Heidi Neck
About Heidi Neck
Heidi Neck, Ph.D. is the Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, where she teaches entrepreneurship at the MBA and executive levels. Neck speaks and teaches internationally on cultivating the entrepreneurial mindset and espousing the positive force of entrepreneurship education as a societal change agent. Her research interests include innovation & creativity, social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship education. She has published 40+ book chapters, research monographs, and refereed articles She is on the editorial board of Academy of Management Learning & Education and the Director of the Babson Entrepreneur Experience Lab – a national applied research project. Neck is Faculty Director of Babson’s Symposia for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE) – programs designed to further develop faculty from around the world in the of art and craft of teaching entrepreneurship and building entrepreneurship programs. An award-winning teacher, Neck has been recognized for teaching excellence at Babson for both undergraduate and executive education. She has also been recognized by international organizations, the Academy of Management and the United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, for excellence in pedagogy and course design. In addition to her academic work, Neck’s professional experience includes consulting and training with organizations of all sizes on building entrepreneurial capacity. She is the co-owner of FlowDog, a canine aquatic fitness and rehabilitation center located just outside of Boston, and VentureBlocks, an emerging company in the education technology space. Heidi earned her Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Louisiana State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.Prior to earning her Ph.D. she worked for The Dow Chemical Company.Specialties: entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial thought & action, entrepreneurship education, teaching methods (higher ed), teacher training (higher ed), social entrepreneurship, design thinking, entrepreneurial capacity in large organizations