jim after his keynote for a global agricultural organization.

That’s a testament to the massive in-depth industry expertise that Jim Carroll carries onto the stage for his highly specific, information-rich, heavily researched industry keynotes. He has *extensive* expertise in all of these industries and can delight you with his background and share a list of the global clients within the industries who have arranged for his industry insight.

agriculture
banking and finance
education
insurance
healthcare
automotive, trucking, and transportation
manufacturing
retail
science and
global economic development

Need to know more? Visit Jim’s industry page -> industries.jimcarroll.com

GLOBAL AUDIENCES

Jim Carroll has done a LOT of international work; he’s presented in Dubai, Sao Paolo, Budapest, Dubai, Sydney, Munich, Athens, Stuttgart, Prague, London, Paris, Brussels, Ghent, Stockholm, Zurich, Tokyo, Muscat, Mexico …. and in all of these situations, he has ensured that he is respectful of the audience in terms of pace, culture and local content, and translation requirements. Global experience matters.

GLOBAL REPRESENTATION

Jim Carroll is represented and brought into events worldwide by some of the world’s leading global speakers bureaus – those who represent other global icons, politicians, and business leaders such as Barack and Michelle Obama, George Bush and Magic Johnson, Anderson Cooper and Richard Branson, through representatives such as the Harry Walker Agency, Washington Speakers Bureau, and APB Speakers. Whether you are dealing with Jim directly or through one of his many global agents, you can rest assured that you are dealing with someone who has risen to the top of the global speaking industry.

The same agents who book some of the biggest names in the global speaking industry also regularly bring Jim Carroll into their clients, knowing that he delivers the unique insight that their world-class clients require.