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Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, by Jim Carroll

What I Learned from Frogs In Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation, by Jim Carroll


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2008 Credit Suisse Zurich
interview with Jim Carroll
Video - Change : deal with it!

What happens when
routine is interrupted?


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"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."- Vice President SAP USA

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"Jim really walks his talk! His commitment to preparatory research for our presentation was
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About Jim Carroll, MBI *
 
  • a leading international futurist, trends & innovation expert, recently covered in Advertising Age, Credit Suisse Bulletin, Dubai's Capital Magazine ...
  • The Walt Disney Corporation needed to inspire senior staff on the topics of innovation and creativity: and brought in Jim Carroll
  • Business Week : "Jim is one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity"
  • a featured expert on the prime time CNBC series, "The Business of Innovation," hosted by Maria Bartiromo
  • Credit Suisse profiles Jim Carroll in their global customer publication Bulletin: "unique insight on growth"
  • Example keynote: 7 Things You Need to Do Right Now: Aligning The Fast Future to Your Current Strategy
  • a strategic thinker and "thought "leader" - deep insight into trends, the future, creativity, innovation, with a global client base that includes Nestle, Motorola, American Society for Quality, Caterpillar, SAP, Verizon, the BBC, Microsoft, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Property and Casualty Insurance Association of America, and the Swiss Innovation Forum and many more -- see the client list arropw
  • an author, columnist, media commentator, consultant, with a focus on linking future trends to innovation and creativity, provides high energy keynotes for audiences of 3,000, or intimate, detailed customized strategic planning insight for CEO / board / senior management meetings
  • hundreds of thousands have shared his insight with highly energized presentations in Zurich, New York, Vancouver, Cayman Islands, Palm Springs, London, Los Angeles, Budapest, Miami, Toronto, Costa Rica, San Francisco, Nassau and Stockholm,
  • Jim is the author of Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast, and What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward Thinking Innovation
  • Sample topic: Game Changers: The 8 Big Trends That Will Rock Your World
  • an 18 year track record in providing direct, independent guidance to a huge, diverse client base, combined with a previous professional financial background, including 12 years with the world's largest professional services firm
  • he has researched key innovation success factors for dozens of industries, associations, professions, companies, individuals
  • 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
  • he has provided his insight in dozens of books, in over 600 articles, and in over 3,000 interviews on radio, television and in print, with media exposure and interviews with ABC News, BusinessWeek, 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, to name but a few

What he does!

  • he provides unique, detailed, customized insight into workplace, business, economic, current events, social and cultural trends, as well as into demographic, lifestyle and technology issues, based on highly original research.
  • he sets the stage for organizations to become more competitive, innovative and adaptable, and that are open to the opportunities of the future
  • he does so in a very dynamic and motivational style, with presentations that involve his signature humor, high-level energy, deep insight and challenging observations

How can he help you?

  • he wakes people up to the trends that will affect them, and challenges them to cope with a world that continues to witness constant, dramatic change.
  • "thought provoking, full of energy, up to the minute and timely" are just a few of the ways to describe Jim's presentations. Jim has the ability to energize people so they can discover opportunities for personal and corporate growth.
  • each presentation is unique and customized. Clients value the time Jim takes to "know" their industry or profession, their issues and concerns.

(*) "The world doesn't need many more folks with a Masters of Business Administration -- it needs a lot more with a Masters in Business Imagination!" Jim Carroll, imagining what it would be like if we could earn our MBI

 
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