This article presents an interview of Edward J. Ludwig, president of Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD). Regarding his views on the thriving support by the university of BD on supporting its leadership development he says one of the first thing that he did as a CEO was an organizational profile to find out from employees what was getting in the way of BD becoming a great company. Regarding his taking classes he says teaching gives him the opportunity to talk directly with peoples. In his teaching role he answer a lot of questions and that help him clarifying his own ideas.