Amy Edmondson Will Deliver Keynote at ATD 2025

(Alexandria, VA), February 19, 2025—Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and an expert in organizational learning, will deliver the Tuesday morning keynote for the Association for Talent Development’s 2025 International Conference & Exposition, May 18–21, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked number 1 in 2021 and 2023. She also received the organization’s Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019 and Talent Award in 2017.

She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets. Her 2019 book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, has been translated into 15 languages. She is the author of four other books that explore teamwork in dynamic organizational environments and the challenges and opportunities of teaming across industries.

Edmondson’s latest book, Right Kind of Wrong, builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and the UK in September 2023, the book is due to be translated into 15 additional languages and was selected for the Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of the Year award.

ATD 2025 will welcome thousands of attendees from more than 80 countries around the world. It will be the world’s largest gathering of talent development professionals and the industry’s largest EXPO featuring the top companies serving the learning and development field.

Learn more about ATD 2025 and explore registration options on the conference’s website.

About ATD

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) is the world’s largest professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees, improve performance, and help to achieve results for the organizations they serve. Established in 1943, the association was previously known as the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).

ATD’s members come from more than 100 countries and work in public and private organizations in every industry sector. ATD supports talent development professionals who gather locally in volunteer-led US chapters and international member networks and with international strategic partners.

For more information, visit td.org.