Overview

My research examines psychological safety and cross-boundary teaming within and between organizations. I am particularly interested in how leaders enable the learning and collaboration that are vital to performance in a dynamic environment. In one stream of my research, I study collaboration among diverse experts to solve challenging problems in cities. In this stream, teaming across industry boundaries is increasingly important. Yet, teaming and learning among diverse experts, facing high uncertainty, requires facing both interpersonal and technical risks. A second stream of my research examines how leaders create psychological safety in support of organizational agility as needed to thrive in fast-paced, challenging, uncertain contexts.