Career and education:
Minister for Culture as of 3 October 2011
Member of parliament for the Social-Liberal Party in the Copenhagen constituency as of 15 September 2011
CEO of World Outgames, 2007 – 2009
Founder and principal of the school for innovative leadership, The KaosPilots, 1991 – 2006
Supplementary degree in journalism, the Danish School of Media and Journalism, 1987
Founder and head of the project community “Frontløberne”, 1982 – 1991
Social worker, Peter Sabroe College of Education, 1982
Upper secondary school, Aalborg Katedralskole, 1975
Journalist and columnist for a number of Danish newspapers, magazines, etc., including:
Dagbladet Information, Månedsmagasinet Press, Weekendavisen, Berlingske, Ugebrevet Mandag Morgen, Dagbladet Dagen, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten.
Committee Memberships etc.:
Denmark:
President of CCAF– Copenhagen Contemporary Art Festival – 2011 -
Member of the inspirational group for the Enterprise and Construction Authority’s corporate project: Enterprise promotion policy of the future, 2009 –
Committee member for the creative school project “Akademiet for Utæmmet Kreativitet”, 2008 –
Committee member for the dance company Granhøj Dans, 2007 – 2010
Committee member for the Danish National Opera, 2006 – 2010
Advisory board member for the research project ”Art, Competence and Competitiveness in the Danish experience economy”, Copenhagen Business School, 2006 –
Member of the committee of representatives for the Danish Arts Council, 2005 – 2009
Member of the committee of representatives for the Danish Arts Foundation, 2005 – 2009
Panel member and member of INDEX 2005′s Executive Lounge, 2003 – 2005
Member of the Bridging Europe Advisory Council, 2002 – 2004
Member of VisitDenmark’s think tank “Visionarium” 2003
Member of the advisory committee for CultureNet Denmark, 2002 – 2005
Committee member for the Aarhus Festival, 2001 – 2006
Member of the committee of representatives for the North Atlantic cultural centre “Den Nordatlantiske Brygge”, 2001 –
Member of the Danish Ministry of Culture’s work group on arts in a digital society “Kunsten i Netværkssamfundet”, 2001
Committee member for Bartholin International Ballet Seminar, 2000 –
Member of the Danish Ministry of Science’s background group for the Digital Denmark project, 1999
Committee chairman of the Danish Ministry of Culture’s development fund, 1998 – 2001
Committee member for the Odin theatre, 1995 – 1998
Internationally:
Social Innovator in Residence, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, 2009
Honourable Advisor of the Inter-Cultural Creative Education Observatory (ICEO), Hong Kong 2008
Member of the Curry Stone Fellowship, 2008 –
Member of the DEG expert panel for “Developing Entrepreneurial Graduates”, UK, 2007 – 2008
Nominator for the Curry Stone Design Prize, 2007
Academic adviser to the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (HKSC), Hong Kong, 2006 –
Member of the New Academy Review Supervisory Board, UK, 2002 – 2005
Committee member for The Chaordic Commons, USA, 2001 – 2004
Published books:
Ledelse på kanten (“Leadership on the Edge”), 2010, Gyldendal Business
KaosPilot A –Z 2 (revised 2nd printing), 2006
KaosPilot A – Z, English edition, 2003, KaosCommunication
KaosPilot fra A til Z – en håndbog (KaosPilot from A to Z, a handbook) by Uffe Elbæk, 2001, KaosCommunication
KaosPilot – en personlig beretning om en skole, en uddannelse og et miljø (KaosPilot – a personal account of a school, an education and an environment), 1998, KLIM
Contributor:
Robustness, Mika Aaltonen, Emergent Publications, 2010
Opbrud på midten (Change at the middle), 2002
Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, 2002
Kompetence Guldet (The competence gold), Cappelen, 2001
Kompetence Guldet (The competence gold), Børsen, 2000
Fra idé til projekt, projekthåndbog (From idea to project, a project handbook), Gyldendal 1998
Kulturliv – en håndbog (Cultural life – a handbook), Munksgaard 1991
Awards:
Den regionale Janteknuserpris, 2002 – a Danish entrepreneurship award
Knight of Dannebrog, 2001
Map of Creativity, 2001
Consulting company Carl Bro’s inspiration award, 2000
Ambassador for the AGF soccer club, 1998
The Danish Federation of Trade Unions’ cultural award on behalf of “Frontløberne”, 1991