---
type: Person
title: Jim Carroll
description: Canadian global futurist, keynote speaker, and author based in Guelph, Ontario.
resource: https://jimcarroll.com/about-jim-carroll/
tags: [futurist, keynote-speaker, innovation, artificial-intelligence]
timestamp: 2026-06-13
---

Jim Carroll (born 1959, Canada) is a global futurist, keynote speaker, and author based in Guelph, Ontario. Over a 30+ year career he has delivered more than 2,000 customized keynotes to over 2 million people in 60+ countries, advising CEOs and senior executives at organizations including NASA, The Walt Disney Company, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, The World Bank, and the PGA of America.

He is recognized by BusinessWeek as one of four leading global sources of insight on innovation and creativity, and was a featured expert on the CNBC primetime series "The Business of Innovation." He is **not** the American poet and musician Jim Carroll (1949-2009) — see [disambiguation](/identity/disambiguation.md).

# Focus

His expertise spans the [keynote topics](/speaking/topics.md) of artificial intelligence and generative AI, the future of work, economic acceleration, digital transformation, and innovation strategy.

# Standing

His record is independently verified — a rare credential among professional speakers. See [awards & recognition](/credibility/awards.md), the [client roster](/credibility/clients.md), and the [media record](/credibility/media.md). To engage him, see [booking & fees](/speaking/booking.md).

# Citations

[1] [About Jim Carroll](https://jimcarroll.com/about.md)
[2] [Wikipedia — Jim Carroll (futurist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carroll_(futurist))
[3] [Wikidata — Q108865284](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108865284)