Gavin Suss is researcher, lecturer, and expert in the areas of innovation and creative thinking. Suss is known for his creative teaching techniques and tools, he also works with leading companies in Israel including Keter, Harel, EY, IDF and the IAF, he lectures worldwide and leads the Innovation program at KNA in Florida. Prof. Suss holds a PhD in Education and Management from Tel Aviv University and is a graduate of the Executive managers’ program at Harvard Business School. He also completed the Innovation program at the University of Berkeley. Suss studied at artists Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel in New York. He has published over 20 papers and articles in important journals and books, likewise he contributes to all leading media in Israel, he is author of the books: “You Only Live Once” (2012) and “It’s All About Creativity” published in 2018 (6th ed).

In the past decade he held a senior position as Director of Learning in the innovation center at Keter Plastic headquarters (the largest plastic manufacture in the world). He works with leading Israeli companies, lectures abroad and is invited to important international conferences. In the past he served as Head of the Academic Administration at the Design and Engineering College “Shenkar”, after leaving Shenkar, Suss continued to serve as a member of the MA committee of the Plastic engineering department at Shenkar and as a member of the investment committee. He served as CEO of the High Committee for Public Colleges in Israel (2004-2006), likewise he was a board member for several years at the Infinity Investment Group and the Jewish Archives at the University of Jerusalem. In his free time Suss studies art and drawing and is huge fan of Leonard Cohen. Suss is known for his unique, provocative, and inspiring classes, lectures, and workshops.