Speaker

Rebecca

Henderson

University Professor

Harvard University

Biography

Rebecca Henderson is one of 25 University Professors at Harvard, a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of both the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also has more than twenty-five years of major public board experience. Rebecca’s research explores the degree to which the private sector can play a major role in building a more sustainable economy. Her publications include Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors (University of Chicago Press), Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective (Oxford University Press) and Political Economy and Justice (University of Chicago Press). She is also the author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire which was shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey 2020 Business Book of the Year Award.

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As a business school professor who studies innovation, I’ve spent years showing that firms that are motivated by a shared sense of purpose and that treat their employees and clients with dignity and respect are not only much more fun to work with but also significantly more agile and creative. Yet this way of working remains the exception rather than the rule. I’m delighted to be joining IID2025 to discuss why this is the case – and whether the polycrisis might be the shock that enables us to wholeheartedly embrace a very different way of leading organizations.

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