Linda A. Hill

Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Co-Author of "Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation"

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Linda A. Hill Biography

Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on leadership. She was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2013 and 2021 and received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015. Hill is the author or co-author of several award-winning articles and books including "Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation," "Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader" and "Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership." Hill’s TED talk on how to manage for collective creativity has over 2.9 million views and Hill’s "Collective Genius" has also been named to the inaugural Thinkers50 Booklist: 10 Management Classics for 2022. Hill is coauthoring a book, "Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation," that will be published in early 2026, which introduces the 3 roles of leading innovation at scale across organizations and ecosystems: architect, bridger, and catalyst.

Hill’s research and consulting focuses on leadership development, leading change and innovation, and implementing global strategies. Hill co-founded Paradox Strategies—an advisory and research firm that advises organizations and boards on leadership, innovation, and diversity and inclusion. Hill is co-creator of the Innovation Quotient and re:Route and she co-founded InnovationForce, a SaaS company using AI and machine learning to accelerate the process of innovation. It was named by Fast Company as a 2023 and 2024 “Innovative Company to Watch.”

Hill is a member of the Board of Directors of Relay Therapeutics and is on the Board of Trustees of The Kresge Foundation, the ArtCenter College of Design and of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is also a member of the Team8 Fintech Strategic Committee and serves on the advisory boards of several organizations including the American Repertory Theater, the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, the Aspen Institute Leadership Division, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), Eight Inc., the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, Novata and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. She is a Director Emeritus to the Global Citizens Initiative, Inc. and is a Special Representative to the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College. Hill is a former member of the Board of Directors of Harvard Business Publishing, State Street Corporation, The Bridgespan Group, The Eaton Corporation, and Cooper Industry. She is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation, the Boston Children’s Museum, and the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund USA.

Hill completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Harvard Business School and earned a Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences at the University of Chicago. She has a B.A., summa cum laude, in psychology from Bryn Mawr College.

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Linda A. Hill Videos

  • Linda Hill | Lead, Thrive, and Empower | Equity Talks
  • 3 imperatives for leaders during COVID-19 | Linda Hill | Big Think ...
  • Linda Hill: Why diversity and conflict are key to leading innovation
    Organizations thrive on ‘creative abrasion’, argues Harvard Business School’s Linda Hill, with different ideas and perspectives battling...

Linda A. Hill Books

  • Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
    Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
  • Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader
    Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader
  • Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership
    Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership

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