Patrick Leddin, PhD
Patrick Leddin is a leadership expert, disruption strategist, and innovator whose career spans more than three decades of leading teams, building companies, and studying what it truly takes to turn disruption into opportunity.
His perspective was forged in the field as a Platoon Leader and Company Commander in the elite 82nd Airborne Division, and later sharpened as an entrepreneur, advisor to senior executives at KPMG and FranklinCovey, and professor at Vanderbilt University — giving him a uniquely practical tested point of view that few can match.
As a New York Times bestselling author and in-demand keynote speaker, Patrick has shared his frameworks with audiences across four continents, from the United States and Canada to China, Singapore, Great Britain, and Germany. What sets him apart is as much how he delivers as what he delivers. Known for storytelling that resonates long after the applause fades, he has a rare gift for making complex research
feel personal, practical, and immediately actionable. At Vanderbilt University he taught Corporate Strategy, Negotiation, and Leading Business Through Times of Crisis, and led the multi-year Disruption Project sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office.
Patrick is also an accomplished entrepreneur. With his wife Jamie, he co-founded Wedgewood Consulting Group and built the business over 11 years — sustaining double-digit revenue growth and opening offices in four U.S. states before leading it through a successful acquisition. Drawing on interviews with more than 350 disrupters, he coined the concept of Positive Disruption — the intentional, empowering choice to
challenge the status quo out of clarity and courage rather than crisis — and is now building a movement inviting people everywhere to disrupt their own work and lives for the better.
As a FranklinCovey AI Advisor, Patrick also helps leaders navigate the organizational and human dimensions of AI adoption and transformation.