Christian Madsbjerg is a danish-American author, entrepreneur, and academic who focuses on the practical and commercial application of the Human Sciences. He is co-founder og the research lab Human Activity Research Laboratory (https://humanactivitylab.com). He is the co-founder of the global consulting firm Red Associates. At Red Associates, Madsbjerg served as an advisor to executive teams in some of the world's largest companies, addressing strategy questions through empirical, organized observations of the human world. He also held the Professor of Applied Humanities position at The New School in New York City, where he centered his teaching on 20th-century continental philosophy.

Madsbjerg is the author of several books, including "Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World," "Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm," and "The Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems" (co-authored with Mikkel Rasmussen), which have been translated into 15 languages.

Madsbjerg is the Chairman of the Board at the world-class architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group, an Independent Director and Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee and member of the Audit and the sustainability committees at The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC), and an Independent Director at Kvadrat A/S, a high end textile manufacturer. He also serves as a Director of the Revs Institute, a design museum and research institute.

Madsbjerg's work has garnered recognition and has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The Atlantic, and The Economist, among many others.

Madsbjerg is working on a screenplay called H1B.

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Books:

Look

How to pay attention in a world of distraction

Look - How to Pay Attention in a Time of Distraction is a new book published with Riverhead in July 2023. Look, explores the key observational skills needed to show how we can recapture our ability to pay attention. Drawing from philosophy, science, the visual arts, and his own life, Madsbjerg offers practical insights and a range of tools for experiencing the world with greater richness and texture. The result is a dynamic approach to rethinking observation that helps all of us to see with more empathy, accuracy, and connection to others.

Early praise for Look

“In a world poisoned by distraction, Christian Madsbjerg has provided the antidote. Look will help you revitalize your powers of observation, cultivate an independent mind, and generate insights you never knew you had. Prepare to have your thinking sharpened and your perspective widened with every turn of the page.”

Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times-bestselling The Power of Regret and Drive 

“If you have any hope of creating something, changing something or understanding anything about how humans behave in the world, you must read this book. You will never think about observing the world in the same way again.” —

Tony Fadell, New York Times-bestselling author of Build, iPod inventor, and Nest founder

“Not only is Christian Madsbjerg's Look an excellent read, it is also the most original manifesto for the power of human intelligence to come across my desk in many years. If you have any curiosity about what makes humans unique and necessary in the coming era of artificial intelligence, you must read this book.”

Mark Hyman, M.D., author of the New York Times-bestselling Young Forever

“This is a truly eye-opening and original book. I've never read anything like it. Christian Madsbjerg sees the world in a completely fresh way—and so can you.”

Tim Harford, author of the New York Times-bestselling The Undercover Economist and The Data Detective

Sensemaking

The Power of The Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm

The Moment of Clarity

Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems