Dorothy Mankey is a strategic People Leader and organizational psychologist renowned for helping fast-growing tech companies scale without losing their soul. As People Leader at a global SaaS scale-up, she spearheaded AI transformation by blending organizational psychology and change strategy, accelerating adoption while preserving culture. Dorothy is recognized for co-creating an AI Skills Matrix and building systems that make high performance sustainable.

Her approach centers on human-centered change, building trust, and reducing resistance to make AI feel less like a threat and more like a superpower. She reimagined onboarding as a culture-defining moment, inducting newcomers into ways of working and decision-making to increase ramp time in scale-ups. Dorothy brings warmth, wit, and strategic clarity to everything from performance calibration to culture change.

A Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator grounded in Brené Brown’s research, Dorothy’s early career was shaped by the Whole Foods Market Academy for Conscious Leadership. She regularly partners with executive teams to navigate ambiguity, align around inflection points, and lead with empathy, clarity, and business rigor, championing business as a force for good for people, planet, and profit.