Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/03/2024.
In an age of rapid information dissemination we can sometimes lose sight of the impact that real stories can make and how they can quickly imprint themselves in our minds and hearts. Serial entrepreneur and disrupter Michael Gorton is a treat for any audience. While dropping valuable gems about how to face disruption head on and how we can learn to push through mistakes into creating real innovation, his talent as a true storyteller shines through. Where else can you hear from a master mind that has created 15 companies and written four books (all different genres)? While the audience listens to the trials and tribulations of how telemedicine was first founded (and where it ended up • like the Surgeon General reaching out to Michael during the pandemic and thanking him for fighting to create telemedicine 20 years earlier) as well as other examples of great ideas that were met with resistance, they come to the critical realization that sometimes a good idea is worth fighting for. Participants leave with an understanding of how to put “Calamistunity” to work and a new sense of enlightenment around innovation while learning that even the best leaders have surpassed critical roadblocks that at first threatened their ultimate success.
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High level leaders of every kind have come to the realization that with the rapid advancement of technology, they just can’t keep up. There is a new awakening that it is time to re-examine how the internal processes and structures they have built for innovation need to be overhauled to keep pace with changing times. Serial entrepreneur Michael Gorton walks audiences through the current state of disruption and illustrates that leaders must once again learn to embrace being risk takers, give their employees latitude and embrace the good that the unique entrepreneurial mindset can bring. As someone with degrees in Physics, Engineering and Law, and no limit to his curiosity, he teaches executives that they must quickly learn to truly apply the entrepreneurial spirit that used to dominate and result in groundbreaking progress in every industry over the course of history. Using real life and real time examples, he shows how even large and spirited companies like Google can come up against innovation roadblocks when trying to execute on their ideas and why it’s crucial that they make changes now. The takeaway? Entrepreneurs fail forward. They innovate through failure, find comfort with failure and possess a collective mindset for success.
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Michael Gorton is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Entrepreneurial Disruption: Turn Calamity & Mistakes into Opportunities and Creating Corporate Unicorns: Embracing Entrepreneurship for 21st Century Success. The estimated speaking fee range to book Michael Gorton for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Michael Gorton generally travels from Dallas, TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dr. Joel Selanikio, Nick Webb, Glen Tullman, Daniel Kraft, M.D. and Ray Kurzweil. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Michael Gorton for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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