Amy Edmondson

Amy C. Edmondson is Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the prestigious Harvard Business School.

Amy C. Edmondson is Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. For over twenty years she has been studying psychological safety, teaming and organizational learning  and her work has fundamentally changed how organizations think about collaboration, performance and failure.

Her book The Fearless Organization is a practical guide for organizations serious about building psychological safety, and has been translated into 11 languages. Her latest book Right Kind of Wrong was voted Business Book of the Year 2023 by the Financial Times.

Edmondson has been recognized by Thinkers50 since 2011. She was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023, and #2 in 2025. She also received the organization's Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019 and Talent Award in 2017.

Before her academic career she was Director of Research at Pecos River Learning Centers, and in the early 1980s she worked as Chief Engineer for architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller. She holds a PhD in organizational behavior, an AM in psychology and an AB in engineering and design — all from Harvard University.

Amy speaks at Superpowers voor Teams, our seminar on culture, talent and accountability.

"Edmondson’s work on psychological safety has profound implications for how we organise work now and in the future."

Stuart Crainer & Des Dearlove, Thinkers50