Wani Iris Manly, Esq.

Wani Iris Manly, Esq. is a bestselling author, TEDx and award-winning keynote speaker, and transformational attorney who helps organizations and leaders turn disruption into direction. Through her signature framework, Changing Changes
Everything®, Wani is on a mission to disrupt the statistic that over 70% of change initiatives fail—and instead help organizations, their leaders, and employees embrace change as a superpower and thrive through it.

With over two decades of experience in corporate law advising Fortune 500 companies, global executives, and entrepreneurs, Wani blends legal expertise, bold storytelling, and strategic insight to deliver high-impact keynotes and workshops around the world. Her portfolio includes Visa, Mastercard, and Office
Depot, and her speaking audiences have included Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Penn State, and WeWork, among others.
Wani’s unique perspective comes from her longevity in both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds not only as a legal advisor to major institutions, but as a multi-business founder. She is the creator of three ventures: W. Manly, P.A., her
boutique corporate, business, and IP law firm; Where Inspiration Meets Law®, a legal template and education platform for entrepreneurs; and House of Inspirational Business, her Paris-based speaking and consultancy firm.

She is the author of Get Out of Survival Mode and Live
the Life You Really Want and co-author of two
additional bestsellers. Wani is widely recognized for
her radical leap leaving Miami for Paris with no plan,
no French, and no safety net guided only by a year of
daily signs pointing her to the French capital.
When Wani is not speaking or advising, you ’ll find herin a Parisian café, exploring the South of France, or
fulfilling her six-year-old self’s dream of living between
Europe and the U.S.