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## Article 102 — a102

# Emily Tedards

**Role in this source:** Co-author of *Why Great Innovations Fail to Scale*. Researcher who works with [[entity-linda-a-hill|Linda A. Hill]] on innovation and leadership, including the work on [[concept-bridger|bridgers]] and scaling innovation.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:** Co-author of the article's claims and framework; a joint voice on the attributed quotes [[quote-trust-and-risk]] and [[quote-innovation-voluntary]] (attributed to 'Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild'). Collaborates with [[entity-jason-wild|Jason Wild]].

## Segment 2 — tail2

# Emily Tedards

**Emily Tedards** is cited as a co-author with [[entity-linda-a-hill|Linda A. Hill]] on multiple related HBR articles, including *What Makes a Great Leader?* (2022) and *Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making* (2021) [4]. She appears alongside Hill in adjacent writing on leadership and decision-making, part of the "Go Deeper" reading list rather than the primary masterclass.