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Organizational Behavior Expert, Author, Harvard Business School Novartis Professor
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.
Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011 and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023; she also received that organization’s Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019 and Talent Award in 2017.
She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets. Her 2019 book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth (Wiley), has been translated into 15 languages. She is the author of four other books that explore teamwork in dynamic organizational environments and the challenges and opportunities of teaming across industries to build smart cities.
Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong (Atria), builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and the UK in September 2023, the book is due to be translated into 15 additional languages and was selected for the Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of the Year award.
Edmondson received her PhD in organizational behavior, AM in psychology, and AB in engineering and design from Harvard University.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
