Hannes Gassert

I build organizations with true purpose. I craft policy and narrative that last. I run CH++, a think tank for technology policy, and crstl, a Zurich practice for strategic interventions. I serve on the board of Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. Earlier I built Liip, Opendata.ch, Prototype Fund Switzerland and wemakeit. Currently, I am working on safe, open AI as public infrastructure and on creating a new organization for deep cultural change for the long term. I believe in progress, dialogue, and interbeing.

My CV has the long version, and I am on LinkedIn.

In print

A selection.

• Der Schweiz-Beschleuniger, a portrait by Simone Luchetta, Tages-Anzeiger
• Die Schweiz muss ihre digitale Souveränität verteidigen, NZZ
• Schluss mit der «Chume nöd drus»-Mentalität, with Marcel Salathé, Tages-Anzeiger

On stage and on air

A selection.

• Schweizer Stiftungssymposium, Bern, on philanthropy for a digital age
• SBB NEXT, on artificial intelligence
• Panoramai, AI for Society, Geneva, in French, on Switzerland’s room to act on artificial intelligence
• SRF 10 vor 10, on working without managers
• SRF Club, on which government Switzerland needs
• Winterrede, Zentrum Karl der Grosse, on science and politics during the pandemic