James Taylor
Creativity Expert, Author, Entrepreneur
Scotland
What James is Passionate About
Supercreativity: Augmenting Human Creativity In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence
Business is changing at the speed of light. Today exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence
and machine learning are creating new disruptive business models almost overnight. In this new world, one
where McKinsey & Co predict that 45 percent of jobs will be automated in the next 20 years, there is one
distinctly human competitive advantage you and your people must leverage – your creativity. In this
tailored, entertaining and highly visual one-of-a-kind keynote, James Taylor takes the audience on a
journey to discover the backstage secrets of the world’s most creative individuals and innovative
organizations.
Your audience will learn:
● What disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence mean for you, your team and your
industry.
● Which job roles in your industry are most at risk from automation.
● Why China’s richest man believes ‘creativity’ is the most important skill you need to develop to
survive and thrive in the age of disruption.
● The simple five step process for developing your creative thinking skills.
● How to lead innovative teams and foster a creative culture to increase innovation ROI.
● How to use ‘SuperCreativity’ to generate, evaluate, develop and implement more ideas, more
quickly.
Workshop: 'Unlock Your Creative Potential'
This half day or one day workshop will help your people unlock their creative potential, improve
collaboration, solve problems and do more innovative work.
Outcomes:
● Understand the five step process for developing your creativity
● Discover techniques for generating and developing innovative ideas
● Learn creative thinking skills to better evaluate new ideas
● Lead your team to unlock their creative potential
● Build a more innovative and creative culture at work
Why You Need James
James Taylor M.B.A. F.R.S.A. – who started his career managing high profile rock stars – is now an
in-demand keynote speaker and internationally recognized leader in business creativity and innovation. For
over 20 years, he has been advising CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators, governments and leaders from
Silicon Valley to Singapore on how to build innovative organizations, unlock creative potential, and increase
productivity.
As the founder of C.SCHOOLTM and the host of multiple global summits he has personally interviewed over
500 of the world’s leading creative minds including Silicon Valley tech CEO’s, New York Times bestselling
authors, and artificial intelligence pioneers. Hundreds of thousands of people in over 120 countries have
learned about creativity and innovation through his online courses, videos, media interviews and keynote
speeches.
His clients have included Fortune Global 500 companies, government policy makers, industry associations,
and he was recently the subject of a 30 minute BBC documentary about his life and work. He was awarded
the S.D. Southern Prize from Canadian energy services company ATCO, the Award for Excellent from
Geneva Group International and named ‘ONTRApreneur of the Year’ from U.S. business and marketing
automation leaders ONTRAPORT.
James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (F.R.S.A.) whose Fellows have included global
innovators and leaders including President Benjamin Franklin, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Adam
Smith, Nelson Mandela and Professor Stephen Hawking. For more information, visit JamesTaylor.me
Why You Will Love James
“Creative, thought provoking, inspirational and well-presented.”
Graham McWilliams
Co-Chair of World Intellectual Property Day
“James Taylor was a fantastic keynote speaker. His presentation was an insightful and entertaining closing
keynote for the event audience. James also hosted a small group presentation for the G3 Company Sales
Meeting earlier in the year that was also great. If you are looking for a speaker to inspire your employees to
“reclaim their creativity” look no further than James Taylor.”
Kristi Kawana
Events & Marketing Director, B2B Marketing Exchange Conference
“James Taylor is more than a great keynote and facilitator. He’s a great partner who truly cares about your
business, your goals and your audience. He tailors his message to your end user, he creates videos and
marketing materials to help promote your event and he shares knowledge and best practices he’s
encountered that can help you host better meetings.”
Jessie States
Head of Meeting Innovation, Meeting Professionals International
“Thank you James for bringing us a unique session on boosting our creativity in the age of artificial
intelligence at our annual event. Your keynote was authentic, inspirational and entertaining, truly engaging
the audience from the beginning. Participants and customers provided us with many delighted comments.”
Carine Vaeremans
CEO, Profacts
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