When do you align yourself to the future? How do you determine when certain key trends which will have a profound

"Dare to Disrupt!" That was the theme for this healthcare and pharma focused event in Phoenix. It's an interesting time

3D printed body parts. The acceleration of medical science and the rapid emergence of new materials. IOT connectivity

When manufacturing is changing fast, and you9 are a company that makes the machines the the manufactures use, how do

Autonomous electrification: get used to the phrase, because it's the key trend providing for massive disruption of

This is the largest event that Microsoft puts on in Canada, with over 2,000 senior executives and I.T. professionals in

What do you do when you are the worlds leading space organization, and things are in a bit of a funk? Funding cutbacks,

When do you align yourself to the future? How do you determine when certain key trends which will have a profound

A room full of farmers and agricultural producers - and a focus on the future of the industry! My opening keynote

DTN provides market and science related information to farmers throughout the Us, and invited me in for a keynote on

When you are one of the world's leading agriculture fertilizer companies and need good insight for an offsite

I do a LOT of talks in agriculture; so much so, that some folks have asked me how long I’ve been a farmer!

This agricultural company is the largest global supplier of French fries to McDonalds and other food companies, as

The organization, representing the part of the fire industry most involved with safety and other standards, needed a

Sometimes, you get a keynote that goes beyond the issues of disruption, business model change and other issues. In this

I was the opening keynote speaker for their annual conference in Salt Lake City, with an audience of over 4,000 sports,

Jim delivered a dinner keynote for dozens of CEOs of some of the world’s largest sporting goods companies,

The American Federation of Teachers had Jim do a session examining the future of labour unions, as well as

Autonomous electrification: get used to the phrase, because it's the key trend providing for massive disruption of

What's the future of highways and infrastructure in the era of electric self-driving vehicles? It's hard not to

This event had a similar theme to the one above – with a more specific look at what is happening with the future of

Obviously, this is a HOT topic, and being invited in by one of the pre-eminent automative companies in the world to

This event took a look at the future of automotive lending with a particular emphasis on the credit union sector, which

This is a software and logistics company in the fast moving trucking industry – my keynote was all about the future

It's the RotoRooter folks! They had a meeting of all of their franchise contractor representatives from across the

This company is one fo the most successful, established luxury home builders in the Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee

This was a smaller conference than the others, but equally important! It was a leadership meeting for this major

I drove my family crazy with the lead-up to this keynote.   It would take a lot of hard work. My keynote

The energy and construction industry is being massively transformed by connectivity and the Internet of things. It

Agriculture is a world defined by technology - and for the case of this manufacturer of irrigation equipment, one that

The National Automatic Merchandising Association CEO saw me at an event, and told me she immediately determined that I

New taste sensations used to take 5 years to go from a high-end restaurant to the mainstream - but can now just take a

This is the trade organization that represents all that good stuff you are supposed to eat - veggies! They invited me

Life is weird when *you* are asked to keynote one of the worlds' largest technology organizations - they sponsor the

Considered as one of the most innovative organizations in the world, Disney invited Jim to address a senior

Micro-grids, renewable energy, electric-to-vehicle grid technology, intelligent infrastructure, the Internet of Things,

What's the future of energy generation, the grid, power lines? Fast! This was their 100th annual get together - quite

It's the end of the era of oil. Microgrids now determine the future of energy utilities. The future of just about

Well, this was fun! A keynote for CEO’s and senior executives of many American and global mining on the future

The future belongs to the fast – particularly in the world of the fast moving energy industry! There’s a

You have to love it when a client invites you back – and in this case, SAP was bringing me back in for about the

This is a private wealth management firm with a global group of high-end wealth management clients around the globe.

What industries will rule the growth market 10 years out? Which ones are in decline? How does the speed of Silicon

Self-driving cars, blockchain, Bitcoin, the sharing economy, disruptive change in leasing business models .... if the

A company in the group benefits, insurance, banking and other financial services – with a corporate leadership

An accounting and professional services firm! My keynote took a look at the disruptive trends which are and will

This company is a software vendor to the community bank and credit union industry – and naturally, that’s what

If you involved in building the next generation food processing plant for a large, global food company - you'd better

The National Automatic Merchandising Association CEO saw me at an event, and told me she immediately determined that I

This was a repeat engagement — the company, along with its parent Ulker from Turkey, had me headline a global

How do you innovate when everything is faster still? The typical consumer scans some 12 feet of shelf space per second.

