Derrick Bransby is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School. His research employs field methods involving quantitative and qualitative data to explain how workers collaborate to solve problems, manage creative work, and take, make, and experience risk while attempting to break ground in new territory. His fieldwork spans diverse work settings, including concert touring and live event production, civil aviation, health care delivery, and life sciences. Derrick has published his work in outlets including Academy of Management Discoveries, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, and Harvard Business Review. He is a Research Affiliate in the Center for Innovative Leadership at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Before enrolling at Harvard, Derrick earned an MBA from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and a BS from the University of Pittsburgh in Industrial Engineering. He brings more than eight years of professional consulting experience to his work.