Dr. Dom Silvani Organizational Development · Learning · Leadership
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Dr. Dom Silvani, Psy.D. · Chief Learning Officer & Organizational Development Leader Your strategy is only as strong as the leaders carrying it out. AI-ready workforces, human-first.

I work with CEOs, business owners, and their leadership teams on leadership development, organizational development, and learning strategy: building the bench, culture, and capability that make strategy happen, and adopting AI without losing the people doing the work.

Psy.D. · Healthcare, financial services, oil & gas, technology
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The book · Leadership Games by Dr. Dom Silvani

Power isn’t FAIR. Truth is RISKY. Silence is never NEUTRAL.

Every executive team is playing games of power, influence, and silence, whether they name them or not. Leadership Games shows you the board, and gives you exercises to practice the moves before they cost you.

The shelf

Pull a volume to open it.

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The interactive companion to Leadership Games · Beta

The Room

Season One: The Five Unwritten Rules. You are three weeks into your first leadership role, and all six archetypes from the book are at the table. Every choice moves a relationship, nothing is labeled correct, and the building remembers who you were in every room.

Read the boardEvery person stands on a chessboard square: gold for ally, dark for undecided, blue for guarded, red for burned.
Play a full seasonFour stages, from a doomed directive to a reorg rumor to a crisis finale, each built on one of the book's unwritten rules.
Walk the archetype roomsStudy each archetype in its own space and earn the counter-strategy the first time you beat its pattern.
Read your fileThe Season Report shows the opinion the organization formed of you, and how it compares to how you see yourself.
Launch The Room Opens in a new window. Best on a laptop or desktop.
Facilitators: run it with a team and compare everyone's season.
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Elsewhere

Speaking, workshops, and advisory work: reach out on LinkedIn.

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New writing, by email.

Essays on leadership, learning, culture, and what AI is doing to all three.

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For CEOs, business owners & leadership teams

The people side of your strategy, handled.

Four problems CEOs and business owners bring me. Pick one to see how I solve it.

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From the book

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Writing & channels

Leadership, culture, and AI, written for people who run things.

Long-form essays, short video, and field notes across LinkedIn, Substack, X, and TikTok.

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UnSkilled

The conversations leaders have when the room empties out.

UnSkilled is a new show from Dr. Dom Silvani on the games of power, influence, and silence inside organizations, and what AI is about to change for the people who lead them. Candid talks with executives, business owners, and the people who have to carry out their decisions.

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Books

Leadership Games

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About

Dr. Dominic Silvani, Psy.D.

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New writing, by email.

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