Business Week recently named Jim Carroll as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity. That's why if you have a unique business, market, sales team, strategic, customer or other type of issue that you need to address -- you've come to the right place.

Jim 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 Based on his deep insight, he prepares unique, highly customized presentations or workshops that speak directly to your needs, within the broad themes of innovation, creativity, trends and change.

Jim's experience is diverse and encompassing. In the last few months, he's been addressing issues such as hyper-innovation. Globalization. Rapid market change and open innovation. The skills crisis. Shortened product lifecylces. The future of health care. Avoiding commoditization. Manufacturing agility. Operational excellence. Creating high performance, change oriented teams.

There are a lot of business gurus who will give you a "canned presentation." That's what you won't get from Jim Carroll-- you'll get something is directly related to what is relevant to you right now, based on real research and unique insight.

What Jim does

As a leading international futurist, trends and innovation expert, Jim Carroll will provide his unique insight on:

• the emerging trends, threats and opportunities that will impact your organization
• how to become a more forward thinking organization that can anticipate and manage change, rather than reacting to change
• how staff can make the transition from a tactical to a strategic role
• guidance on how to do things differently in a world that demands constant, relentless innovation.

What's unique about Jim?

• a proven ability to combine thought leadership with deep insight into the practical issues associated with implementing strategic decisions
• an established track record in predicting future business trends; insight is grounded in reality; highly regarded for his unique blend of a practical viewpoint combined with operational insight
• globally recognized business advisor and consultant, an alumni of KPMG, highlighted by BusinessWeek, often retained by organizations to provide high-level strategic guidance
• highly respected for ability to continuously revisit long- and short-term business decisions based upon a changing environment, with a proven ability of being able to determine "non faddish" key trends, and how a business should plan for them
• well known for his critical thinking and business-oriented view of issues related to emerging technologies, business models, workplace issues and organization culture
• widely respected for his integrity, with a well-established reputation for providing honest and impartial consulting guidance to organizations