Amy Edmondson

Overview

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School and the researcher most associated with psychological safety: the shared belief that a team is safe for speaking up, asking questions, and admitting mistakes. Per her official site (amycedmondson.com), her work examines psychological safety and teaming within and between organizations, and how leaders make room for the learning and collaboration that performance depends on.

She is the author of seven books and more than 60 scholarly papers in outlets including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Her best-known titles are The Fearless Organization (2018), a practical blueprint for building a fear-free culture, and Right Kind of Wrong, on how to fail well. She is also a sought-after keynote speaker, and her live sessions tend to be small-room, high-signal formats such as round tables and team workshops.

Why SUCCESS readers care

If you lead people, Edmondson's ideas show up in your week whether you know her name or not: the meeting where nobody raises the risk, the project post-mortem that hunts for blame, the new hire who stays quiet. Seeing her live is a chance to hear the research from its source and leave with language and habits you can take straight back to your team.

Proof points

• Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School (amycedmondson.com)
• Ranked #1 on the Thinkers50 list of the world's most influential management thinkers, and winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award as a pioneer of psychological safety
• Winner of the 2023 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year
• The Fearless Organization (Wiley, 2018) translated into more than 15 languages
• 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award, Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management; named Most Influential International Thinker in HR by HR Magazine (2019)
• Author of 7 books and 60+ scholarly papers