The keynote
Learn what the world’s leaders are doing with innovation.
Organizations can pick up the pace by learning what the world’s leaders are doing with their innovation efforts.
For over 30 years, Jim Carroll has had the opportunity to study what makes some organizations excel at the concept of innovation while others do not. He has carefully cataloged their approaches, attitudes, leadership styles and strategies into a concise overview that is the secret sauce of innovative thinking.
In this keynote, Jim provides unique insight into what these world-class organizations and high-caliber leaders are doing to position themselves for a future in which the velocity of change is the new normal, acceleration is the reality, agility is the core, and adaptation is the necessity.

What world-class innovators do
Eight habits others don’t have.
While everyone else wallows in aggressive indecision and organizational sclerosis, world-class innovators know that it is a great time to do great things!
01
A relentless focus on growth
They continually transition their revenue source.
02
Customer problems, solved early
They solve customer problems before the customer knows it’s a problem.
03
Upside-down innovation
They source innovation ideas through their customers.
04
Fast ideas
They concentrate on ingesting fast ideas.
05
Speed and agility
They check their speed, focusing on corporate agility.
06
Constant improvement
They focus on long-term wins through constant incremental improvements.
07
Skills partnerships
They know that skills partnerships are a key success factor.
08
Big ideas, bold decisions
They don’t back away from big ideas. They know that right now is a great time to make bold decisions and forge aggressive new paths against their competitors.
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World-class innovation, from the stage.
Clips from Jim’s keynotes on this topic. Open the playlist on YouTube ↗
A few of the organizations that have booked Jim for this keynote · each logo opens its case study
Also booked for this keynote
Mercedes-BenzU.S. Army Corps of EngineersCBS RadioRockwell CollinsThe Ken Blanchard Companies
On stage
The message, in Jim’s own lines.
Photographs from Jim’s keynotes, each carrying a line from the talk.





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