The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical

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

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

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

I was invited to speak at this massive global conference, with 3,400 attendees from 60+ countries worldwide.

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

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

This was certainly a treat – they invited me in to headline a dinner with my observations on the future! I opened

Imagine a room full of 300 CEO’s and senior executives, and you get the McKay CEO Forum, one of the pre-eminent

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

This event was for 550 executives from this pharma-tech company — it’s owned by French pharmaceutical giant

The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical

This organization is involved in agricultural lending in the eastern US, and this particular event brings together

The theme of the annual convention for this group of private colleges and univerities was “Innovation: Our History!

This company is involved in financing of major construction, energy and infrastructure projects, and once a year,

This organization provides infrastructure and technology solutions to the energy utility sector. Once a year, they

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 you are a company that makes the machines the the manufactures use, how do you

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

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

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

This organization is involved in agricultural lending in the eastern US, and this particular event brings together

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

I love it when I get repeat gigs! Back in 2010, I was invited into this annual event, to speak to 250 cattle ranchers

For this event I had about 300 farmers in the room — and truth be told, I love working with these folks.

Essentially, agriculture is about science, and science is exponentiating. Essentially, agriculture is about science,

You know those great big irrigation wheels you see on farms? Reinke makes them! They wanted to close their annual

It's the largest potato conference in the world, and they had me in for the closing keynote with a look at "Farming

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

When your industry is a primary supplier of product to various aspects of the manufacturing industry, you need good

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

Again, in New Orleans — in this case, the finance/leasing end of the automotive industry, including financing

It's said that the typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna airplane. Certainly when it comes to

The typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna airplane. They are connected, aware, and full of leading

Self-driving cars, electric vehicles, the future of intelligent highways and smart infrastructure. I was invited in to

Retail stores, including convenience stores and truck stops, are witnessing faster change than ever before. Store

Jim addressed their global dealers meeting to provide insight into the unique and innovative ways that they could

This company is involved in financing of major construction, energy and infrastructure projects, and once a year,

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

What a wonderful event and a unique situation. This is a franchise oriented organization focused on unique solutions

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

Fast changes in construction methodology. The continual arrival of new materials driven by fast science. The impact of

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

What's the future of construction? Residential and commercial buildings? We are seeing the rapid dominance of solar and

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

What's the future of research & development? That's what the global paints, coatings and materials firm PPG brought

The US Army Corps had Jim kickoff an annual conference, specifically focusing on how to instill a culture of

We're on the edge of the era of an absolutely massive trend that brings together multiple industries all at once:

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

This organization provides infrastructure and technology solutions to the energy utility sector. Once a year, they

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

My talks don’t just involve events on massive stages in Las Vegas : I also do an ever increasing number of small,

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

The disruptive impact of local community hyper-grids. The era that involves the end of oil and natural gas because of

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

This global consulting firm brought together 200 executives of one fo their top banking clients, for an intense

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

The CEO saw me speak last year at an event in Chicago on the trends impacting and disrupting the financial services

More disruption — business models, the rapid evolution of technology, new competitors with PayPal, Google and

Over the years, I've done quite a few talks for investment groups - equity investors seeking insight on the dramatic

When you are in the news for all the wrong reasons - in this case, the hangover from the global economic meltdown of

The future of banking is fast - and in this case, I led a keynote for several hundred members of their information

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

We're on the edge of the era of an absolutely massive trend that brings together multiple industries all at once:

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

I was invited to provide a keynote to several hundred executives in the consumer and food products (CPG) industry on

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

Held in Las Vegas, Jim’s keynote focused on innovation and growth strategies in a challenging global economy,

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

What do innovative organizations in the tourism sector need to do to provide for growth in challenging

The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical

"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

We're on the edge of the era of an absolutely massive trend that brings together multiple industries all at once:

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

Bionic eyes. Corneal implants grown for a particular patients DNA. The acceleration of human-to-computer interface

You might think the world of dental care does not change much, or slowly, or not at all – but it does. The

This organization provides health care services to a vast range of health insurers – organizations such as Blue Cross

This company is one of the major players in the dental, medical and veterinary products industry, serving well

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

It was a busy year for keynotes in the manufacturing space! This talk was for Legrands North American leadership

This company is a long time pioneer in the world of telecom and hi-tech. They know everything is changing with

This is a company that is making a transition from being a company that sells appliances, to being a computer

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

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

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

They are a company in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning software) space in the manufacturing, consumer products and

Can you say ‘irony?’ That’s the case when I did a talk on the future of manufacturing, at the Trump Doral

The International Asset Management Council is an organization relentlessly focused on economic trends, and

This is the biggest manufacturing conference in Canada, organized by SME (previously, the Society of Manufacturing

This is a company that builds a software platform that helps companies to manage complex supply chains and

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

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

This company is a long time pioneer in the world of telecom and hi-tech. They know everything is changing with

So if you are selling a product, but is transforms into some highly-connected, intelligent, Internet-of-Thing device,

This leading hi-tech organization booked Jim to headline key customer events in 3 cities, all part of its' sponsorship

HP Mexico brought customers of key client companies to Miami for a CIO Summit. The overall agenda was to provide them

One of the world's most respected business news sources had me in to lead a discussion about the sweeping,

For their Evolutions customer event, they wanted someone to put into perspective why a smart, flexible communications

We're on the edge of the era of an absolutely massive trend that brings together multiple industries all at once:

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

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

Jim was invited to speak to a group of senior executives at their global headquarters in San Francisco, with a

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

I was invited to provide a keynote to several hundred executives in the consumer and food products (CPG) industry on

This organization, a heavy weight in the credit card processing space, invited me in to speak to their annual users

Retail stores, including convenience stores and truck stops, are witnessing faster change than ever before. Store