Holger Rhinow was born in 1981 in Berlin, Germany. He studied Social Sciences, Media Consulting and International Business & Administration in Berlin and New Zealand. After returning to Germany in 2007, he worked for Europe's leading trend research agency in Hamburg and Berlin, with a special focus on digital business models and global marketing trends. In 2008, he joined a leading provider of knowledge, innovation and process management solutions.
He is researching about successful approaches to embed design as an organizational competence within the overall innovation process of companies, in order to create productive disturbances and renewal opportunities.