Bio

Prof. Dr. Christian Busch is the bestselling author of The Serendipity Mindset (German version: Erfolgsfaktor Zufall) – “a wise, exciting, and life-changing book” (Arianna Huffington) that ''provides excellent practical guidance for all” (Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever) – and an internationally known expert in the areas of innovation, purpose-driven leadership, and serendipity. He is the director of the CGA Global Economy Program at New York University (NYU), and also teaches at the London School of Economics (LSE). He served as Inaugural Co-Director of the LSE's Innovation Center and is the co-founder of Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organization convening leading CEOs. His research has been published in leading journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Journal of Business Venturing, and has been featured by outlets such as Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, Fast Company, BBC, and Forbes. In 2016, he received the 'Best Paper Award' (Entrepreneurship) of Emerald Publishing, and in 2016 and 2022 the 'Best Entrepreneurship Paper Award' of the Academy of Management. In 2018, he received the LSE Department of Management’s 'Teaching Excellence Award' for co-creating/leading a new course. Christian is among Diplomatic Courier’s 'Top 99 Influencers', JCI's 'Ten Outstanding Persons', and on the Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 management thinkers “most likely to shape the future.” He is a TEDster, an 'Institute for the World Economy Fellow', one of the 'Davos 50', and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He frequently speaks at conferences such as the World Economic Forum and TED/TEDx. In 2015, Christian gave the LSE Commencement Address, and he was shortlisted/finalist for the 2017 and 2018 Bracken Bower Prize, respectively. Christian previously worked in business and consulting in Mexico, Germany, the UK, and the US. He has served as Senior Advisor for leaders of multinational companies and governments, on Ashoka's Selection Panel, on the Global Shapers Steering Committee, and on the Jury of the African Entrepreneurship Award. He is part of the WEF's Expert Forum, a contributor at Psychology Today, and has guest-lectured at Berkeley, Stanford, Peking University, IMD, Cape Town University, Strathmore Business School. He was elected a Global Economic Fellow by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He holds a PhD (LSE), MSc (LSE), B.A. (Hagen) & B.B.A. (Furtwangen & Moscow Business School). Twitter: @ChrisSerendip.