{"id":3147,"date":"2026-09-11T06:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aomtodayprod.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=3147"},"modified":"2026-09-11T06:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:24:49","slug":"wendy-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wendy-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3147\" class=\"elementor elementor-3147\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d77b4b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d77b4b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4459d86\" data-id=\"4459d86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-575fc68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"575fc68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-baffba6\" data-id=\"baffba6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0d558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a0d558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wendy Smith<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-739d0fe elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"739d0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Academy of Management Scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/lerner.udel.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/wendy-smith\/\">Wendy Smith<\/a> is a professor of management at the Alfred Lerner College of Business &amp; Economics and co-director of the Women\u2019s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, the University of Delaware M.B.A. Teaching Award, University of Delaware\u2019s first Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award, and the Lerner College Outstanding Scholar Award. She teaches leadership, organizational behavior, business ethics, managing interpersonal dynamics and strategic paradoxes, emotional intelligence, high-performing teams, organizational change and innovation, and crisis management.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d77b19\" data-id=\"1d77b19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d72ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65d72ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Wendy-Smith.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3149\" alt=\"Wendy Smith\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Wendy-Smith.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Wendy-Smith-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Wendy-Smith-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b851658 e-grid-align-tablet-left elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 e-grid-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"b851658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-9762d62\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendykimsmith\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-linkedin\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0d7a6 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b0d7a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith\u2019s research focuses on strategic paradoxes and how leaders and senior management teams effectively respond to contradictory agendas. She studies how organizations and their leaders simultaneously explore new possibilities while exploiting existing competencies and how social enterprises simultaneously attend to social missions and financial goals. Her research has been published in journals such as <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Academy of Management Journal<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">, <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Academy of Management Review<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">, and <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Harvard Business Review<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith\u2019s book\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/bothandthinking.net\/\"><em>Both\/And Thinking<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0was published by Harvard Business School Press in August 2022. View her\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JfQrv7w4nk\">TEDx-UD talk, \u201cThe Power of Paradox.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8702a29 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8702a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Academy of Management Scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/lerner.udel.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/wendy-smith\/\">Wendy Smith<\/a> is a professor of management at the Alfred Lerner College of Business &amp; Economics and co-director of the Women\u2019s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, the University of Delaware M.B.A. Teaching Award, University of Delaware\u2019s first Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award, and the Lerner College Outstanding Scholar Award. She teaches leadership, organizational behavior, business ethics, managing interpersonal dynamics and strategic paradoxes, emotional intelligence, high-performing teams, organizational change and innovation, and crisis management.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith\u2019s research focuses on strategic paradoxes and how leaders and senior management teams effectively respond to contradictory agendas. She studies how organizations and their leaders simultaneously explore new possibilities while exploiting existing competencies and how social enterprises simultaneously attend to social missions and financial goals. Her research has been published in journals such as <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Academy of Management Journal<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">, <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Academy of Management Review<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">, and <\/span><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Harvard Business Review<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">Smith\u2019s book\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/bothandthinking.net\/\"><em>Both\/And Thinking<\/em><\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0was published by Harvard Business School Press in August 2022. View her\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JfQrv7w4nk\">TEDx-UD talk, \u201cThe Power of Paradox.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6abcb meta-visibility-show title_position_default title_hover_border_default title-default img_hover_animation_default meta_position_default readmore-btn-default-style grid-hover-overlay-type-always tpg-el-box-border-enable tpg-border-bottom-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-tpg-list-layout\" data-id=\"1e6abcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tpg-list-layout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-el-main-wrapper 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2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Daniel Butcher Some mentors and career counselors advise students and early-career professionals...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3784\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/technical-and-soft-skills-are-whats-needed-today\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More  &gt;&gt;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"3767\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail 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href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/leaders-need-both-and-thinking-to-navigate-paradoxical-challenges\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Leaders Need Both\/And Thinking to Navigate Paradoxical Challenges<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/2026\/09\/13\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 13, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Daniel Butcher Workers and business leaders alike increasingly confront challenging tensions: How...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3767\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/leaders-need-both-and-thinking-to-navigate-paradoxical-challenges\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More  &gt;&gt;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"3756\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3756\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/lessons-learned-from-ibms-pivot-to-cloud-computing\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IBM_cropped-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"2560\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1706\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Lessons Learned from IBM\u2019s Pivot to Cloud Computing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"3756\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/lessons-learned-from-ibms-pivot-to-cloud-computing\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Lessons Learned from IBM\u2019s Pivot to Cloud Computing<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/2026\/09\/12\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 12, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Daniel Butcher Each company that leads its industry vertical is on top of the world\u2014until it...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3756\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/lessons-learned-from-ibms-pivot-to-cloud-computing\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More  &gt;&gt;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"3744\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3744\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/how-leaders-can-overcome-roadblocks-to-creativity\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dart-breaks-wall-to-hit-target.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"1000\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"728\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"How Leaders Can Overcome Roadblocks to Creativity\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"3744\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/how-leaders-can-overcome-roadblocks-to-creativity\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">How Leaders Can Overcome Roadblocks to Creativity<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/2026\/09\/10\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 10, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Daniel Butcher Leaders need creativity to innovate, grow, and adapt to fast-paced changes in the...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"3744\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/how-leaders-can-overcome-roadblocks-to-creativity\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More  &gt;&gt;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"5516\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"5516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/the-new-reality-leaders-have-less-control-need-more-courage\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/speak-their-minds_diversity_DEI_cropped-1-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"rt-img-responsive\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t width=\"2560\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t height=\"1707\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"A diverse group of employees or candidates hold up speech bubbles of different colors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"5516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/the-new-reality-leaders-have-less-control-need-more-courage\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">The New Reality: Leaders Have Less Control, Need More Courage<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/2026\/09\/03\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 3, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt tpg-el-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tpg-excerpt-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Jason Collins For decades, the prevailing wisdom for business leaders was to stay out of...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"5516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aom.org\/today\/the-new-reality-leaders-have-less-control-need-more-courage\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Read More  &gt;&gt;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5afcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5afcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>More content featuring Smith<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c458e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c458e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Adopt a \u201cParadox Mindset\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15873fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15873fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AOM Journals:<\/p><ul class=\"ins-links\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amj.2011.0932\">Dynamic Decision Making: A Model of Senior Leaders Managing Strategic Paradoxes<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2012.10116abstract\">Ambidexterity and Senior Leadership: Paradoxical practices to explore and exploit simultaneously<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/ambpp.2014.13205abstract\">Individual Motivations to Create Social Enterprises: Cultural Impacts in China<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amr.2009.0223\">Toward a Theory of Paradox: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Organizing<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amr.2022.0251\">Reflections on the 2021 AMR Decade Award: Navigating Paradox Is Paradoxical<\/a><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amr.2011.0431\">Multiple Institutional Logics in Organizations: Explaining Their Varied Nature and Implications<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amle.2011.0021\">A Paradoxical Leadership Model for Social Entrepreneurs: Challenges, Leadership Skills, and Pedagogical Tools for Managing Social and Commercial Demands<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/ambpp.2015.17333abstract\">Paradox Research in Management Science: The First 25 Years and the Next 25 Years<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/AMPROC.2024.12051abstract\">Paradox Nestedness: A Holonic Approach to Tensions Across Parts and Whole<\/a>\u201d<\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2012.14932abstract\">A Paradoxical Leadership Model for Social Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amj.2018.4004\">New Ways of Seeing through Qualitative Research<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aom.org\/doi\/10.5465\/amle.10.2.zqr261\">Managing the Grading Paradox: Leveraging the Power of Choice in the Classroom<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef29bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"fef29bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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