Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is the author of the best-selling books “Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work” (2022) and “Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos” (2017, both Harvard Business Press).

A Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and previously a professor at Harvard Business School, she is currently the faculty chair and instructor of multiple executive education programs at both institutions.

Dr. Gardner has lived and worked on four continents, including as a Fulbright Fellow, and for McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble. She co-cofounded the research and advisory firm Gardner & Co.