When the Walt Disney Corporation went looking for an expert on the topic of innovation and creativity, they went with Jim Carroll!

Jim is a strategic thinker and "thought leader" with deep insight into trends, the future, creativity, and innovation. For the last fifteen years, he has provided high energy keynotes for audiences of up to 3,000 people, and intimate, detailed customized strategic planning insight for CEO / board / senior management meetings. He was recently named by Business Week as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity, and was a featured expert on the prime time CNBC series, " The Business of Innovation," hosted by Maria Bartiromo.

His client base includes Nestle, Motorola, the American Society for Quality, Caterpillar, Verizon, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Property and Casualty Insurance Association of America, and the Swiss Innovation Forum, to name but a few.

Jim is an author, columnist, media commentator, and consultant, and is completely focused on creativity and innovation -- insight that is captured in his book, What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation . Jim's newest book, Ready, Set, Done. How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast captures the need for rapid innovation in the high velocity economy. Jim has also provided his insight in over 600 articles, and in over 3,000 interviews on radio, television and in print, with media exposure and interviews with ABC News, INC, Fast Company, CNBC, Texas Meetings and Events , the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) , American Way , The Age (Sydney, Australia), CAPITAL Magazine (Dubai/United Arab Emirates) CEO Magazine Hungary , Association LEADERSHIP, the National Post and PROFIT, and many others.

Jim has carefully studied the key strategies and leadership ideas that have permitted some organizations to achieve breakthrough innovations and absolutely compelling levels of creativity. His extensive research has brought him to a client base that spans the world: he has spoken to audiences in Zurich, New York, Vancouver, Cayman Islands, Palm Springs, London, Los Angeles, Budapest, Miami, Toronto, Costa Rica, San Francisco, Nassau and Stockholm. He has provided industry specific keynotes and strategic planning sessions for life sciences, health care, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail, banking, and countless other industries.

What Do Innovative Companies Do? How to Unlock Your Potential in the High Velocity Economy
Business Week recently named Jim Carroll as one of the four world's leading sources for innovation insight. He was also  featured as an innovation expert on a global broadcast of the CNBC show, The Business of Innovation . It's no wonder – Jim has carefully studied the key strategies and leadership ideas that have permitted some organizations to achieve breakthrough innovations and absolutely compelling levels of creativity. Jim has provided industry specific keynotes and strategic planning sessions for life sciences, health care, insurance, automotive, manufacturing, agriculture, technology, education, government, consumer products, retail, banking, and countless other industries. His latest book, release in the fall of 2007, Ready, Set, DONE! How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, captures the necessity for urgent innovation in order to remain competitive in the high velocity economy.

What's Happening with Our Workforce: Achieving Skills Agility in the High Velocity Economy  
Join international futurist, trends & innovation expert Jim Carroll as he explores some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. With the coming "end of retirement," most companies will come to realize they'll need a lot of telephones with big buttons for the 70+ folks who are still a part of their workforce – and a lot of innovative workplace practices as well. That's but one challenge. Will "good luck" be the only possible response to managing the Gen-Connect kids – those who have been wired with a mouse since birth? This workplace weirdness will only be compounded by the ongoing rapid evolution of knowledge and skills, such that most organizations will find it impossible to find the highly specialized skills needed in the economy of the future. Are we really in an economy in which there is an emerging profession of folks known as "manure managers?" You bet – and it's all part of the unique issues that companies must begin thinking about today. Jim's unique insight into emerging HR trends is in high demand – 3,000 members of the International Human Resource Information Management Association recently heard him put the issues in context on stage in Dallas, Texas. Join Jim as he shares his insight into the trends that you are already faced with, and the innovative and creative ways that you can come to grips with the depth of the challenges ahead.    

What Comes Next? Leadership Insight for the High-Velocity Economy
Where will we be in 2010? What challenges and opportunities will we face? In a world of massive globalization, what will our markets, customers, industries and organizational structures look like? Some of the biggest organizations in the world – including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Chrysler, the Swiss Innovation Forum, the BBC, Motorola and Nestle – have sought this insight from Jim Carroll. As someone who has assisted hundreds of organizations in thinking about and preparing for the future, Jim Carroll has become globally recognized as one of the world's leading international futurists. In a highly customized presentation, he outlines the major trends that will impact you, and what you need to start doing now in order to respond.   

Leading the Future: Key Leadership Strategies for the High Velocity Economy
We live in an era of unprecedented, relentless, rapid change. That's why leading edge organizations look to futurist, innovation and trends expert Jim Carroll for a keynote/executive briefing or workshop that clearly focuses on how to develop and engender the leadership skills of the 21st Century. As someone who has assisted hundreds of organizations in thinking about and preparing for the future, Jim has become recognized for his keen insight into the necessary leadership skills of today. He outlines the major attributes that the future-oriented leaders of today have adapted: The ability to link the corporate mission of today to the major trends and developments that will influence the organization through the coming years. A leadership style that encourages a culture of agility, one that allows for a rapid response to sudden change in products, markets, competitive challenges, and other business, technological and workplace trends. An organization wide trends-radar, in which all staff keep a keen eye on the trends and developments that will affect the organization in the future, and are prepared to share their insight, observations and recommendations. A corporate culture in which staff are encouraged to not only deal with the unique and ongoing challenges of today, but are open and responsive to the new challenges yet to come. A performance oriented focus in which people are encouraged to turn new challenges into opportunities, rather than viewing change as a threat to be feared.