Experimentation by Design
BLOX, Copenhagen
In a world where radical changes in climate, economy, and geopolitics happen on a weekly basis, it can be challenging, if not impossible, to plan for the future.
As traditional forecasting tools are made obsolete, we invited more than 100 participants to explore a new way of addressing the uncertainty and make clear decisions for a future strategy: Scenario design.
Scenario design does not predict the future; it is a tool to establish and explore multiple, plausible, and thought-provoking scenarios that we can relate to, intellectually, emotionally, and empathetically.
Below you can see interviews of the speakers and some of the participants from the conference on January 29, 2020.
You can also see the programme for the conference in January and the speakers who talked during the day.
We’ll see you next time!
Thank you for your participation in
Experimentation by Design
Scenarios for sustainable change
Speakers
Rafael Ramirez
Saïd Business School
Oxford University
Rafael Ramirez directs the award-winning Oxford Scenarios Programme and he is Academic Director of the Oxford Networked Strategy Lab. He is one of the world’s leading experts on scenario planning.
As a researcher and advisor, Rafael has worked extensively with NGOs, corporations, intergovernmental organisations, governments and think tanks. Rafael holds a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and master’s degrees from York University in Toronto and Oxford.
Kaspar Colling Nielsen
Writer
Kaspar Colling Nielsen is celebrated as one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish fiction.
With a style characterized by imaginative and tragicomic tales about life’s existential conditions and dilemmas he has made a mark on the Danish literary scene.
Lotte Lyngsted Jepsen
Kirk, Hatch & Bloom
Lotte Lyngsted Jepsen is a co-founding partner of Copenhagen-based innovation agency Kirk, Hatch & Bloom.
Lotte has been working with design thinking and user-centered design for more than 15 years. She promotes a new approach to both business and public innovation: How user-centricity and prototyping will lead to more meaningful and powerful products and services. She advocates design thinking as a strategic approach throughout the entire value chain to develop new agile business models and future competitive edge.
Torben Klitgaard
Bloxhub
Torben Klitgaard is the Director of BLOXHUB – a community and co-working space for sustainable urbanization.
As Hub Director, Torben bridges architecture, design, construction and digitization and is a driving force behind the BLOXHUB activities and programs which are carefully designed to unlock the full local and global potential of the member’s businesses.
Torben comes from a position as Director in Bips – Denmark’s largest professional network for digitizing construction. He holds an MBA in construction.
Torsten Andersen
Danish Business Authority
Torsten Andersen is Deputy Director General at the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen).
Torsten's responsibilities include areas such as national business development policy, CSR and green growth, digital growth, entrepreneurship, better regulation and international relations.
Torsten is vice-chair of OECDs Digital Economy and Policy Committee, EU SME Envoy and a member of the digital single market strategic group.
Stephanie Wade
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Stephanie Wade leads multiple innovation programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies. In this role she helps cities around the world develop and implement innovative approaches that have measurable impact on people's lives. This includes using design, data analytics, and behavioral economics to deeply understand complex problems and experiences and quickly develop and implement innovative solutions.
Stephanie holds a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a Practitioner's Certificate in Design, Design Thinking, Coaching and Facilitation from the Austin Center for Design, and a Bachelors from Boston College where she received an honors degree in Sociology and Studio Arts. She is also a contemporary photographer and artist and lives in Manhattan.
Sara Gry Striegler
Danish Design Centre
Sara Gry Striegler is head of the Danish Design Centre’s business and focus area and the team Future Welfare.
Sara leads the experiments Danish Design Centre conducts on introducing scenario planning concepts into the design field. Sara and her team has applied this hybrid methodology that we call ‘scenario design’ to several areas, with the largest experiment ‘Boxing Future Health’ being centered on the future of healthcare. Sara is an experienced keynoter and leads the collaboration with Oxford Saïd Business School and teaches at the executive master programme Consulting and Coaching for Change.
Christian Bason
Danish Design Centre
Christian Bason, CEO, Ph.D. leads the Danish Design Centre, a publicly funded institution that advances the value of design for business and society. Previously, Christian was Director of MindLab and business manager with the consultancy Ramboll. Christian is the author of seven books on innovation, design and leadership, including Leading Public Design (2017) and has published in Harvard Business Review and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He teaches executives at among others Oxford Saïd Business School, the European School of Administration and Copenhagen Business School.
Price
2250 DKK / 300 €
Location
Danish Design Centre
Bryghuspladsen 8, BLOX
1473 Copenhagen
