Christian Majgaard was featured in the recent book by Dutch/British professors Trompenaars & Hampden -Turner as one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century”.
Christian was global top executive at LEGO®, responsible for world wide branding, marketing and business innovation. He stood behind numerous marketing successes such as the LEGOLAND® parks, LEGO Mindstorms® robots, the Harry Potter® license and the world´s best selling children’s software.
Before joining LEGO, Christian was senior management consultant with PA Consulting®
Christian now runs his own consultancy focused at strategic business innovation, branding and marketing. He has inspired companies like Nestlé, Nokia, Siemens, Motorola, Bang & Olufsen, Swiss Re, Geodis Wilson, Mölnlycke, Disneyland, Heineken and many others.
He authored the book “
13 hints for tomorrow’s brand builders
” as well as numerous articles.
He has starred in both television and radio.
Some quotes:
On Branding:
“Upon return from their holiday, have you ever heard your friends say: ” We stayed at a wonderful hotel, they had such nice letter heads and logos!””
On Marketing:
“There is no such thing as a mature market, - only tired marketers!”
“Most marketing managers have left the board room to become managers of one way-communication. The only marketing concept that appears to survive these years is their title”!
On Business innovation:
“If you want a new vision, I shall write one for you now, but how will you make people change?”