Amy Edmondson
Amy C. Edmondson is the acclaimed pioneer, champion of psychological safety, and Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.
Amy C. Edmondson is the acclaimed pioneer, champion of psychological safety, and Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School.
About Amy
Amy C. Edmondson is the acclaimed pioneer, champion of psychological safety, and Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She is the author of 7 books and over 60 scholarly papers, published in academic and management outlets. She is a sought-after keynote speaker with a worldwide following.
Her research examines psychological safety and teaming within and between organizations. Amy is particularly interested in how leaders enable the learning and collaboration that are vital to performance in a dynamic environment.
Education
- Visual and Environmental Studies and Engineering (AB, Harvard University)
- Psychology (MA, Harvard University)
- Organizational Behavior (PhD, Harvard University).
Achievements
Amy Edmondson was ranked #1 on the latest Thinkers50 ranking of the world’s most influential management thinkers and was named the Most Influential International Thinker in Human Resources by HR Magazine in 2019.
She’s the winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award for being a “pioneer of psychological safety and author of The Fearless Organization, a ground-breaking blueprint on creating a fear-free culture” and the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management.
Books
- Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
- The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
- Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
- Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership (co-authored with Jean-François Harve)
- Teaming to Innovate
- Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation (co-authored with Susan Salter Reynold)
