About Sherryl Dimitry, Ph.D.

Systems Nerd, Executive Coach

After a dynamic career leading organizational change and talent strategy across Fortune 500 companies, global construction and engineering firms, a Big 4 consultancy, and federal agencies, Dr. Sherryl Dimitry has turned her focus to what she cares about most: helping individuals and their organizations build healthy, viable futures even in a tumultuous and volatile world.

As a former People Executive, Managing Consultant, and Global Talent Leader, she spent more than two decades guiding organizations through complexity—modernizing HR systems for 600,000+ employees, building inclusive leadership pipelines, and developing high‑potential talent into the C‑suite. Those years gave her a front‑row view into how systems succeed, how they fracture, and what it takes to rebuild them with integrity.

Her current work centers on the science and practice of human systems viability. Drawing on her research into the 5Es of human cognition—embodiment, emotion, ethics, emergence, and enactment—she examines how these cognitive foundations shape decision‑making, collaboration, and resilience. Her recent writing explores how the 5Es, paired with systemic viability criteria, equip teams to design adaptive, regenerative, and future‑ready systems. She works with leaders and teams to apply these principles to real organizational challenges: navigating uncertainty, strengthening trust, reducing fragmentation, and creating conditions where people can think, relate, and act with greater agency.

Sherry holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems, with research focused on the gender gap in the corporate C‑suite, and has published widely on leadership, change, equity, and human systems design. Her work has appeared in Training Industry Magazine, HR People & Strategy, OD Journal, and World Futures, and she has served as a speaker and advisor for HR.com, the Conference Board, and the International Systems Institute. She is the author of The Six-Week Career Makeover, which helps professional women navigate career transitions.

She works with professional women and executive teams who are ready to pivot, reimagine, or rise—whether that means stepping into leadership, shifting industries, or redesigning the systems they steward. Her approach blends systems thinking, developmental coaching, and a deep commitment to human viability. She believes that when people understand how human systems actually work—and how cognition, values, and structure interact—they gain the power to lead change on their own terms and build futures worth inhabiting.

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