Christopher G. Myers is the inaugural Peetz Family Professor of Leadership, professor of Management & Organization, and the founding faculty director of the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He also holds joint faculty appointments in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research and teaching focus on individual learning, leadership development, and innovation, with particular attention to how people learn vicariously and share knowledge in healthcare organizations and other knowledge-intensive work environments.
Chris has received a variety of awards and honors for his research and teaching, including being named by Poets & Quants as one of the top 40 business school professors under 40 worldwide. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University, Chris was an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School and received his PhD in management and organizations from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
Education
- PhD, Business Administration (Management & Organizations), University of Michigan
- BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Research
Selected publications
- Schabram, K., Myers, C.G., & Hardin, A.E. 2026. Manipulation in organizational research: On executing and interpreting designs from treatments to primes. Organizational Research Methods, 29(2): 177-201.
- Patil, S.V., Myers, C.G., & Dai, T. 2026. Protecting clinical value judgment in the age of AI. npj Digital Medicine, 9: 269.
- Patil, S., Myers, C.G., & Lu-Myers, Y. 2025. Calibrating AI reliance: A Physician’s superhuman dilemma. JAMA Health Forum, 6(3): e250106.
- Mayo, A.T., Myers, C.G., Bucuvalas, J.C., Feng, S., & Juliano, C.E. 2023. Supporting robust teamwork — Bridging technology and organizational science. New England Journal of Medicine, 388(22): 2019-2021.
- Myers, C.G., Polsky, D., & Desai, S. 2022. The growing role of Chief Medical Officers in major corporations. JAMA Health Forum, 3(7): e222194.
- Myers, C.G. 2022. Storytelling as a tool for vicarious learning among air medical transport crews. Administrative Science Quarterly, 67(2): 378-422.
- Nurmohamed, S., Kundro, T., & Myers, C.G. 2021. Against the odds: Developing underdog versus favorite narratives to offset prior experiences of discrimination. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 167: 206-221.
- Mayo, A.T., Myers, C.G., & Sutcliffe, K.M. 2021. Organizational science and health care. Academy of Management Annals, 15(2): 537-576.
- Myers, C.G. 2021. Performance benefits of reciprocal vicarious learning in teams. Academy of Management Journal, 64(3): 926-947.
- Quinn, R.W., Myers, C.G., Kopelman, S., & Simmons, S. 2021. How did you do that? Exploring the motivation to learn from others' exceptional success. Academy of Management Discoveries, 7(1): 15-39
- Myers, C.G., Lu-Myers, Y., & Ghaferi, A.A. 2018. Excising the “surgeon ego” to accelerate progress in the culture of surgery. BMJ, 363: k4537.
- Myers, C.G. 2018. Coactive vicarious learning: Toward a relational theory of vicarious learning in organizations. Academy of Management Review, 43(4): 610-634.
Teaching
MBA Courses
- Innovative Leadership in Uncertain Times
- Leadership Development Expedition
- Leadership & Organizational Behavior (Executive MBA)
Executive Education
- Foundations of Leadership & Management
- Strategic Healthcare Leadership Program: Transforming the Business of Health
Honors and distinctions
- Associate Editor, Academy of Management Discoveries
- Editorial Board Member: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning & Education, and Group & Organization Management
- Outstanding Bridge Reviewer Mentor Award, Academy of Management Review, 2025
- Distinguished Service Award (Academy of Management MOC Division), 2024
- Best Student-led Paper Award (Academy of Management MOC Division), 2024
- 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40 (Poets and Quants), 2022
- Elected Representative-at-Large, Academy of Management MOC Division, 2018 – 2021
- Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School), 2017 – 2023
- PhD Graduation Keynote Speaker (UM Ross School of Business PhD Celebration), 2018
- Visiting Education Overseas Expert (National Healthcare Group, Singapore), 2017
- Best Dissertation-based Paper Award (Academy of Management MOC Division), 2016
- Making Connections Award (Academy of Management OB Division), 2011
- Phi Beta Kappa Society (Alpha of North Carolina Chapter)
- Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society (Alpha of North Carolina Chapter)
In the media
Selected media mentions
- PTO, parental leave, pensions: Even the most prized benefits are on the chopping block. (4/20/26). Business Insider.
- It's shaping up to be the 'prove it' year for workers in Silicon Valley. (1/15/26). Business Insider.
- To get promoted in the age of AI and layoffs, young workers need upskilling—and to take ownership—career experts say. (11/26/25). Fortune.
- Rx: Fixing AI’s ‘Superhuman Burden’ on Doctors. (10/6/25). Hopkins Medicine Magazine.
- How AI could transform the future of medicine. (9/10/25). Washington Post Live.
- To Escape the Grind, Young People Turn to ‘Mini-Retirements’. (4/10/25). The New York Times.
- The AI doctor will see New York ride-share drivers now. (3/27/25). The Wall Street Journal.
- Doctors in the C Suite. (2/6/25). Business Insider.
- Your one-size-fits-all L&D program isn't working. Consider these approaches instead. (10/29/24). HR Brew.
- 'Failing wisely' can promote a safer healthcare system. (9/17/24). MedPage Today.
- Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds. (5/12/24). Washington Post.
- Not all employers are tolerating Gen Z's laid-back language. (3/11/24). BBC.
- How can firms pass on tacit knowledge? (3/7/24). The Economist.
- Some Gen Z workers are turning to AI for career advice and it's actually not a bad idea. (2/23/24). Business Insider.
- Weed it and reap [Leadership Development Expedition course feature] (10/23/23). The Economist, Boss Class Podcast.
- 3 Ways to Improve Employee Well-Being with Continuous Learning (6/30/23). Forbes.