Christian Bason, PhD, is the CEO of the Danish Design Centre, a
not-for-profit institution funded by the Danish government working
to advance the value of design for business and society. He is
former Director of MindLab, the Danish government's innovation team
and former Business Manager at Ramboll, a global consultancy. He
is
the author of seven books on innovation, design and leadership,
including Design for Policy and Leading Public Design. He has
written for among others Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social
Innovation Review and the Danish weekly Monday Morning. Christian
is a Board Member of the Royal Academy of Architecture, Design and
Conservation in Copenhagen, a Member of the World Economic Forum's
Global Future Council on Agile Governance, and former Chairman of
the European Commission's Expert Group on Public Sector Innovation.
He is an external lecturer in executive training at Oxford Said
Business School, Copenhagen Business School and the EU School of
Administration. Christian holds an MSc in political science and a
PhD in design leadership.
Jens Martin Skibsted, VP of Freethought and Mobility Design at
Strategic Design Group, is a multiple award-winning designer,
entrepreneur, and design philosopher. Best known for his urban
mobility designs for Biomega, and collaborations with design
superstars such as Marc Newson and Bjarke Ingels, he helped found
several design consultancies including Skibsted Ideation, KiBiSi,
and Strategic Design Group. His designs live in the collections at
the MoMA, Le Cnap, Designmuseum Danmark, SFMOMA, etc. Jens Martin
is the Co-Chair of World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on
Entrepreneurship. He is the Vice-Chair of the Danish design
cluster,
Design2Innovate, and on the board of the Danfoss Foundation,
Biomega, Strategic Design Group, and the Danish Design Center; He
is formerly the Chairman of the Danish Design Council, Vice-Chair
of W.E.F.'s Global Agenda Council on Design and innovation, and
advisor to the INDEX prize and Mindlab. Jens Martin is also a
Young
Global Leader alumnus who has spoken at Davos, DLD, TED, and more.
His writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, Harvard Business
Review, B rsen, and Fast Company.
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