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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This company is an investment management / equity capital firm that is invested in a number of medium sized

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I shared this event with Jimmy Wales, the Founder of Wikipedia. And to this day, Wikipedia editors still won't list me.

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