FUTURIST JIM CARROLLTHE WORK BEHIND THE KEYNOTE

18 FEATURED ENGAGEMENTS

The client changes the conversation.

The clearest evidence of customization is the work itself. Explore how different audiences, industries and strategic questions shaped these keynotes and leadership sessions.

Jim Carroll on stage at Toronto Hydro
From Jim’s stage archive · Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro

Energy leadership beyond yesterday’s assumptions.

Connect electrification, storage, AI and distributed energy to the leadership decisions of a utility.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Itron
From Jim’s stage archive · Itron
ECIA Executive Conference

Beyond AI: the electronics channel’s next opportunity.

Help the authorized electronics channel interpret demand across several changing end markets.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at HMG Strategy
From Jim’s stage archive · HMG Strategy
ISACA + IIA GRC

Governance at the speed of machines.

Translate AI and autonomous systems into the language of governance, assurance and control.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at CADA 2025
From Jim’s stage archive · CADA 2025
iA Financial Group — Automotive

When the vehicle changes, the risk changes.

Explore what automotive transformation means specifically for warranty and protection services.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at MacKay CEO Forums
From Jim’s stage archive · MacKay CEO Forums
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

AI opportunity and risk for the same audience.

Consider AI-assisted policing while preparing for new criminal techniques and protecting evidence integrity.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at HMG Strategy
From Jim’s stage archive · HMG Strategy
ICON PLC

Faster science. A different future for clinical trials.

Connect AI and accelerating medical discovery to the operating reality of clinical research.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Ammega
From Jim’s stage archive · Ammega
Kiewit Corporation

AI through the lens of the megaproject.

Explore the implications of AI for major construction and infrastructure delivery.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at MacKay CEO Forums
From Jim’s stage archive · MacKay CEO Forums
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

A changing business of space.

Help scientific and mission leaders examine how the environment around space innovation was changing.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at MacKay CEO Forums
From Jim’s stage archive · MacKay CEO Forums
Godiva

Luxury heritage meets a faster consumer.

Bring a global luxury brand’s executives into a practical discussion about retail reinvention.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Microsoft 2019
From Jim’s stage archive · Microsoft 2019
Microsoft Canada FutureNow

Make the technology convergence understandable.

Help a broad executive and IT audience see how multiple technology waves connect.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at QAD
From Jim’s stage archive · QAD
NatureWorks

The package is part of the brand.

Connect materials innovation with the changing expectations of consumers, retailers and brands.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Ammega
From Jim’s stage archive · Ammega
Ammega

The intelligence inside materials handling.

Show industrial leaders how automation, mobility and conveying systems connect to competitive operations.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at QAD
From Jim’s stage archive · QAD
QAD

Manufacturing’s faster clock.

Examine what shorter product cycles and accelerating skills demands mean for manufacturing competitiveness.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Macola
From Jim’s stage archive · Macola
Macola Software

Reinventing how manufacturers respond.

Help manufacturing software users interpret changes in products, production and demand.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at HMG Strategy
From Jim’s stage archive · HMG Strategy
WorldSkills

The half-life of a skill.

Explore how skill-development systems respond to faster knowledge cycles and emerging careers.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at CADA 2025
From Jim’s stage archive · CADA 2025
Mercedes-Benz

A different vehicle. A different industry.

Examine the combined implications of electric vehicles, self-driving systems and changing ownership models.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Gore Mutual - Jim Carroll Fast Forward photos
From Jim’s stage archive · Gore Mutual - Jim Carroll Fast Forward photos
Gore Mutual

The broker future is not the broker past.

Help broker partners interpret disruption in insurance distribution and customer expectations.

Inside the keynote
Jim Carroll on stage at Itron
From Jim’s stage archive · Itron
BNSF Railway

AI across the customer’s supply chain.

Connect the next generation of AI with freight, retail logistics and supply-chain strategy.

Inside the keynote

These editorial profiles draw from Jim’s published case studies. Photographs from other assignments are identified as stage-archive imagery; they are not presented as photographs of the featured engagement.

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