Christian Busch
- Professor at New York University’s Centre for Global Affairs on the Global Economy
- Co-founder of Leaders on Purpose an organization convening high-impact leaders & the Sandbox Network
- Considered one of the world’s top thinkers, influencers, and ideas people
A professor at New York University’s Centre for Global Affairs, Christian Busch directs the Global Economy concentration. His teaching focus is alternative growth strategies, purpose-driven leadership, impact entrepreneurship, social innovation, social networks, and emerging markets at both NYU and the London School of Economics.
Christian Busch is a co-founder of Leaders on Purpose and the Sandbox Network. The former is an organization of high impact leaders, while the latter focusses on young innovators active in twenty countries. He also served as the inaugural Deputy Director at the LSE’s Innovation Centre.
Someone who has worked in diverse countries across the globe like Kenya, the UK, Russia, Germany, Mexico, and China, Christian Busch has served as Senior Advisor at the National Entrepreneurs Association as well as various multinational companies. He has also served on the advisory boards of RLabs and INACAP, the Jury of the African Entrepreneurship Award, and on Ashoka’s Selection Panel. Christian has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford University, ESADE, Peking University, and Strathmore Business School.
A much-respected writer, Christian Busch has seen his work published in various media outlets. Amongst these are the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing and the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
A frequent speaker at conferences across the globe, including the World Economic Forum, TED, and the Financial Times Sustainability Summit, Christian Busch has seen his ideas featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, the Guardian, and The Economist.
In 2016 Christian Busch received the “Best Paper Award” from Emerald Publishing and the “Best Social Entrepreneurship Paper Award” from the Academy of Management.
The author of “The Serendipity Mindset” The Art And Science of Creating Good Luck, released in 2020, explains how you can use serendipity to make life better at work, at home—everywhere.
Christian Busch discusses a science-based framework that could be used by both individuals and companies to help trigger and use positive accidents. The book has already been listed as a finalist for the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracker Power Prize for the “best business book of a young author”.
With regards to his educational background, Christian Busch holds a Ph.D. (LSE: Management, entrepreneurship), MSc (LSE: Management, governance), B.A. (Hagen: Sociology, psychology) & B.B.A. (Furtwangen & Moscow Business School: International business, economics)
Christian Busch is currently amongst the Thinkers 50 ‘top upcoming management thinkers’, the Diplomatic Courier’s ‘Top 99 Influencers’, one of The Economist’s ‘Ideas People’, one of the JCI’s “Ten Outstanding Persons’, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Christian Busch – Speaker
As a conference speaker, Christian Busch fully commits to his topic, tailoring each speech to his client’s needs. He lives in the USA and presents in both English and German.
Speaking Topics
- Impact Organisations
- Future of Business
- Innovation
- Purpose-driven Organisations
- Sustainable Business Model Innovation
- Innovation Communities
- Social Impact
- Social Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Sustainable Development Goals a current crisis such as COVID-19) and relate it’s part of our core capabilities.
- Focus on opportunity rather than limitation
- Leverage the unexpected to shape corporate culture
- Codify Desired Behavior
- Measure What You Preach
- Reward Values-Based Behaviors
- Focus on opportunity rather than limitation