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Gabor George Burt

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Degree and Certifications

MBA, BA

Career Highlights

  • One of the core, original experts of Blue Ocean Strategy, the new millennium’s most influential management concept, and contributor to the worldwide best selling BOS book.
  • Launched the Slingshot Framework in 2011 - as expansion of his BOS work.Slingshot enjoys worldwide recognition at the forefront of global innovation. The framework shows how to engage creative thinking to systematically re-imagine market boundaries, filling a major global need: An IBM survey of 1,500 CEOs worldwide found that 'creativity' is considered the single most important leadership trait for future success.
  • Recognized among top 13 future-shaping innovation visionaries.
  • Among high-profile events, delivered opening presentation at Global Marketing Forum; Designed and hosted the Forum for Partnership of the Americas-a gathering of business and government leaders from across the Western Hemisphere; Shared stage with Seth Godin and Sir Richard Branson at Forum One, one of Europe's biggest leadership events with 5,000 participants; Both designed & keynoted the first Arab Innovation Forum in Dubai and spoke multiple times at the Knowledge Summit; Was one of three judges for the E.U. Innovation Venture Award; Sits on the Board of the Global Innovation Institute.
  • Works with executive teams of multinationals, SMEs, government agencies, NGOs and start-ups in applying the Slingshot Framework to re-imagine market boundaries and carve out high-growth strategies.Among them, helped American Express launch an entire new business in partnership with Walmart.
  • His critically acclaimed book ‘Slingshot’ is a step-by-step guide to re-imagining boundaries, serving as an exclusive resource for partner organizations and event audiences.
  • Leads immersive gatherings of VIP participants, and is launching The Slingshot Awards to recognize organizations, individuals, and initiatives that are re-imagining boundaries with the most impact. See www.gaborgeorgeburt.com for more details of his activities.
  • Articles published in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Disruption Hub:
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