SERVICES

Keynote Talks — Engaging the Imagination, The Leader's New Work

Leadership Retreats — Leading Artfully; Engaging the Commons of the Imagination

Organizational And Community Dialogues — Stewardship of the Commons, The Art of Collective Engagement

SPEAKER PROFILE

“Who will play your music if you don’t play it yourself?” is a question that was once posed to Michael and which he now poses to others. In so doing he explores the journey of awakening and discovery to which many leaders are now called. Michael maps this journey into the heart of creativity and also lays out a vision for leadership that explores the aesthetic challenges of leading in a creative age: Who am I really? When do I feel most present and alive? Where is home? How am I uniquely called to lead? What is my relationship with grace and beauty? How can I best engage the public imagination and serve the common good in a time of complexity and sudden change?

Weaving together personal stories to convey his message and musical performances to deepen it, Michael reveals the emergence of a new story – one in which no outer force or teaching will affect our progress as much as our common interest in learning from one another. This new story is not given, but found in the commons, a field of wholeness, possibility and emergent creation that lies in the spaces between the notes of our known world. To restore the commons, Michael foresees an opportunity for a renaissance in leadership practice; a time for leaders to experience and understand a new, more subtle intelligence, as a way of offering an imaginative response to our world. With this new intelligence leaders may explore the intersections between dialogue, authentic leadership, the creative impulse and collective innovation in a manner that is inspired, organic and whole.