here >><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd as if that alone wouldn't be extraordinary...<\/p>\n\n\n\n50 inspiring leaders from all over the world<\/h3>\n\n\n\n A special award was announced in the Talent Magnet category. \u00bbThe award goes to the leader, the pioneer who attracts talent and positively influences others outside of his own company. He creates exceptional opportunities for the community, for employees, and with Katapult and the City of Acrobatics, he also creates exceptional opportunities for other entrepreneurs in the country. Through his work, he has a strong impact on society and the environment and leaves an exceptional mark. The award goes to: Jure Knez!\u00ab<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nJure, who even wore a tie for this occasion, stepped on stage and accepted the award. In his speech, he naturally first emphasized: \u00bbI come from Trbovlje, a small town in Slovenia. But who knows where Trbovlje are?\u00ab Of the five hundred participants from all over the world, two of them, surprisingly, even raised their hands; some were wondering where to even find Slovenia on the map. \u00bbWell, for those of you who don't know,\u00ab Jure explained, \u00bbTrbovlje are between Hrastnik and Zagorje,\u00ab the hall erupted in laughter. Here it is now, everyone knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, in a few minutes, he told their incredibly incredible story. In front of the audience of the best business schools in the world, among the directors of some of the world\u2019s largest companies\u2026 there was a boy from a small town, with much fewer opportunities and role models in his home environment, who suffered in the transition from the socialist regime of Yugoslavia. The former restrictions on private entrepreneurship left us with few models and history of entrepreneurship on which to stand firmly and catapult ourselves into the world. Many of the participants in the gala event didn\u2019t even know this, as they come from countries with centuries of history of entrepreneurship. So, the boys from a small town, then plagued by unemployment and depression, after just a few years came to NASO. When they restored most of the decaying industrial facilities and succeeded in the world as Dewesoft, it was crucial for them to also help the environment from which they came. Thus, Katapult was created to support new business ideas. \u00bbLet's give young people the opportunity to create even more than we have.\u00ab The idea spread even further into the story of the City of Acrobatics. Jure ended the speech with his eyes filled with tears as he said: \u00bbThis award belongs to the entire team. Thank you for allowing us to live our dreams together.\u00ab<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Commission has recognized the extraordinary impact they have on the local environment and on Slovenia's entrepreneurship. They are observing the revival of Zasavje as a small miracle, or as they put it \u00bbhidden gem\u00ab.<\/strong> They admire the employee-ownership system and the establishment of a foundation with a noble purpose. However, with Dewesoft\u2019s 100-year plan, they are clear that decisions are made completely differently from the perspective of short-term company success \u2013 this is what shows visionaryism and a sincere concern for the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt is truly incredible that this, for a small story about a small city, is recognized as one of the world\u2019s best leadership business practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jure, Trbovlje has once again put itself on the map, this time as a business leadership council!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the feelings? \u00bbYes, this award is truly something special. It is incredible to sit at the same table and learn live from world-class leadership legends that I have only read about in books so far. What is even more surprising is the simplicity of these people.\u00ab<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are proud to the skies! This is not a selection of leaders from the best and largest companies, but of leaders who have the strongest positive impact on society, the environment, and future generations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nWe received one of the highest, for some even the highest worldwide award in the field of business leadership! The Financial Times calls it: \u00bbThe Oscars of the business world.\u00ab<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-4614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novice","tag-jure-knez"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/leaders50-jure-knez-dewesoft-mesto-akrobatov-2-1.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Petra \u0160karja","author_link":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/author\/petras\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4637,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/4637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mestoakrobatov.si\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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