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Donna P. Mitchell The Transformation Authority™
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About Donna
The operator behind the framework.
Donna P. Mitchell is The Transformation Authority™ — a Forbes Business Council Member, Senior Executive Healthcare Think Tank Member, and author of Pivoting to Technology Adoption: Mind the Gap. Across 49 years she has navigated enterprise transformation in telecommunications, aviation, airline management, healthcare and pharmaceutical, and emerging technologies — from the Bell System to AI.
She educates enterprise, healthcare, and mission-driven leadership teams on the people side of technology adoption — the reason 70% of transformations fail is not the technology, but the people. She hosts the IAB-certified podcast Pivoting to Technology Adoption , with 120+ episodes reaching listeners in 64 countries, and her work has enabled 150,000+ professionals to adopt technology without losing the human infrastructure that makes it work.
Two further subjects come from the same career. Leading under pressure — airline operations through accidents, hurricanes, and irregular operations, including the command center on September 11 — applied to what leaders do when a rollout fails in front of a customer. And executive judgment — the long view from five regulated industries and four full transformation cycles, divestiture through deregulation, digitization, and now AI — and what surfaces in year three that nobody in the room is planning for.
Approved Credentials
- Forbes Business Council Member (2024–)
- Senior Executive Healthcare Think Tank Member (2026–)
- C-Suite Network Contributor (2025–)
- Author — Pivoting to Technology Adoption (2026)
- Master of Divinity, Christ the King Seminary
- Master of Arts, Pastoral Ministry, Christ the King Seminary
- UC Berkeley Haas — Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
- Northwestern Kellogg — Digital Marketing Strategies
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The Book
Pivoting to Technology Adoption: Mind the Gap
The practitioner's guide to closing the workforce adoption gap — seven lenses for diagnosing the human side of technology adoption, drawn from four full transformation cycles across five regulated industries.
Available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle
Signature Topics
What Donna is prepared to speak to.
Why 70% Fail: The Adoption Gap Every Executive Must Close
The failure rate has held for twenty years while the technology kept changing. What the 30% who succeed do differently.
Leading Under Pressure: When the Rollout Fails in Front of a Customer
Drawn from airline operations through accidents, weather, and the September 11 command center — applied to the first bad week of any deployment.
Executive Judgment: The Questions to Ask Before You Approve the Spend
Not implementation, not best practice — the long view, and what surfaces in year three that nobody is planning for.
Technology Adoption in Healthcare: Leading Change Without Losing Trust
Patient safety, clinician burnout, and regulatory compliance — the human factors that decide whether the investment improves care or creates chaos.
Mission-First Technology Adoption
For nonprofit and faith-based institutions modernizing operations while protecting culture and purpose.
Reinvention After Fifty
What experienced professionals do when the roles they trained for are being displaced — taught from the inside, not in theory.
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