Jay Gordon Cone Ph.D.

Jay G. Cone has spent the past 35 years supporting leadership development and organizational change. His research and consulting practice focus on helping leaders respond and adapt to complexity and uncertainty. Jay helps people avoid thinking traps, develop insights and generate options by finding better questions.

Before founding Unstuck Minds, Jay spent 20 years as a senior consultant for Interaction Associates. Jay also worked in the food service industry as a training manager, Human Resources director and internal consultant. Jay served for five years as adjunct faculty in the Executive MBA program at The University of Texas at Dallas, where he taught Building Effective Teams.

Jay’s article, “Authentic Accountability” can be found in the International Leadership Association’s collection: Leadership for Transformation. Jay is the author of the Unstuck Minds Method and creator the Unstuck Minds Compass™. You can read about the Unstuck Minds Method in the Rotman Management Magazine’s Winter 2019 article, “Cultivating an Unstuck Mind.”

Jay received a B.A. in Philosophy from U.C.L.A. and a master’s in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. He received a PhD in Organizational Systems from Saybrook University.

Past and Current Clients Include:

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Boeing

• Dell Technologies

• Exelon

• Fluor Corporation

• LVMH North America

• Montessori Institute of North Texas

• PepsiCo

• The TJX Companies

• W.L. Gore