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Biography

Innovation, creativity, trends and change -- that's the focus of internationally recognized futurist Jim Carroll!

Jim Carroll is a frequent keynote speaker at major events and conferences, dinner awards presentations and PR launch events. And the bottom line about Jim is simple -- he's funny, unique, and full of fascinating, quirky, yet serious insight.

Jim has a passion for effecting compelling change with lasting results. As a frequent keynote speaker with some 1,000 high profile presentations to his credit over the last 10 years, he is recognized as someone who provides presentations that deliver relevant, unique insight. Jim is recognized worldwide for presentations that involve his signature humor, high-level energy, deep insight and challenging observations, and which are based on extensive research and customization.

Jim has presented to tens of thousands of people in audiences in London, Dallas, Stockholm, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Budapest, Costa Rica, Palm Springs, Nassau and Vancouver -- to name but a few. His clients include DaimlerChrysler, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Caterpillar, Nestle, Motorola, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Playtex, the American Academy of Ophthalmologists, Verizon, KPMG, American Express, the US Department of Defense, CBS/Infinity Broadcasting, Microsoft, SAP, and many more.

Topics he has recently addressed include: global economic trends; China and off-shoring; hyper-innovation, shortened product lifecycles and rapid market change; the skills crisis and managing Gen-Y; the future of health care; and countless other customized topics.

He is also a prolific author, media commentator and award winning columnist. His latest book is entitled, "What I Learned From Frogs In Texas: Saving Your Skin Through Forward-Thinking Innovation.” As a media commentator, he has provided his insight in over 3,000 interviews on radio, television and in print, with organizations such as the ABC News, CNN, the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), INC, CEO Magazine Hungary, Texas Meetings & Events, American Way Magazine, Meeting News, Association LEADERSHIP, the National Post and PROFIT. As a columnist, he has written over 600 articles for a wide variety of national and international publications. He is an award winning columnist, has been listed as “One of 50 International Names to Know” by the Online Journalism Review published by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, and was recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by a major national new media organization.

Jim Carroll lives five years in the future, and dedicates his time to helping people and organizations understand how they can aggressively adopt tomorrow, today. Jim wakes people up to the trends that will affect them, and challenges them to cope with a world that continues to witness constant, relentless, and dramatic change.

Clients Comments

Growth strategies
“I can think of no greater keynote speaker presentation... Without question, Jim’s insights are what many companies need as numerous organizations begin their climb out of the troubling days of late and into the revitalized times ahead.”
SAP North America

Customized insight
“It was amazing that you hit the target so precisely...”
U.S. Department of Defense

Practical ideas, easy to implement
“I knew from the moment you used a ketchup bottle to illustrate how change impacts all of us that your presentation would be anything but typical... We were particularly impressed with how you demonstrated ways to immediately apply what was learned.”
American Payroll Assoc.

Importance of creativity and innovation
“Everyone thought that you underscored the importance of creativity and innovation completely.”
CBS/Infinity Broadcasting