Heidi K. Gardner

From market volatility to ESG to capitalizing on opportunities from artificial intelligence, leaders now face more complex challenges and opportunities than ever. Tackling these multi-faceted issues requires problem solving from diverse minds across the company and its ecosystem—but most of the time, the expertise is trapped in silos rather than harnessed for success. Drawing on a decade of award-winning, data-backed research at Harvard and firsthand work with hundreds of global companies, Dr. Heidi Gardner shows leaders how to get people working across functions and geographies, and with outside partners—to drive innovation, delight customers, and engage their top talent. Sharing insights from her Washington Post bestselling book “Smart Collaboration” and its new sequel “Smarter Collaboration,” the highly interactive keynotes, workshops, and advisory meetings help organizations troubleshoot thorny collaboration challenges like misaligned incentives, collaboration overload, and unintended consequences on diversity and inclusion. Participants walk away with clear, pragmatic ideas for capturing the business and talent advantages of smarter collaboration.