Wendy K. Smith
Management professor and paradox researcher
Wendy K. Smith is an American business professor at the University of Delaware. She studies how leaders handle competing demands that depend on each other.
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About Wendy K. Smith
Wendy K. Smith holds the Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management title and works in the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. She also directs the university's Women's Leadership Initiative. She is a fellow of the Academy of Management and was educated at Harvard. Her research centers on paradox theory, which looks at how leaders and individuals respond to tensions that seem contradictory but are linked. Her findings suggest that a "both/and" mindset can lead to better business results in complex organizations. Her book in our catalog is Both/And Thinking.