Michael explores the intersectionality of business and well-being.

Michael is an accomplished entrepreneur, practitioner, and educator. For over 12 years, he served as the founder and CEO of Sub Rosa, a strategy and design firm that has worked with some of the world’s most influential organizations, from the ACLU, Google, Microsoft, and Nike to The United Nations and the Obama Administration. 

Alongside this work, Michael has spent more than a decade working in private practice with individuals seeking support through an indigenous medicine practice grounded in the traditions of the Nahua people. His book, Applied Empathy (Simon & Schuster 2018) explores the intersectionality of these two worlds (business and well-being) through the practice of empathy for the self, and for others. He has served as a board member and adviser to a variety of organizations including The Burning Man Project, The Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the United Nations’ Tribal Link Foundation. 

He is a visiting lecturer at institutions such as Princeton University and the United States Military Academy at West Point. An ardent steward of self development practices, Michael is frequently engaged as an adviser to leaders seeking personal and professional growth.

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