Co-Founder
Senior Curator
& Chief Executive Officer
Brigadier General (Ret) John E. Michel is a lifelong transformational, business executive, and widely sought-after TED speaker, best-selling author, and organizational change expert whose award- winning work has been featured in a wide variety of articles and journals, including the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CEO Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily, Huffington Post, National Geographic, Joint Forces Quarterly, and the Washington Post.
During his over 26 years of military service, General Michel held a series of key leadership positions in transportation, logistics, and operations. In addition to leading NATO’s unprecedented 14-nation effort in Afghanistan to build the $6.7 Billion Afghan Air Force, where his team was awarded the 2014 Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in Maintenance Training, Advice, and Assistance of Foreign Security Forces, the Department of Defense’s highest award for innovative nation building efforts, he was the only senior military leader in the Department of Defense to successfully develop and personally lead three large-scale, multi-billion dollar global transformation efforts
A passionate entrepreneur and mobility futurist, General Michel is a member of the U.S. Council for Competitiveness and serves as the Executive Director of Skyworks Global, the world’s leading gyronautics company, as well as on various Boards and national councils. He is a staunch advocate for improving access to care for our nation’s most vulnerable population, particularly the disabled and the elderly, and is committed to helping fellow veterans embrace entrepreneurism.
Publications:
- Mediocre Me: How Saying No to the Status Quo Will Transform You From Ordinary to Extraordinary
- Encouraging Innovation, Empowerment, Trust and Collaboration
- Harvard Business Review
- Huffington Post: 10 Leadership Lessons From U.S. Commanding General John E. Michel
- CXO Talk Interview
- National Geographic: From the Battlefield to the Boardroom
- Washington Post: Pushing Past Mediocrity in the Federal Workplace
- Military Logistics Forum: Who’s Who Q&A
- USTRANSCOM Transforms Command Culture for Future
- USTRANSCOM Strategic Plan Update
- New Strategy to Posture USTRANSCOM for Post-war Future
- In-Person Radio Appearance on the David Webb Show, SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 (5 March 2013)
- Television Interview on “Wilkow!”, The Blaze TV (5 March 2013)
- Radio Interview on the David Webb Show, SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 (28 Feb 2013)
- Book Reviews at GoodReads.com
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @JohnEMichel
Facebook: GenJohnMichel
