A job you think about in the shower | Organizational behavior with Dr. Heidi K. Gardner

Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession. Previously she was a professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. Dr. Gardner’s book “Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos” was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press, and became a Washington Post bestseller. Named by Thinkers 50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, Dr. Gardner co-founded the research and advisory firm Gardner & Co, which helps clients across professional services, industry, government, and non-profits to drive change through smarter collaboration.

Dr. Gardner has lived and worked on four continents, including as a Fulbright Fellow, and for McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble. She earned her BA in Japanese from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Industrial Relations, and a PhD from London Business School in Organizational Behavior. 

Topics we cover:

• Growing up in Amish Country - Lancaster, PA
• Why Japanese language, culture, and history fascinated Heidi
• How Heidi went from being a Japanese major to a manager at Procter & Gamble
• What it means to be a leader & getting your team to shine
• Heidi’s Fulbright scholarship in post-communist Germany
• “As long as you are dealing with human beings, the value of psychology will always shine through”
• Why Heidi loves going to grocery stores in new countries
• What is Industrial Relations? - Heidi’s Master’s program
• Organizational behavior - the human component of business
• Working at McKinsey - culture, people, & work
• Wanting a job you think about in the shower
• What does a PhD in Organizational Behavior give you?
• What is smart collaboration?
• How does Heidi apply smart collaboration today?

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Music by: Adam Fine