Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
International Futurist, Trends, and Innovation Expert, Jim Carroll lives five years in the future. As a leading global futurist, he dedicates his time to helping people and organizations understand how they can aggressively adopt tomorrow, today. Jim Carroll wakes people up to the trends that will affect them, and challenges them to cope with a world that continues to witness constant, relentless, dramatic change.

Jim Carroll was recently named as one of "four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity" by Business Week. Jim Carroll's observations on linking trends and creativity are frequently covered in Fortune magazine's "Business Innovation Insider" Blog.

It's no wonder that such global publications are embracing Jim Carroll's key message: rapid times require bold change and new levels of creativity and innovation within every organization... and Jim Carroll is known for affecting compelling change with lasting results. That's why Jim Carroll's recent clients include global organizations such as Disney, DaimlerChrysler, Caterpillar, Nestle, Motorola, Towers Perrin, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Waters Corporate, the Swiss Innovation Forum, Verizon, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, SAP, and the American Nursery and Landscape Association.

Jim Carroll has well over ten years of experience in studying what makes companies relentlessly creative, and how they ride critical trends in order to achieve success. What's Jim Carroll talking about? Global economic trends; hyper-innovation; rapid time to market; the latest consumer trends; collapse of product life cycles and high-velocity marketing; the skills crisis, managing Gen-connect and the new workplace; creating high performance, change oriented teams.

You name it – global thought leader Jim Carroll is talking about it.

Jim Carroll is recognized for his critical thinking and business-oriented view of issues relating to social, consumer, and workplace trends; demographic and lifestyle issues; emerging technologies; as well as economic and business trends. His programs are delivered with his signature humor, high-level energy, deep insight, and challenging observations, and are based on extensive research and customization.

More About Jim Carroll . . .
A prolific author, Jim Carroll's works have been sold in the United States, Germany, India, and Canada, with sales exceeding a half-million copies. As a columnist, Jim Carroll has written more than 600 articles for a wide variety of national and international publications. As a media commentator, he has provided his insight in more than 3,000 interviews on radio, television, and in print.

Jim Carroll is completely focused on creativity and innovation – insight that is found in his books, What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation and Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast.

• Seven Things You Need to Do Right Now: Aligning The Fast Future to Your Current Strategy
• What Do Innovative Companies Do? How to Unlock Your Potential in the High Velocity Economy
• Game Changers: The 8 Big Trends That Will Rock Your World
• Where's the Growth? What's Hot When Volatility Rocks!
• Achieving Growth: How to Innovate During a Recession
• What Comes Next With the Global Economy? Opportunities, Strategies and Inspiration That Will Keep You Focused
• Leading the Future: Leadership in an Era of Innovation and Change

"We were extremely pleased with Jim's presentation...the content was great and would hopefully prompt people to think about the rapidity of change going on in our world!"

---Disney

"I have been working with Jim for the past four years, and, without question, he is one of the most dynamic speakers and professional partners I've ever come across. Our audiences (internal and external) love him, and he works wonderfully with our customers.He hits a home run every time.You will not be sorry if you use him. In fact, I'm willing to bet your first experience will lead to many, many more, as it has with SAP."-

--- Lloyd Adams, Vice President
SAP USA

"Everyone thought that you completely underscored the importance of creativity and innovation with a presentation full of energy and compelling information."

---CBS/Infinity Broadcasting

"There's no doubt your talk will provoke on going discussions at all levels in the BBC for months to come."

--- BBC

"...it was amazing that you hit the target so precisely."

---US Department of Defense