Christian Bason

Christian Bason, CEO, Ph.D. led the Danish Design Centre (DDC), an independent non-profit foundation. Backed by the Danish government, DDC builds capacity for innovation and sustainable growth by design. By pursuing missions across green, digital and social transitions, the DDC activates ecosystems across sectors and opens new opportunities for business, organisations and designers. Previously, Christian was Director of MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation team, and business manager with Ramboll Management Consulting.

Christian is the author of seven books on innovation, design and leadership, including Expand: Stretching the future by Design (2022), 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.