Jim Carroll

7 Ways to Achieve Resilience In an Era of Volatility

Jim Carroll knows from experience that organizations that focus on staying ahead of fast-paced economic trends in an era of volatility are best positioned for long-term success. He’s been sharing this critical insight with leadership teams since the dot.com collapse-induced recession of 2001!In 2025, it’s pretty volatile out there and uncertainty rules our future. In the context of that, it’s important to focus on the long-term goal, not the short-term volatility. Jim’s keynote focuses on how to lead through uncertainty. He shares powerful insight gathered during previous economic downturns and periods of volatility and uncertainty. Here’s the key message – long-term winners are those who chose not to participate in the downturn, but instead focus on growth, opportunity, and the future. It's a message he has delivered to senior leadership teams - after '01 and '08 - of Nestle, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Burger King, Yum! Brands and dozens of others. It's powerful insight for corporate leadership meetings or offsite events.

Simple Strategies for Finding Your Creativity, Accelerating Innovation, and Getting to Your Future Faster!

Conformity stifles creativity and prevents great ideas from flourishing. Uniqueness is the superpower that lets creativity flow! Embracing uniqueness is crucial for innovation and taking initiative, which is essential for navigating the future. Your unique perspective and ability to think differently will empower you to create change and shape a better tomorrow. It sets you apart from others and lets you achieve your full innovation potential! Based on his book of the same name coming in 2025, Jim shares with teams the key methods by which they can accelerate their creative, innovative capabilities!

Strategic Clarity on the Disruptive, Transformative Challenges and Opportunities That Really Matter

Leadership teams require a good foundational understanding of the promise and perils of AI and insight into the opportunities and challenges. They don't need hype.That’s why strategic clarity on the impact of AI is necessary. Jim Carroll has provided dozens of global leadership teams with highly customized, industry-specific keynotes that give deep insight into the impact of AI on the company and the industry.More background can be found at https://jimcarroll.ai

Jim Carroll’s transformative concept for moving forward in the era of accelerating change!

Customized with detailed research for specific industries, including agriculture, finance, banking, insurance, retail, supply chain, construction, manufacturing and more. Every industry is being redefined at blinding speed by technology, globalization, the rapid emergence of new competitors, new forms of collaborative global R&D, and countless other challenges! The speed with which these changes occur are now running up against the traditional culture, organizational structure and leadership methodologies that once worked well in the past – but don’t align to today’s fast moving realities.

The future demands that you think BIG, be bold, and relentlessly pursue opportunity.

Companies that do not yet exist will build products not yet conceived, with materials not yet in existence, using methodologies not yet developed – and these will be sold to consumers who do not yet know that these new products and services will become a critical part of their lives!That’s the perspective that Futurist Jim Carroll brings to his keynote presentation at association events and corporate leadership meetings - and with that theme in mind, will provide you with a customized, concise overview of the trends that matter into tomorrow.

Many CEO/CxO’s find it necessary to bring their teams together for a corporate offsite event to discuss, strategize, and align to a faster, transformative future. A fast future demands that organizations pick up the pace when it comes to their strategies, actions, and innovation efforts. Jim is known for his presentations at these events which involve highly customized insight, extensive pre-event consultations, a global track record, and detailed industry experience!

Mindshare matters. In a complex and fast competitive landscape, positioning a product or service offerings to a customer or client has become more of a challenge than ever before. That’s why organizations continue to invest in large-scale or intimate customer-client events.
It’s an opportunity to tell their story, position their products, outline their value proposition, and build relationships. Futurist Jim Carroll helps organizations deliver their key strategic message at these customer or client user group meetings with a highly customized keynote based on detailed industry and issue research.