Christina Taylor

Christina Taylor

head of human centered design at Swisscom

TED Attendee
TEDx Organizer
Bern, Switzerland
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About Christina

I am a…

Business leader, Change Agent, Designer, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Inventor, Life mentor, Marketer, World traveler

Bio

At the heart of Christinas work is her passion for creating meaningful experiences. She believes in open innovation, a decentralized and collaborative model for continuous value creation. For Swisscom, a leading telecommunications company, Christina serves as head of human centered design. Her desk sits at the intersection of strategic intent, customer insights and innovation capability. Founder of Brain Gym as well as Project Gym, a 3000m2 collaborative workspace in Bern she is constantly curious of how creative workspaces, skills and mindset influence behaviour and performance. Christina is an award-winning innovator. Her successes include 'Empire of Silence', an experiential adventure pavillion at expo.02 about human communication that attracted more than a million visitors and was named Switzerlands best live event of the year. Working and living in four countries Great Britain, Malaysia, Switzerland and the United States has provided Christina with an expansive and global perspective.

I'm passionate about

How workspace design influences behaviour and performance. Why did we stop developing our intuitive power?

An idea worth spreading

Give creativity as much room as execution. In your agenda as well as office space.

Areas of expertise

Change, Coaching and Mentoring, Creative Direction, Design Thinking, Innovation processes

Things you might not know

teaching Bella, a San Francisco street dog, Swiss german