Linda A. Hill (Ph.D)

Linda A. Hill, Ph.D. is the co-founder of Paradox Strategies and InnovationForce – a SaaS company using AI and machine learning to accelerate the process of innovation – which was named by Fast Company as a 2023 Innovative Company to Watch. She has been at the forefront of developing innovative learning programs for managers such as “Breakthrough Leadership,” which won a Brandon Hall Group Award for Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology, and the award-winning multimedia management development program, “High Performance Management.”

During her career spanning more than 30 years as an advisor and coach, Hill has also co-authored a number of books which have been translated into multiple languages including the award-winning “Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation” (2014), which was named by Business Insider as one of 2014’s 20 best business books and was named to the inaugural Thinkers50 Booklist, “10 Management Classics for 2022.” Hill also authored “Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader,” now considered a bible of sorts for leaders at every level of management. A related Harvard Business Review article she co-authored, “Collective Genius,” received the first Warren Bennis Prize in 2015. “Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation,” the latest book she has co-authored, was named to the 2026 Thinkers50 Best New Management Booklist and was a finalist for the 2025 Thinkers50 Innovation Award.

Hill completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard Business School and earned a Ph.D. in behavioral sciences at the University of Chicago. She received her M.A. in educational psychology from the University of Chicago and her B.A., summa cum laude, in psychology from Bryn Mawr College.