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From the Stage: The Jobs of 2036
At the IIA/ISACA GRC Conference in August 2026, I did something a little unusual. I invented a conference agenda for 2036 — complete with fictional sessions and speakers — and…
Event Highlight: CPMA — Stop Planning for a World That No Longer Exists
At the Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show in Toronto, I opened my keynote with a challenge: Stop planning for a world that no longer exists…
Event Highlight: Great Lakes Construction Associations — Where AI Meets the Future of Construction
The construction industry has an AI problem. It is not a lack of interest. It is the opposite. There is so much discussion, hype and speculation that it can be difficult for…
Event Highlight: MAPP — Manufacturing Learns to Work With the Machines
At the Manufacturers Association for Plastic Processors conference in Indianapolis, I spent my keynote talking about AI in manufacturing. But AI was not really the whole story…
Event Highlight: ASSA ABLOY — Manufacturing Gets Real About AI
When I returned to ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership summit in Charlotte, the conversation about AI had changed. The first wave of the AI discussion in many organizations was…
Event Highlight: Kwik Fit — The Shop Floor Is Changing as Fast as the Car
I was in Birmingham with roughly 500 Kwik Fit service managers for a keynote about the rapidly changing future of automotive service. My message could be summarized in one…
Event Highlight: Jenius Bank — Banking Was No Longer a Place. It Was Becoming Software.
My session with Jenius Bank focused on one of the most important shifts underway in financial services: Banking is no longer primarily a place. It is becoming software. That idea…
Event Highlight: WorldSkills — What Happens When the Half-Life of a Skill Collapses?
There are few audiences where the future of skills becomes as tangible as it does at WorldSkills. In São Paulo, I opened the WorldSkills Leaders Forum for approximately 450…
Keynote: AI Megatrends - Opportunity & Disruption - KPMG Ireland, Dublin
KPMG is investing $200 million to create an AI hub in their Dublin office. The organization engaged Jim Carroll for its 2024 leadership meeting, seeking his insight on the…
Keynote: AI In the Supply Chain - BNSF Railway - Fort Worth, Texas
A Warren Buffet company! They brought Jim in for a talk at their annual key customer conference - in the room were representatives of most major retailers, as well as logistics…
Keynote: Verisk Insurance Fraud Management Summit - "The End of Reality" - Houston, Texas
The insurance industry has long adapted to AI as a powerful analytical tool, particularly with fraud detection. Jim took them into the future of insurance fraud, challenging them…
Keynote: YPO Gold Houston - "The Acceleration of AI" - Houston, Texas
What do you get when you get a room full of CEOs eager to understand the potential investment and venture capital opportunities emerging in the many different aspects of the…
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