Amy C. Edmondson

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, having enjoyed a successful career as an educator and expert on how human interactions lead to the creation of prosperous enterprises. Reaching no.1 on the Thinkers50 Most Influential Management Thinkers list, Amy is now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate events. When booked as a speaker, Amy covers topics including leadership, management, human behaviour and psychological safety in the workplace- guaranteed to deliver an engaging and insightful speech.

Achieving a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from Harvard University, Amy began her career working as the Chief Engineer at the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Working there for three years, Amy then moved on to work as the Director of Research for the Pecos River Learning Center. In 1996, Amy accepted the role of Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, a role in which she has taught for over two decades. As the Professor of Leadership and Management, Amy educates students on organisational learning, teaming, leadership and psychological safety. With her research examining how leaders enable learning and collaboration, Amy explored how such factors are vital to performance in dynamic environments.

Revered for her expertise in psychological safety and organisational behaviour, Amy has also authored a series of books. Consistently among the Amazon best-sellers, Amy is the author of The Fearless Organisation, Building The Future, Teaming, Extreme Teaming and Teaming To Innovate. In reward of her highly committed career, Amy has been the winner of the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Organisation Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management and the winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award. She also made it to number one on the Thinkers50 of the World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers and was named the Most Influential International Thinker in Human Resources by HR Magazine. In 2023, Amy's book Right Kind of Wrong saw her become the winner of The Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of 2023 - a testament to her impact as an author.

With a credible educational career to her name, Amy is now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate events, hired to share her expertise on organisational behaviour. Putting to use her expertise from being the Novartis Professor at Harvard Business School, Amy shares with organisations how the human behaviour of their employees creates successful enterprises that better society. With her work translated into 15 languages, Amy helps businesses that are serious about success across the globe. Covering topics of psychological safety, cross-boundary teaming and organisational behaviour, don’t hesitate in booking Amy C. Edmondson today for an informative and engaging speech on organisational behaviour.

Most recently, in acknowledgement of her prowess in organisational psychology, Amy C. Edmondson was named one of the Top Organisational Behaviour Speakers to Book - a testament to her expertise.

Amy Edmondson recently conducted a keynote speech discussing "teaming," where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. She shares the elements needed to turn a group of strangers into a quick-thinking team that can nimbly respond to challenges. Watch this keynote speech from Amy Edmondson here.