Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast

The high velocity global economy of today drives rapid consumer, business, industrial and marketplace change. The fast paced world around us is relentless and unforgiving. It drives increased customer and business partner expectations, requires faster innovation, and necessitates a faster more complex response to rapidly changing circumstances. That's why you need to learn how to innovate when faster is the new fast - by getting into a mindset where you're prepared to figure out a solution to a problem, almost before you know you have a problem. Ready, Set, Done provides unique insight into how to innovate when faster is the new fast Velocity: you'll understand the rapid change that increasingly drives our world, and why it's critical to constantly innovate in order to keep ahead Agility: You'll learn how organizations ensuring they can respond to fast-changing circumstances Innovation: you'll gain insight into how innovation can apply to everything you do, every day Activity: you'll learn what you should start doing now to elevate the importance of your innovation efforts.

When the Walt Disney Corporation went looking for an expert on the topic of innovation and creativity, they went with Jim Carroll! Jim is a strategic thinker and "thought leader" with deep insight into trends, the future, creativity, and innovation. For the last fifteen years, he has provided high energy keynotes for audiences of up to 3,000 people, and intimate, detailed customized strategic planning insight for CEO / board / senior management meetings. He was recently named by Business Week as one of four leading sources for insight on innovation and creativity, and was a featured expert on the prime time CNBC series, "The Business of Innovation." Jim's client base includes Nestle, Motorola, the American Society for Quality, Caterpillar, Verizon, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Property and Casualty Insurance Association of America, and the Swiss Innovation Forum, to name but a few.