In the wake of a global pandemic and enduring stresses on the health care environment, nursing professionals need a different leadership capacity – one that challenges the historical industrial underpinnings of nursing leadership. Three of the nation’s leading thought leaders in nursing have joined together to address this topic during a new webinar series, “Conversations from the Edge: Ending Blue Collar Nurse Leadership.” Linda McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, dean of the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, chief nurse executive at Emory Healthcare Tim Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, ScD, APRN, FAAN, FACCWS, clinical professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and senior partner with Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates