Christian Davies
Principal Chief Strategy Officer
- Education
- Lincoln College of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent Polytechnic
- Affiliations
- Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers (FCID)
- Industry Achievements
- RETHINK Retail, Top Retail Experts, 2026
- RETHINK Retail, Top Retail Experts, 2025
- RETHINK Retail, Top Retail Experts, 2024
What is the strangest question you have ever asked or been asked in an interview?
Not a question per se, but the strangest thing I've had happen during an interview was this one time when a candidate I had never met presented one of my finished projects back to me as their own. And, the irony is, they did a better job of telling me about it than I would have.
What were your first 7 jobs?
1: Grocery Store Shelf Stacker (lasted three weeks).
2: Widget screwer-on person in a Toy Factory (lasted two weeks).
3: Brussel Sprout Picker (lasted one day).
4: Creative Director.
5: Creative Director.
6: Creative Director.
7: Creative Director. I think it's fair to say somewhere around job #3 there was what we might now view as an epiphany.
What's the most rebellious thing you have ever done?
There have been surprisingly few, but getting most of one arm inked at 50 felt pretty rad. Until I didn't do my research and decided to get a full black section on the elbow bone. At which point the owner of the establishment came out from the backroom to ask if I was "alright?" But I think he meant "all right?" as in "in the head". It was ouchy.
Where would you take a month-long road trip?
Somewhere warm, extremely quiet, and where my phone doesn't work. Surrounded by water, mountains and forests, and the people I love.
What advice would you give your fifty-year-old self?
In a couple of years, you should take that job at Bergmeyer.
Words by Christian
- How Physical Retailers Can Win Shoppers In An Algorithm-Driven World
- Why The Secret To Owning Your Market Might Be Closer Than You Think
- Rekindle Your Innovative Spark: 5 Principles Of Creativity Most Leaders Have Forgotten
- Retail's New Horizon