Zhike Lei is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior. She is an award-winning organizational scholar and an expert on psychological safety, team dynamics, organizational learning, error management, and patient safety. Lei studies how organizations, teams, and employees adapt and learn in complex, time-pressured, consequence-laden environments. As a global management educator, she has taught executives and PhD, DBA, EMBA, and MBA candidates, as well as undergraduates, and has won numerous teaching awards and recognitions.
Some of China’s most profitable companies have thrived by piling pressure on workers – sometimes with tragic results. Zhike Lei outlines how multinationals can design work that avoids burnout and exploitation. ...
December 8, 2025 • by Zhike Lei in I by IMD Podcasts • 2 min read • 
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