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Try a fresh, fun approach from an MBI (Master of Business Innovation)

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

Global economic trends. China and offshoring. Hyper-innovation. Rapid market change. The skills crisis. Shortened product lifecylces. Managing Gen-Y. The future of health care. Avoiding commoditization. Creating high performance, change oriented teams. Those are just a few of the specific topic areas that Jim Carroll has been focussing on as of late.

Jim Carroll has a passion for effecting compelling change with lasting results.

What he does:

• he provides unique, detailed, customized insight into workplace, business, economic, current event, 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.
• delivered in a very dynamic and motivational style, with presentations that involve his signature humor, high-level energy, deep insight and challenging observations.
• each presentation is unique and customized. Clients value the time Jim takes to "know" their industry or profession, their issues and concerns.

Hot topics:

• The China Price and Outsourcing
• Avoiding Market Commoditization
• Coping with Hyper-Change
• The Future of Healthcare
• The Future of Risk
• Skills Transformation
• The Future of Activism 

What's his background?

• Author of "What I Learned From Frogs in Texas: Saving Your Skin with Forward-Thinking Innovation"
• Currently finishing a new book, set for release in early 2006: The Masters of Business Imagination: Achieving Agility in the High-Velocity Economy, to be published by Oblio Press.
• 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, INC, Fast Company, Texas Meetings and Events, the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), American Way, CEO Magazine Hungary, Association LEADERSHIP, the National Post and PROFIT, to name but a few.

Jim has customized programs for a variety of industries not limited to:

agriculture, banking, consumer products, consulting, economic development, government, high-tech, law, pharmaceutical, credit unions, education, financial services, accounting, healthcare, insurance, small business and travel.