A DYNAMIC SPEAKER & ADVISOR, OFFERING UNIQUE INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP
Sherry is an engaging speaker who informs and inspires her audience. She has made more than 350 presentations around the world–from keynote addresses to workshops at universities, professional, scientific and business meetings, to presentations and facilitation for organizations, boards and staff groups. She teaches and engages her audiences, challenging them to explore new ideas and new perspectives.
Her presentations cover a range of topics, including:
- Fresh Eyes, Breakthrough Results: Leading Beyond Your Expertise
- The Leadership Edge You’re Not Using: Why Beginners See What Experts Miss
- Reinventing leadership for chaotic times
- The vitality of women leaders
- Executive presence for authentic leaders
- Organizational “plasticity”
Sherry is comfortable addressing an audience of thousands or in a room of just a few. But every presentation is designed to address the needs of you and your organization.
Contact Sherry to discuss how she can enhance your next event.
Insights into Sherry’s signature keynote: Fresh Eyes, Breakthrough Results: Leading Beyond Your Expertise. How strategic not-knowing drives innovation
In times of disruption, certainty is often rewarded — but it rarely leads to the best decisions. What if your greatest leadership advantge is not what you now–but your willingness to unknow?
Drawing on neuroscience, executive leadership, and real-world transformation, this keynote reframes not-knowing as a powerful leadership discipline rather than a liability. Through compelling stories from her career — including leading complex organizations across science, healthcare, regulation, and global policy — Sherry shows how leaders can expand individual and organizational capacity by resisting false certainty and engaging collective intelligence.
After this keynote, leaders will:
· Lead with greater confidence when answers aren’t obvious
· Replace performative certainty with disciplined curiosity
· Make better decisions by engaging the intelligence of others
· Navigate complexity with steadiness, judgment, and credibility
WHAT AUDIENCES GAIN:
✓ A proven framework for leading successfully in unfamiliar domains
✓ Five practical disciplines of “strategic not-knowing” to use immediately
✓ Permission to lead authentically—acknowledging uncertainty as strength, not weakness
✓ Real-world examples of breakthrough innovation from beginner’s perspective✓ Confidence to tackle challenges outside their expertise and expand their impact organizations to make smarter decisions, leveraging the power of behavioral insights.
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