Christian Bason
Christian Bason is co-founder of Transition Collective, adjunct professor with University of Technology Sydney, and Leader in Residence with Copenhagen Business School. He is the former CEO of the Danish Design Center, a government-backed non-profit foundation (2014-2023). Previously, he was Director of MindLab, the Danish government’s innovation lab (2007-2014), and Business Manager with Ramboll Management Consulting, an advisory group (1998-2006).
He is the author of nine books on leadership, innovation and design, including "Expand: Stretching the Future by Design" (2022). Christian teaches executives with amongst other INSEAD/CEDEP, Copenhagen Business School and the European School of Administration. He holds an M.Sc. in political science and Ph.D. in design, leadership and governance.
November 5|10:00 – 11:00|Auditorium 1
Expanding Design for Sustainable Transitions
In his talk, Christian will address how and why design as a discipline needs to be expanded to address the most urgent, complex challenges of our time. Drawing on his recent book, “Expand: Stretching the Future by Design”, he will suggest six ways of reimagining design for sustainable transitions, spanning the “expansions" Time, Proximity, Life, Value, Dimensions and Sectors. Further, Christian will show how design practices and sensibilities can be used to enable long-term missions, allowing firms to co-create new value across actor ecosystems. Finally, he will reflect on the organisational implications of leading and managing such missions.
