Gabor George Burt

Global Authority on Re-imagining Boundaries

Gabor George Burt

Creator of the Slingshot Framework, which is at the forefront of global innovation. The framework enables individuals and organizations to overstep perceived limitations in pursuit of high growth, expanded relevance, and strong customer attachment. The foundation for Slingshot is Gabor's work as one of the original, top experts of Blue Ocean Strategy, the new millennium’s most influential business leadership approach. He contributed case study material to the worldwide bestselling book of the same name, and originated its most popular blog.

Gabor is actively involved in shaping high-impact strategy for a diverse group of international organizations, ranging from top multinationals & governments to start-ups, academic institutions & NGOs, and leads by example through his own market-driving initiatives.

Featured speaker at high-profile events: e.g. delivered opening presentation at the World Marketing Forum, was the architect and host of the First Arab Innovation Summit and the Forum for Partnership of the Americas – a gathering of business and government leaders; spoke twice at Forum One, one of Europe's biggest leadership conferences, alongside Sir Richard Branson and Seth Godin.

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Remembering Anthony Bourdain
Culture1 min read

Remembering Anthony Bourdain

Anthony was a front-line ambassador of our natural desire to re-imagine boundaries. Make sure you give expression to yours.

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Re-Imagining Ski Resorts
Practice1 min read

Re-Imagining Ski Resorts

This quote (courtesy of the NYT article) is from one of the owners of Powder Mountain

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

Playing Hide and Seek at IKEA
Culture1 min read

Playing Hide and Seek at IKEA

Last year a Belgian blogger asked a local IKEA store if she could organize a hide-and-seek game in their store with her friends.

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
Strategy2 min read

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

The process to turn a bottle into fabric is fairly simple: the plastic is mechanically broken down into flakes, put through something that looks like a Play-Doh extruder,

Gabor George Burt · 29 April 2025

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