Professor Liedtka was Chief Learning Officer at United Technologies Corporation where she directed all activities associated with corporate learning and development for the Fortune 50 corporation, including executive education, career development processes, employer-sponsored education, and learning portal and web-based activities. At Darden, where she formerly served as Associate Dean of the MBA program, and Executive Director of the Batten Institute, Jeanne works with both MBAs and executives in the areas of strategic thinking, innovation and design, and leading growth. Her passion is around exploring how organizations can engage employees at every level in thinking creatively about the design of powerful futures.

Professor Liedtka has been involved in the corporate strategy field since beginning her career as a strategy consultant for the Boston Consulting Group.

D.B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., Harvard University; B.S., Boston University

Current research includes efforts to bridge the worlds of design thinking and corporate strategy. A three year-long analysis of growth leadership has recently culminated in the publication of "The Catalyst: How you can become and extraordinary growth leader" through Crown Business Publishing.