Best of 2024: Leadership

In 2024, expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle to share
their advice on the trickiest apsects of leadership that are
critical to success in the modern world of work:
uncertainty,  conflict and failure. Nathan Furr and
Susasannhah Harmon Furr detail how organizations can navigate
uncertainty to drive transformation and innovation. Amy Gallo
shows how leaders can effectively manage conflicts and transform
them into productive dialogues within their organization. Amy
Emondson offers insights on how organizations can shift their
mindset toward failure and embrace it as a catalyst for growth
and improvement.


 





Nathan Furr is a professor of strategy at INSEAD, where he
teaches innovation and technology strategy. Nathan earned
his doctorate from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program
(STVP) at Stanford University and has written five books
and more than 70 articles on innovation, technology, and
transformation. Susannah Harmon Furr is a designer and art
historian, and has founded a women’s clothing line inspired
by her research. She is currently creating a hope
accelerator in Normandy, France, to teach regenerative
ecosystems and transformation for individuals and families.
Susannah and Nathan Furr are co-authors of “The Upside of
Uncertainty” (HBR Press, July 2022).


 






Amy Gallo is a workplace expert who writes and
speaks about gender, interpersonal dynamics, and
difficult conversations. She’s the best-selling
author of “Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone
(Even Difficult People)” and the “HBR Guide to
Dealing with Conflict,” as well as hundreds of
articles for Harvard Business Review. For the past
five years, Amy has co-hosted HBR’s popular Women
at Work podcast, which examines the struggles and
successes of women in the workplace. Her advice has
been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Fast Company, BBC, and NPR.





 






Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of
Leadership and Management at Harvard Business
School, is a management scholar best known for
her research on psychological safety and team
learning. She has been recognized by the biannual
Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers
since 2011 and was ranked No. 1 in 2021 and
2023. She is the author of eight books, including
her most recent book, Right Kind of Wrong: The
Science of Failing Well, and more than 100
academic articles.