Speaking & Workshops
Fearless Leadership. Real Innovation.
Three decades of innovation leadership delivered straight to your team, conference, or community.
Signature Topics
Fearless Innovation Together
Signature keynote on activating innovation from within using existing resources.
Assume Positive Intent
Building cultures of trust, collaboration, and fearless action.
Innovation from the Ground Up
A practical walkthrough of the 5-Step Methodology with real case studies.
Rural Activation & Community Wellness
How small towns leverage existing assets for outsized impact.
Topic 01
Innovation Culture
How world-class innovation organizations actually work — and how to build that mindset into your team. Drawn from 30 years inside Nike's innovation engine.
Topic 02
Community Transformation
The strategic frameworks that make small communities resilient. Using sport, recreation, and wellness as catalysts for economic and identity renewal.
Topic 03
Movement as Prevention
Why movement is the most under-prescribed medicine in America — and how leaders can design environments where activity is the default.
Voices
Trusted across Oregon
Real voices from the communities, organizations, and leaders we've had the privilege to serve.
"Michael doesn't deliver a keynote. He delivers a re-orientation. Our entire leadership team is still acting on what he taught us six months later."
Tom Reilly
"The fearless leadership workshop changed how we approach risk. Real, tactical, and rooted in actual innovation experience — not theory."
Lana Park
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