Daisy Auger-Domínguez is on a mission to create workplaces where people and performance thrive, and she's doing it from the inside, right now, as Global Chief People Officer at a fast-scaling fintech.
She doesn't advise from the sidelines. She's scaling organizations under pressure, navigating high-stakes moments with care and rigor, and building the cultures and systems that allow people to do their best work without burning out in the process.
Her career spans two decades and some of the most complex organizations in the world — Google, Disney, Moody's, and VICE Media — where she led people strategy through reinvention, crisis, and cultural transformation. What she learned across all of them is the same thing the research now confirms: the leaders who build what's next aren't necessarily the smartest people in the room. They're the most human ones. The ones who connect the most.
As AI takes on more of the cognitive load of work, what remains irreplaceable is the human layer — trust, judgment, the ability to read a room and bring people with you. That's the frontier Daisy has been working in for two decades. Often before it had a name.
She is the author of two books: Burnt Out to Lit Up, a guide for leaders navigating burnout and reigniting purpose and joy, and Inclusion Revolution, a strategic playbook for building equitable, inclusive organizations. Her ideas have shaped boardrooms, inspired audiences at TEDx, and been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and MSNBC.
A Dominican-Puerto Rican leader raised between two worlds, Daisy brings her full self to every room she enters — and has spent her career making space for others to do the same. She makes her home in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter, but the rhythms of the Dominican Republic still shape her every step.