New taste sensations used to take 5 years to go from a high-end restaurant to the mainstream - but can now just take a

Fast consumer change, a focus on health and wellness, the rapid emergence of new influencers, rapid retail change and

What do you do when you are the worlds leading space organization, and things are in a bit of a funk? Funding cutbacks,

Here's a clip to get you thinking - my closing comments from my keynote for the PGA of America. In the room, I've got

I was the opening keynote speaker for their annual conference in Salt Lake City, with an audience of over 4,000 sports,

What do you do when you are the world's largest working sports organization - representing the hard working teaching

Jim delivered a dinner keynote for dozens of CEOs of some of the world’s largest sporting goods companies,

This event had several hundred CIO’s and IT executives for cities and towns from across the province. My keynote

It's not often you get in to talk to the graduating class of a university program, but that's what this event was

For their 100th annual meeting, this organization that represents elected and non-elected officials for cities and

Well, thisi was an interesting audience! I was in Dayton, Ohio, opening the annual leadership meeting for the US Air

What do you get when you bring 700 mayors and elected officials for small, medium and large sized towns from the State

GFOA invited Jim to address 3,000 members at their annual conference, with a focus on how to rethink the delivery

"Dare to Disrupt!" That was the theme for this healthcare and pharma focused event in Phoenix. It's an interesting time

3D printed body parts. The acceleration of medical science and the rapid emergence of new materials. IOT connectivity

How should a health insurer respond to the massive transformations occurring in the world of healthcare? By getting

A room full of healthcare care insurers, looking for insight into what comes next in the healthcare sector from a

If you are going to invest $750 million in building a state of the art hospital for your community, how do you know

One day, patients visited their doctor to figure out what was going on. Then they plugged in - and the doctor linked

I take on a LOT of highly customized keynotes - and that is why I am so different from so many other speakers. And yet

1/2 of the knowledge that a student gets in their very first year of a college or university program is obsolete or

Over the years, I've been invited in to speak to the HR departments of many organizations. In this case, Honeywell

Part of the global online Monster recruitment firm, they had Jim keynote their annual Washington conference of

It”s not just farmers who are faced with disruptive trends – everyone else is, particularly in the world of

This was certainly a highlight – I shared the stage with Astronaut Chris Hadfield (best known for his rendition

This is one of the leading players in the healthcare insurance and group benefits market in Ohio, and they invited me

If you are a health care insurer, you'll probably want your leadership event to get away from the never ending topic of

Real time insurance policies with risk underwritten based on hyper-connected data. Actuarial assumptions based on

Jim spoke on the unique challenges that the insurance industry would face in the future, with cascading market

What happens when products become intelligent, hyperconnected, aware, responsive and proactive? That was one of two

This was a repeat engagement - the organization previously had me in for a talk on future trends and innovation in

This company is one fo the most successful, established luxury home builders in the Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee

Security, security, security! Gemalto is one of the global leaders in providing complex solutions to the complex

You have to love it when a client invites you back – and in this case, SAP was bringing me back in for about the

Another CEO led leadership meeting, in this case for this company which is one of the world’s leading

When manufacturing is changing fast, and you9 are a company that makes the machines the the manufactures use, how do

If you involved in building the next generation food processing plant for a large, global food company - you'd better

What are if you are a fast growing public CPA accounting firm with a group focused on manufacturing, and you want to

If you are an industry that makes the tags and labels used by consumer product companies, you'd better have good

I love doing corporate dinner award 'shows' - I think it is a critical way of encouraging and supporting innovation -

What happens when products become intelligent, hyperconnected, aware, responsive and proactive? That was one of two

This is the largest event that Microsoft puts on in Canada, with over 2,000 senior executives and I.T. professionals in

Over a 25 year career, literally dozens of hi-tech companies have had me in for customer events. They use these events

IronBow is an IT solutions company, with a core focus on companies in the government sector. They were having a small

I do LOTS of client events for tech companies - in fact, I've been speaking at these events since 1994, when none other

Rural communities need broadband access, and this organization is working to provide it throughout this Canadian

Now this was cool! I was invited in by Nasscom, which represents the global software and business process outsourcing

When the future is happening fast - so are new legal risks. So much so, that became one of my 19 Trends for 2019 - key

It’s pretty cool when the top-ranked global legal firm — operating in 38 countries with 13,000+ legal staff —

What's the future of the legal profession? What happens in the era of knowledge acceleration, the emergence of new

As one of the largest professional services firms, E&Y is in the midst of assisting organizations to align

Jim provided an opening keynote to an audience of 3,000, opening with the observation that “the high velocity economy

What do you do when you have a room full of Pepsi and Coors distributors, and are asked to challenge them on the

This event draws the CIO’s and strategy executives for a vast number of the largest grocery and consumer product

This was a repeat engagement — the company, along with its parent Ulker from Turkey, had me headline a global

This was a huge amount of fun! I love overseas trips! And what an organization — Pladis is new, with three separate,

What is APICS? It's the leading organization involved in supply chain, logistics and operations management issues. They

Mondi is a large scale European / Middle East / Africa / Asia packaging and paper company. And like any forward