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

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

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

This was my final event of the year, just two days ago, and it was just plain fun! It was an end of year “town

Wow, manufacturing was hot this year! This one was in the midst of the automotive sector in the US, and I

It’s not often you get invited in to open one of the most prestigious events in the world of golf, let along the

A repeat engagement for this organization — in this case, an internal leadership meeting, whereas the first one

Worldskills is a massive global organization that focuses on accelerating young people into new skilled trades and

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

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

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

The agency invited Jim to speak to a group of senior leaders to speak on the issue of what leaders do to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 -

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

We have 'fitbits for cows!' Connectivity on the ranch is widespread, as is every form of technology! In this keynote, I

Weed zapping robots, digital spatial farm management, iPad based farm management, accelerated science - this leading

Jim provided the keynote for several thousand retailers, produce companies and growers at the annual conference in

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

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

It's 2011: the hangover of the global economic collapse of '08 is still pounding away at the minds of many. This global

Jim opened a conference of leading financial, banking and investment professionals, at an event attended by the

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

Genomics, connected medical devices, change-aggressive millennial doctors, gene therapy, hyperconnected pharmaceuticals

Bio-connected medical devices, the virtualization of healthcare, big data and analytics — two events for this group

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

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

The acceleration of medical science, new diagnostic technology, advanced medical procedures, and bionic/3d printed limb

3d printing of body parts, the acceleration of medical science, the continued arrival of new implant materials driven

Styrker is a leading manufacturer of surgical equipment, most often used in the orthopaedic space. Someone saw me speak

I was invited in to open this global congress of pharma executives, with a talk about the reality of 21st century

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

Held in Washington, DC, it’s one of the world’s most prestigious health care events. Jim spoke about the

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

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has had me keynote some major events in the past — 2,000 manufacturing

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

This was an internal leadership meeting; this organization is a manufacturer in the rail industry. This wasn’t a big

Another manufacturing themed event; this one with 500 manufacturing execs from throughout the region. There was a

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

Accelerating science, the rapid emergence of new advanced materials, the reinvention of business models, new chemical

A massive manufacturing oriented conference for this major software company operating in this space. There are two

Wow, manufacturing was hot this year! This one was in the midst of the automotive sector in the US, and I

A repeat engagement for this organization — in this case, an internal leadership meeting, whereas the first one

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

You ever see those massive overhead cranes at container piers and shipping locations? That's Kone! They brought me in

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

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

What do world class innovators do that others don't do? When I delivered that topic for Deloitte South Africa, it soon

This keynote for 500+ senior executives in Sydney, Australia, looked at innovation trends in the global economy,

This keynote for the leadership meeting for the world’s largest publisher in New York, examined the future

The BBC had Jim in for two keynotes focused on the future of broadcasting and

The global clothing company had me in for a talk for their leadership on the trends sweeping the world of retail. I

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

Nestle engaged Jim to provide a concise, detailed overview of the key retail and packaging trends impacting the

Playtex/Banana Boat engaged Jim to undertake detailed research into the trends affecting their marketplace in the