Dr. Debbie Sutherland is an academic executive with over twenty years of global work experiences in Canada, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She is continually learning about the dynamics and hidden power of adult learning, organizational behaviors, and systems thinking through the business lens. She has worked in a variety of centralized roles in complex adaptive systems and international start-up organizations and is currently living and working as an executive in the UAE. She specializes in setting up the ideal structure, culture, and people-centric programs to enable leaders to thrive in the workplace. Debbie has completed her doctorate of education in adult and organizational learning and an executive master’s degree in socio-organizational psychology, each from Columbia University, and is a certified executive coach.