Christian Bason

Christian Bason, Ph.D., is CEO of the Danish Design Centre (DDC), a government-backed non-profit foundation working since 1978 to advance design in business and society. Formerly, Christian headed MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation lab, and the public organization practice of Ramboll Management, a consultancy. Christian is also a university lecturer with amongst other Henley Business School, Copenhagen Business School and the European School of Administration, and acts as adviser to businesses and governments around the world. He is a regular columnist and the author of eight books on leadership, innovation and design, most recently "Expand: Stretching the Future by Design" and "Leading Public Sector Innovation". Christian holds a Ph.D. in design leadership from Copenhagen Business School, an M.Sc. in political science from Aarhus University, and executive education from Wharton and from Harvard Business School.