The advisory board’s purpose is to fortify the KaosPilots’ position and opportunities. It targets the business, academia, political and cultural realms and its members act as both KaosPilot advocates and ambassadors.
Uffe Elbæk
Founder and former principal of The KaosPilots - International School of New Business Design & Social Innovation. Uffe Elbæk was born in 1954 and as he says himself has already managed to live several lives. Personally as well as professionally.
From 1991 to 2006 he has been the principal of the KaosPilots in Denmark, but is also a regular contributor to a range of leading Danish and International newspapers and magazines. In November 2001 and again in 2005 Uffe Elbæk was elected to Aarhus City Council (Denmark’s second city) for the Danish Social-Liberal Party.
He is also on the board of several Danish and international organizations, and has over the years received numerous honors and awards, ranging from his appointment as ambassador for the local premiere league football club AGF to Knight of the Dannebrog. Uffe Elbæk is the father of 31 year old Frej and step-dad to 32 year-old Jacob. He lives in a big old apartment in the heart of Copenhagen, together with his partner Jens.
Uffe Elbæk was also the CEO of World Outgames 2009 (from 2007 to 2009) and is today Special Advisor for the new leadership-team at the KaosPilots in Denmark. He has given himself the title: Senior Troublemaker and Solution Finder. Because that is his job these days.
Further information: www.kaospilot.dk and www.copenhagen2009.org
Email address: uffe.elbaek@kaospilot.dk, Mobil phone: +45 25 54 03 94 and +1 416 315 6805
Caroline Søeborg Ahlefeldt
Caroline Søeborg Ahlefelt has a bachelor degree in Information Science and a MBA from Copenhagen Business School. In 1992 she established MouseHouse, the first Danish Internet agency, and the year after she established the digital design education SpaceInvaders. Caroline is a well known face in the media commenting questions about women and management, entrepreneurship and innovation, IT-development and creative organizational development.
David Madié
David Madié is a serial entrpreneur who has startet and sold a number of businesses, along with creating joint ventures in developing countries. In 2002 the World Economic Forum selected David as one of 100 Global Leaders For Tomorrow for his efforts in bridging the digital divide, and he became personal elected member of the Danish Foreign Minsters Council for Development Coorporation. Today David is co-founder and director of STARTUP COMPANY, which works with coaching and training of entrepreneurs in all life-stages.
Erik Rasmussen
Founder and editor-in-chief of Mandag Morgen - the Think Tank of News - published every Monday. The weekly contains a range of penetrating journalistic analyses, which set the agenda for Danish decision makers.
Hanne Vibeke-Holst
You can see them in your mind’seye; the young, bright-eyed pilots, who take off – the one after theother – in order to carry out their mission. They fly through the night,crossing borders and territories, filled with the courage andwillpowerthat comes from knowing that what they are doing is right.Undaunted, they plough through the clouds; without fear, they dodgeenemy fire; without hesitation, they continue towards their goal likethe true heroes of history, who know that the future is what you dreamof today.They know that someone must undertake to navigate throughchaos, that someone must dare to loose their foothold for a shortwhile, that someone must fly through the clouds to get a bird’s-eyeview of theworld, in order not to sink into earth-bound resignation.They know that without daring and ambition, it will never be possibleto find newsolutions to old problems. Risky flights are needed to turnchaos into order – and order into chaos, when necessary. And I, wheream I in allthis, as I am not the one sitting with my hand on thecontrol column inthe small, exposed cockpit? I sit in the Tower, like aflyinginstructor who makes sure that the young pilots take offsuccessfully. I give directions; I study the sun and the stars. Iincite and I ground. I am there, a voice in the ear, when the aircraftnose dives and an emergency landing is the only possibility left; but Iam also there when the wheels hit the runway, and yet another victorycan be celebrated. I am there with my cool head and my warm heart.Because I cannot imagine a more meaningful place to be, now thatdarkness threatens to swallow us up, no matter where on this Earth welive.
Hanne Vibeke-Holst is a journalist but primarily known for her auhtorship and imaginative literature published in Denmark as well as in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland and Poland. A forceful public debater, member of several boards and appointed Good Will Ambassador according to UNFPA’s Face-to-Face program. Preoccupied with feministic issues and the recipient of numerous prices for her societal activities and engagement.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Deputy Chairman of the LEGO Board
”Play for Life”
I have always been fascinated by the human imagination and creativity and especially the ability to learn through play. In the LEGO Group we attach great importance to these values and so do the KaosPilots.Therefore, it was also quite natural for me to back up the KaosPilots and it is a great pleasure for me to join the KaosPilot International Board.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is third generation of the family-owned LEGO Group. He is also the principal shareholder of the company and other family groups of companies. He is Bachelor of Commerce from the Aarhus School of Business and he holds a MBA (Master of Business Administration) from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1979 he took over the position as President and CEO of the LEGO Group which he held until 2004. Today he is Deputy Chairman of the LEGO Board and Chairman of the LEGO Foundation.
