Jean Egmon is the director of Northwestern University's Complexity in Action Network, a faculty member in the Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences department, within the Kellogg School of Management, and the president of Third Angle, Inc. Jean's teaching and consulting focuses on the design and leadership of environments for innovation, with a focus on strategic integration of knowledge and ideas across a company's value network.

Jean's research includes the use of adaptive leadership and cognitive strategies in turnaround companies and more recently the use of those strategies for innovation. She uses an interdisciplinary approach in understanding strategies of knowledge brokering, leadership, motivation, macro-cognition and complexity.

Jean's Ed.D is from the University of Illinois department of Education, Organization and Leadership. She received her M.A. from the University of Illinois in Labor & Industrial Relations. Jean's B.A. is from Monmouth College, where she had dual majors in business administration and English literature.

Third Angle Associates

Through Third Angle and Northwestern University, Jean has cultivated a high level network of colleagues from academia, corporate management, finance, marketing & media, design & architecture, and labor relations. Through this strategic network, Third Angle is able to build an ensemble of experts to work with business, technical, and creative leaders and help them, and their organizations, to re-frame their relationships, environments, work practices, and strategies in order to encourage innovation, increase engagement of stakeholders, and integrate initiatives across the value network.

October 2005: Jean Egmon, founder and President of Third Angle, Inc., along with co-author Bill Welter, released The Prepared Mind of a Leader: Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems