Julia Lang

Principal Advisor

What inspires me

The spark that happens when teams see new possibilities for themselves and their organizations– when design helps unlock courage, clarity, action, and collective purpose.


In Demand Skills

Designing transformative learning experiences

Guiding organizational strategy and adaptive change

Building AI fluency and responsible innovation

Cultivating courageous and future-ready leaders

Facilitating collaboration, creativity, and co-design


Adage

“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  - James Baldwin

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”  - Brené Brown

Bio

Julia Lang is a human-centered design and AI educator and strategist who helps organizations and individuals drive transformation by integrating design thinking tools, ethical AI enablement, and strategic change leadership.

Outside of Frontier, Julia serves as a Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Career Education and Life Design, and co-chairs Tulane University’s AI and Career Readiness Task Force. At Tulane,  Julia created and taught two flagship AI literacy courses, created and scaled a life design curriculum that has reached over 18,000 learners across 40+ institutions, led a university-wide social venture accelerator that supported 130+ graduate students and staff in launching early-stage ventures with social or environmental impact, and co-founded Krewe School, an 18-month systems design lab helping New Orleans–based organizations redefine their theories of change and apply human-centered design for transformational growth.

At Frontier, Julia brings her expertise in learning design, career education, and responsible AI integration to help mission-driven organizations prepare their people for the future of work. She partners with institutions across sectors to design learning systems, align strategy and culture, and build the leadership capacity needed for sustained, meaningful impact.

Frontier uses this assessment to identify our unique strengths and maximize our teamliness - how we collaborate effectively as cross-functional teams. We often pair colleagues with opposite strengths to turbocharge our creativity and impact.

Over 90% of Fortune 500 companies have used the CliftonStrengths assessment to improve their workplace and meaningfully engage their employees.

Julia’s Clifton Strengths

Activator

People exceptionally talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action. They want to do things now rather than simply talk about them.

Achiever

People exceptionally talented in the Achiever theme work hard and possess a great deal of stamina. They take immense satisfaction in being busy and productive.

Individualization

People exceptionally talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how different people can work together productively.

Connectedness

People exceptionally talented in the Connectedness theme have faith in the links among all things. They believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has meaning.

Futuristic

People exceptionally talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They energize others with their visions of the future.