Interview

January 14, 2020

New head of Airbus BizLab: “We need to take better bets”

Christian Lindener wants to spend a third of the budget on moonshots


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Christian Lindener

Heavily bearded and clad in a well-worn band t-shirt, Christian Lindener speaks frankly about his challenge: the Airbus’ BizLab startup programme he took over in November is simply not good enough to make a difference to the giant aerospace group.

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