About This Speaker: Jim Harris

Jim Harris ranks among North America’s top thought leaders on AI, GenAI, disruption, and innovation. As one of the world’s leading keynote speakers, he delivers over 60 in-person and virtual presentations globally each year. Association magazine named him one of North America’s top ten speakers.

Jim actively leads strategic planning sessions for executive teams. His client list includes American Express, Barclays Bank, Canon, GM, IBM, SAP, Munich Re, the Top 200 CIOs of India, the UK Cabinet Office, Swiss Re, Walmart, and Zurich Insurance.

In February 2024, TEC Canada honored Jim Harris as Speaker of the Year. TEC, Canada’s largest CEO peer mentoring organization, forms part of Vistage—the world’s biggest CEO mentoring group with 45,000 members. The award highlights the impact of Jim’s presentations on AI, which audiences have called “mind blowing,” “riveting,” and “eye opening.”

Jim’s most recent book, Blindsided!, achieved #1 international bestseller status and appears in 80 countries. Soundview Executive Summaries selected it as one of the year’s best business books, distributing a summary to 80,000 executives around the world. The Miami Herald praised it as “Brilliant stuff!”

As a management consultant, Jim works closely with leading businesses, Fortune 500 companies, and organizations aiming to join their ranks. From 1992 to 1996, he represented the Covey Leadership Center and taught Dr. Stephen Covey’s renowned program, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

 

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