Lars Kolind
Lars is a business leader, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. He orchestrated one of the most significant corporate turnarounds in the 1990ies: troubled manufacturer of hearing aids, Oticon that has now become world leader in its industry. He is a co-founder of The Copenhagen Centre, The Competency Council and The Danish Network for Social Cohesion. He chairs the Grundfos Foundation and the Unimerco Group and he is chairman-elect of The World Scout Foundation. He is an adjunct professor of leadership at the Aarhus School of Business and he has written several books including “The Second Cycle – Winning the War against Bureaucracy”, Wharton School Publishing 2006.
Ouafa Rian (Executive Board member)
Ouafa Rian is a proces and management consultant. Born in Morocco and came to Denmark as a child. Educated KaosPilot in 1996, independent consultant with ‘perspective creating development projects’ as her working field. Muslim, Arab and has as an internationally approved consultant worked with several firms, one of them B&O innovation department. Currently, Ouafa is host at the Danish broadcast channel DR2 in a programme about the Middle East and peace
Steen Hildebrandt
KaosPilot International is a very important and outstanding education project of our time. The World is in need for projects of this kind which will bring people, cultures, religions and professions together in business as well as public and non-profit and fourth sector projects of many kinds.
Steen Hildebrandt is a professor in organization theory and management at Aarhus Business School, popular key note speaker and teacher, litterate editor, author, former wise man of the Danish National Competence Advisory, board member of several firms and organizations, reviewer, and an often used adviser in matters of management
Ulrik Merrild
Ulrik Merrild has a Master of Science in Economics. From positions at the estate agency Home and the newspaper Århus Stiftstidende Ulrik has solid experience as a cooperate executive and marketing director. Today, Ulrik is one the most outstanding IT-innovators of Eastern Jutland representing projects like Goalref (the intelligent football) og Liwas (slippery sensors for cars). Beyond this, Ulrik holds several board posts
Dag Swanström
Dag is a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Lund and the managing director of Synnøve Finden ASA, a Norwegian dairying producing sliced up cheese, mozarella and whey cheese. With innovating solutions, Dag has shown the ability to think new and challenge the market dominance of the dairying TINE, developing Synnøve Finden from a small scale business to a business listed on the stock change.
David Albury
Independent Policy Adviser and Organisational Consultant
For many years I have been involved with policy and practice in management and innovationparticularly inpublic services. Coming across KaosPilots was a breath of fresh air, breathing life into what have often been stultified debates and actions. I am delighted to have been asked to join the Board, to help further develop the excellent work, to assist in establishing an international presence, and in connecting the work to policy-making at a national level.
David Albury is an independent organisational and policy consultant, specialising in the development and implementation of strategies to address complex issues in public services. From 2002 to 2005 he was Principal Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. His current work focuses on a new agenda for public service reform, regulation of markets and quasi markets in public services, problems of ‘scaling-up’ innovation, and the challenges and opportunities presented by development of the Thames Gateway.
Iris Surburg
Iris Surburg is a graduate of the Freie Universität in Sociolgy, Psycholgy and Economics. As a proces mediator and from her company Minds Iris offers consultancy processes of change in larger organisations and cooperations as well as team development, project coaching and conflict solving.
Alan Webber
Founding Editor, Fast Company
In all the time that I've known Uffe and worked with Uffe, I've found that when he asks me to do something, the correct answer is "yes." So when he asked me if I'd join the Board, I already knew that the correct answer was "yes."
Alan Webber is a cofounder of Fast Company, a different kind of business magazine designed to give people the tools they need to succeed in today's world of work. Before that Alan worked as the managing editor of the Harvard Business Review. Author of Changing Alliances (1981), coauthor of Going Global (1996). His articles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street etc., and he has also appeared on broadcast outlets.
John Kao
Founder and director of Kao & company
I am happy to join the board – not only because of a personal affinity for Scandinavia – but because I believe in the KaosPilot mission and community. My sense that this is an important time for the KaosPilots and I want to be a part of helping them to fly higher, while navigating well.
Described by The Economist as “Mr. Creativity,” John Kao advises companies and countries on innovation and transformation strategy. He is regarded as an authority on digital media and internet-related technologies. He is also a Tony-nominated film and theater producer, author (Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity (1996)), keynote speaker, and serial entrepreneur. He taught at Harvard Business School for 14 years where he developed courses on entrepreneurship and business creativity. He has a BA in philosophy and an MD from Yale, and an MBA from Harvard.
