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.