Blog - Gabor George Burt

2020, March, 09

business transformation, customer experience, blue ocean strategy, innovation, leadership

From Invisible to Irresistible

John Livesay Podcast

I am pleased to share my freshly published podcast interview with John Livesay, in which we explore the transformation from invisible to irresistible in the eyes of customers.

I think you will find it both fun and thought-provoking. What better combination?

https://johnlivesay.com/how-to-slingshot-from-invisible-to-irresistible-with-gabor-george-burt/

2020, February, 15

leadership, innovation, business strategy, business transformation, futureshaping, travel

Inspiration to Re-Imagine Your Business

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How do you generate insights to re-imagine the boundaries of your business? You immerse yourself in new experiences that stimulate your senses and challenges your perceptions. Here is an inspirational example and photo by Curtis Michelson https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtismichelson/ during his recent trip to Mexico City:

"We found these handmade slingshots at a cute tucked away artisan market called "Mercado De Artesanias de la Ciudadela". The energy is good here. For Americans looking to have their senses heightened and their cultural and cognitive biases thoroughly disrupted, take a trip and make some excursions on foot. Meet the real people. They seem to be fully awake to their potential as a dynamic force on the world stage. Mexico is alive and well, and in some respects out innovating its northern neighbors. Slingshotters take note!"

#businesstransformation #changemanagement #innovation #leadership #traveling

2020, February, 04

Billionaire Week for Women

with Jill Ellis

The Billionaire Week for Women, hosted by the incomparable Ingrid Vanderveldt, was every bit as inspiring, thought-provoking, and fun as imagined. The great mix of attendees, topics, and activities was the perfect power boost for achieving great things around the topics of gender harmony, inclusion, and diversity.

This is a photo from the event with Jill Ellis, whom I was especially excited to meet given my lifelong passion for European football. Jill was the coach of the US women's national soccer team that successfully repeated as World Cup Champions at the memorable tournament in France last summer. In Austin, Jill shared poignant lessons in leadership and perseverance from her personal journey.

#womenleadership #inclusion #diversity #companyculture #leadership

2020, January, 15

digitalization, customer experience, transformation, innovation

Driving Emotional Transformation

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I am pleased to share my freshly published article on Disruption Hub.

The focus of my piece is 'How to Drive Emotional Transformation'.

Enjoy!

https://disruptionhub.com/ digital-transformation-should- drive-emotional- transformation /

2019, December, 01

webinar, growth strategy, transformation, innovation

I am speaking, You're invited!

I will be speaking next week during Innov8rs Connect, a free online conference with global thought-leaders sharing their expertise on the topic of innovation.

My session will focus on how to continuously re-imagine market boundaries. You are cordially invited!

For details, go to: https://innov8rs.co

#innovation #businessstrategy #businesstransformation # innov8rs

ggb innov8ers connect

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Companies with the best sense of humor
At the start of this month was arguably the most important date of the annual corporate calendar. It was none other than April 1st, aka April Fools Day. Humor is one of the most universal manifestations of creativity, which is the central fuel for future-shaping companies. Not surprisingly, more and more organizations worldwide are embracing humor as a core cultural dimension, and we see an exponential, global proliferation from year to year of companies commemorating April Fools’ Day, the annual celebration of laughter and childlike fun. These organizations conceive of and bring to life farcical campaigns on April 1st, signaling to all internal and external constituents that they, as an organization, have a sense of humor and appreciate levity.
On to Kiev, with Sir Richard Branson
Yes, sir. We are on Kiev for another mega event. It promises to be epic, because such an event has never been held in Kiev before, and because the forum looks to re-energize the Ukrainian business community at a time of great uncertainty and hardship.
Uber and out?
It is definitely a sign of the times. Take a six-year old company that has spread globally to drive a traditional service industry into obsolescence. Then consider the company’s real ambitions, which are much bolder than that. Finally, take note that it is already facing severe challenges as the market space it created is rapidly evolving. There is no time to stand still.
The Un-Carrier: T-Mobile disrupts U.S. mobile telecom
An industry disruptor is one that shakes up an industry by challenging taken for granted assumptions and rules of competition. It is able to disrupt and reshape an industry by delivering tangible value focused on the needs of customers, while the incumbent industry players are focused on trying to outcompete each other.
The bold start-up pouncing on banks’ turf
According to Ask.com, “Taula de la Ciutat was the first bank to record in Barcelona in 1401. Banking practices can be traced back to the Roman Empire.
Face to face with lions and giraffes in Kenya
Last month I had the pleasure of spending time at Mahali Mzuri, Kenya – part of Sir Richard Branson’s Limited Edition luxury resort collection.
My interview on Speaking.com
I am pleased to share my recent interview, featured on Speaking.com. For those of you who are regular readers of my blog and practitioners of Slingshot, the interview is a nice refresher of its ongoing relevance. And for new Slingshot enthusiasts, the interview is a good summary of its key concepts.
Alternative big idea: Floating walls to clean up oceans
Continuing on our aquatic topic of ridding the oceans of accumulating waste, here is another very creative idea: Floating walls.
Space travel: Another unmovable barrier debunked
The core focus of Slingshot is the power and thrill of re-imagining taken for granted boundaries. Being our greatest frontier, the field of space exploration is ripe for applying imagination to better reach and understand what is out there.
Children’s imagination building city of the future
Once, Thomas Edison was asked by a reporter: “Mr. Edison, you being the world’s greatest inventor, what you do you think is the greatest invention?” He replied without hesitation: “The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.”

From Invisible to Irresistible

Inspiration to Re-Imagine Your Business

Billionaire Week for Women

Driving Emotional Transformation

I am speaking, You're invited!

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