George is a management innovator with over thirty years of working experience in both China and the United States. He specializes in management innovation, performance improvement, talent strategy, corporate university, instructional system design, e-learning, and curriculum development. He has served in various world-class companies such as IBM, Ericsson, HayGroup, and Qwest. He has been the lead on a variety of projects and has various responsibilities in both countries. He also possesses a verifiable track record of creating proven results. He has successfully helped organizations solve capability management problems and brought value to their growth, especially in fast-growing economies.

Since 2011, George has co-developed with Mr. Hui Ding an innovative management method called “GPS-IE® Management System”. It solves pragmatic problems in a truly mathematical, systematic, logical, result-oriented, and sustainable fashion. In 2018, GPS-IE® became the basis for IPP (International Performance Professional, aka. Management Driver’s License, MDL) and CID (Certified Instructional Designer) certifications, which are both ISPI official credentials. George and Hui also co-authored The Logic of Management in 2017 and Improved in 2021, both in Chinese, on GPS-IE®.

George is the producer and interviewer of the Training Masters Series (TMS50) from May 2020 – May 2021, interviewing world-class industry leaders, thought leaders, and experts. He also produced TMS China Edition 2021 (TMS China 2021), interviewing talent development leaders from top-notch Chinese companies during Chinese New Year 2021. Since 2011, he has introduced and translated about 4 million words from English to Chinese in learning and development and performance improvement, including masterpieces from ISPI and ATD. George also possesses the record of being the first Chinese to become a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) jointly by ISPI and ASTD in July 2003.


George has served on the ISPI board since 2017. In May 2021, he became President-Elect of ISPI (term 2023-2025). Before ISPI, George also served as a board member of IBSTPI between 2011-2017. He is also the main initiator of ISPI the Asia Pacific Center (ISPI-AP). George received the Distinguished Alumni Award from St. Cloud State University in 2012; and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Nankai University in 2019. He is also an adjunct professor at Tianjin Foreign Studies University.

顾立民是一位管理创新者，在中国和美国都有三十多年的工作经验。他擅长管理创新、绩效改进、人才战略、企业大学、教学系统设计、电子化学习等。他曾服务于 IBM、爱立信、HayGroup 和 Qwest 等多家世界级企业。他在多个项目中担任领导职务，并在两个国家的各种名企担任各种职务，创造了可验证的业绩记录和有目共睹的成果。他曾成功帮助企业解决企业管理、人才发展等问题，并为其发展带来价值，尤其是在快速增长的经济体中。

自 2011 年以来，顾立民与丁晖先生共同开发了一种创新的管理方法，即 “GPS-IE©管理改进系统”。它更像一个企业管理的“元理论”，以真正数学化、系统化、逻辑化、结果导向和可持续的方式解决实际问题。2018 年，GPS-IE©成为IPP（国际绩效改进师，又称管理驾照，MDL）和 CID（国际课程设计师）认证的基础，这两个认证都是ISPI的官方认证，也是ISPI从1962年成立以来第一次以非美国的方法论为认证基础。顾立民和丁晖还于2017年和2021年在GPS-IE©基础上合著了中文版《管理的逻辑》和《改进》两本书，两书于2023年均被美国国会图书馆永久收藏。

2020 年 5 月至 2021 年 5 月，顾立民担任《国际培训大咖50谈》（TMS50）的制作人和采访人，采访世界级的人才发展行业带头人、思想领袖和专家。他还制作了《国际培训大咖50谈——新春特辑》中国版 2021（TMS China 2021），在 2021年春节期间采访中国一流企业的人才发展方面的领导人。自 2011 年以来，他介绍并翻译了约 400万字的学习与发展和绩效改进方面的书籍，其中包括ISPI和ATD等专业组织的经典著作。顾立民还是2003年7月获得ISPI和ASTD联合颁发的认证绩效改进专家（CPT）的首位中国人。

顾立民自2017年起担任ISPI董事会成员。2021年5月，他成为ISPI当选主席。在加入ISPI之前，顾立民还在2011-2017年间担任过国际培训标准理事会（IBSTPI）理事。他还是ISPI亚太中心（ISPI-AP）的主要发起人。顾立民于2012年获得母校美国圣克劳德州立大学年度唯一杰出校友奖；2019年获得南开大学百年校庆杰出校友奖。他还是天津外国语大学的兼职教授。