About Us

We are entrepreneurs, industry experts, certified instructors, professors, and business professionals.
We are innovators.

Innovation is the driver of growth and continued market relevance.

We believe developing and integrating the mindsets and skillsets of innovation through experiential learning are critical not just to survive, but to grow and thrive in the 21st century.

Our Guiding Principles

Focus on Human Capital

The world’s most innovative companies are those fortunate enough to attract and retain the most innovative people.

Skillset Development

Sharpen and acquire the skills necessary for building products and services in the new digital era.

Mindset Development

Overcome the barriers to entrepreneurial thinking: fear of change, fear of failure, and fear of collaboration.

Comprehensive Integration

Create the capacity to develop and launch new solutions through a network of innovators with complementary skills.

Experiential Learning Approach

Learn while you work — Innovate while you learn

Our unique project-based approach combines world-class university produced content, facilitated workshops to develop your community, and a network of experts to help support the implementation of your ideas.

CONTENT based on world- class university produced online programs
COMMUNITY built through collaborative workshops and program facilitators
EXECUTION guided by practical experiences and our global support network

Don’t Outsource

Your Innovation

We bring the power of a global network of thought leaders and practitioners to catalyze and develop your internal innovation capacity. We believe in empowering you to solve your existing challenges while simultaneously developing the tools critical to creating new products and services that enhance your organization, deliver market value and move society forward.

A Message from the Chairman, Kamran Elahian

A Message from the Chairman, Kamran Elahian

As a founder of ten companies, with six exits (including three Unicorns IPOs with a total market cap of over $8 Billion), I learned to leverage the power of disruptive technology to change industries, markets and create positive impact. My journey has been full of challenges and I’ve always believed that success is management of failure. We created Global Innovation Catalyst with the mindset that innovation = creative disruption. We have partnered with the leading experts and institutions in Silicon Valley to develop a world class program to empower leaders with an approach to define and develop an innovation strategy and execution roadmap to keep their companies on the cutting edge.

The People Behind GIC

GIC GLOBAL AMBASSADORS

Get In Touch

Whether you are interested in joining one of our programs, fostering the development of an innovation ecosystem in your region, or contributing your expertise and mentorship to rising innovators around the world, we’d love to hear from you!