Laurie Meadoff
Laurie Meadoff is president and partner in NextNext Entertainment and an executive producer of Chat the Planet. She has executive produced programming for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, HBO Family, MTV and VH1. Passionately envisioning a world without barriers and prejudice, Ms. Meadoff strives to build bridges through tolerance and understanding, and her tool of choice is television. Building on her 20 years of experience in youth work as founder of the Citykids Foundation, Laurie continues to focus on today’s young people and their concerns nabling Chat the Planet to deliver entertaining television that results in positive social change.
Margaret Hancock
Warden of the University of Toronto's Hart House and executive director of Toronto's Choice in Health reproductive health services clinic. For 20 years Margaret has worked in social justice and social change. An alumna of University of Toronto who also received a master's of education in adult education from OISE/UT. She has worked with OXFAM and the Social Planning Council of Metropoltitan Toronto, and served as co-chair of the Metro Network for Social Justice.
Oscar Motomura
Founder and CEO of The Amana-Key Group (Brazil), Oscar is a former executive of Citicorp Brazil. He is highly esteemed for his expertise in marketing strategy, finance, technology, human resources and progressive educational programs. The AmanaKey, which means "heaven-earth-joy" in Chinese, appropriately reflects their strong philosophy of respecting essential human values coupled with acute pragmatism, which is driven by a search for a higher quality of life for society
Joshua Simon
Curator, film maker and poet
I am honored by the opportunity to take part in KaosPilot International. For me, cultural production is multifaceted, therefore a significant part of my work up until now was not only in writing, film making or curating, but also in producing the framework in which these works could be discussed. I find great interest in playful thoughts and ideas. KaosPilots International is an amazing initiative, enabling new ideas to emerge. As I see creative work as producing new ideas, I enter the board of KaosPilots International with great enthusiasm.
B. 1979, Tel Aviv. Lives and works in Tel Aviv. Curator, filmmaker and poet. Co-founder and co-editor of Maayan – Journal of Poetry, Prose, Arts and Ideas, editor-in-chief of Maarvon – New Film Magazine. Simon's short film The Radicals (2001), was screened in over 30 international film festivals, including the Berlinale Talent Campus (2003). This film has awarded Simon with the Jerusalem Cinematheque Award for Young Filmmakers (2001-2002)
Larissa Sansour
Creating new modes of thinking is always harder than just following the mainstream. In my work, I often challenge cultural and social clichés that tend to trivialize our understanding of others or political conflicts. Kaospilots understand the need of dismantling categories in pursuit of change and innovation as well as the need to seek cultural diversity. It is a pleasure for me to be a member of the International board and take part in this very exciting project.
Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian artist working mainly with video and installation. Her works is political, often involving disturbing footage from the occupied territories and slick and recontextualising sound tracks. Born in Jerusalem in 1973, she had to leave Palestine in the late eighties shortly after the onset of the first intifada to continue her studies abroad, and has studied Fine Arts in London, New York and Copenhagen. She currently lives and works in Copenhagen.
Anand Shah
Executive Director of Indicorps.
KaosPilot is a genuine approach to building the type of leaders who see every situation as an opportunity to create something; this type of creative thinking, with a compassionate/ humanistic and constructive lens, is perhaps one giant leap towards addressing the challenges facing most of the developing world I believe that Kaospilot is on to something and believe that its growth might lead to a small, but significant, paradigm shift in the way people look at entrepreneurial spirit, leadership-building, and the education of the world’s most talented as impeccable global citizens.
Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in evolutionary Biology, Anand ventured into many areas: first at an Internet start-up, then to helping start Media and Technology Charter High School in Boston. In search of the right opportunity to affect change, he helped form Indicorps, where he is currently Executive Director; Indicorps is a not-for-profit organisation created to leverage India’s immigrant diaspora for India’s development through intensive service experiences in India. Anand also serves as the CEO of the Piramal Foundation, an innovative private foundation that aims to encourage youth to participate in social progress.
Michael Doneman
Founder and director of Edgeware
I have been inspired by the KaosPilots for many years, especially since the KP program so closely resonates with emerging, progressive 'fourth sector' practice in my part of the world. I am delighted to be part of such a vibrant, eclectic movement, and have a special wish to contribute in the East Asia and Pacific spheres.
Michael Doneman is founder and director of Edgeware (Creative Entrepreneurship), a hybrid incubator, education and business community. His professional background is in the arts, community development and social-cultural animation, and he has been privileged to work for many years with Australia's Indigenous communities. He recently initiated postgraduate research into the commercialisation of intellectual property in the creative industries at the Queensland University of Technology.
Ada Ying Kay Wong
Chairman and founder of Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture; supervisor at HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity; chairman of Wan Chai District Council (elected position), columnist at Ming Pao Daily News (a leading Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong); commission member for Strategic Development; council member at Lingnan University, at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and at Hong Kong Institute of Education.