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James Gilmore

James Gilmore

Keynote Speaker: Renowned Expert on Consumer Engagement & Experiential Marketing; Co-Founder of Strategic Horizons

James Gilmore Biography

James H. Gilmore is co-founder of Aurora, Ohio-based Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. Gilmore works with management teams to grasp the nature of the emerging “Experience Economy” and envision their role in it—whether it be staging experiences, guiding transformations or mass customizing any economic offering. Gilmore is a frequent speaker at professional society and trade association conferences, as well as executive education programs of individual companies. His ideas have been published in many of the world’s leading publications, including the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Investor’s Business Daily among others.

Gilmore is also co-author with B. Joseph Pine II of The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage. The book demonstrates how companies, from a myriad of industries, are finding their goods and services commoditized with customers increasingly spending their money on experiences— memorable events that engage customers in an inherently personal way. It also shows how businesses can create value by embracing theatre as an operating model to stage unique experiences that ultimately transform those who participate in them. As a follow-up, Pine and Gilmore edited Markets of One: Creating Customer- Unique Value through Mass Customization.

Gilmore began his career with Procter & Gamble and then spent over ten years consulting with Cleveland Consulting Associates and Computer Sciences Corporation, heading up CSC Consulting’s process innovation practice. A Batten Fellow at The Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, he previously served as the 2002-2003 Dean Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Co-chair at the College of Family & Consumer Sciences at Iowa State University. He has also lectured at Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management, Cornell's School of Hotel Administration, and Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Applied Science and Technology.

Gilmore is a certified instructor in the lateral thinking methodologies of Dr. Edward Debono. He also serves on the faculty of The Institutes for Organization Management for the US Chamber of Commerce, and works with both for-profit and non-profit enterprises to foster innovative thinking.

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James Gilmore Speaking Topics

Cultivating Learning Relationships

Mass Customization

Work is Theater

Athenticity in Business

Thinking about Leadership Thinking

Leadership requires ongoing thinking about the very leadership principles and practices employed to inspire, direct, and encourage an organization’s people as they work together toward common goals. In this talk, Gilmore walks through eight sources of useful thoughts to help leaders refresh and renew their own thinking about leadership. Each serves as a resource for future study as various issues are explored—ranging from assessing personal and professional friendships, orchestrating group dynamics, scanning cultural trends, improving observational skills, identifying future talent, seizing marketplace opportunities, enriching self-awareness, and fostering curiosity.

James Gilmore Videos

James Gilmore marketing experiences - YouTube
[EN] The Experience Economy: Joe Pine - YouTube
James H. Gilmore, Co-Founder, Strategic Horizons LLP

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What topics does James Gilmore speak about?

James Gilmore is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business, Sales, Futurism, Business Leadership, International Business, Customer Service, Strategic Leadership, Technology, Authors, Corporate Strategy, Innovation, Creativity, Marketing, Personal Growth, Entrepreneurship, Culture and Leadership.

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James Gilmore generally travels from Cleveland, OH, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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James Gilmore is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business, Sales and Futurism. The estimated speaking fee range to book James Gilmore for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. James Gilmore generally travels from Cleveland, OH, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Don Peppers, Dr. Jackie Freiberg and Geoffrey Moore. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling James Gilmore for an upcoming event.

James Gilmore Speaking Topics

  • Cultivating Learning Relationships

  • Mass Customization

  • Work is Theater

  • Athenticity in Business

  • Thinking about Leadership Thinking

    Leadership requires ongoing thinking about the very leadership principles and practices employed to inspire, direct, and encourage an organization’s people as they work together toward common goals. In this talk, Gilmore walks through eight sources of useful thoughts to help leaders refresh and renew their own thinking about leadership. Each serves as a resource for future study as various issues are explored—ranging from assessing personal and professional friendships, orchestrating group dynamics, scanning cultural trends, improving observational skills, identifying future talent, seizing marketplace opportunities, enriching self-awareness, and fostering curiosity.

James Gilmore Videos

James Gilmore marketing experiences - YouTube
[EN] The Experience Economy: Joe Pine - YouTube
James H. Gilmore, Co-Founder, Strategic Horizons LLP
Pine & Gilmore channel on YouTube
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