Christian Bason
CEO, Danish Design Centre
Christian Bason, CEO, leads the Danish Design Center (DDC), an independent non-profit foundation. Backed by the Danish government, DDC builds capacity for innovation and sustainable growth by design. Previously, Christian was Director of MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation team, and business manager with the global consultancy Ramboll. Christian is the author of seven books on innovation, design and leadership, including Leading Public Design (2017) and has published in amongst other Harvard Business Review and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He teaches executives at amongst others the Henley MBA, the European School of Administration and Copenhagen Business School. Christian is M.Sc. in political science and Ph.D. in design leadership.
Rosenverse talks by Christian:
" Governments pretending to be rational is a flawed assumption; we must incorporate emotion and bodily experience in policymaking. "
Expand—Rethinking Design for Public Challenges
September 14, 2022
" We must not build procedures and policies before we really need them, and define tasks not by hierarchy but by roles. "
Innovating With People: Unleashing the Potential of Civic Design
December 8, 2021
