Reveal What’s Hidden.
Align What Matters.
Move What’s Stuck.

I help leaders and teams unlock insight, design adaptive strategy, and find their rhythm in complex systems.

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Curtis Michelson

About

Curtis facilitating with clients in a strategy session

I help organizations listen differently, align deeply, and act wisely. Not by imposing solutions, but by orchestrating the conditions for new insight to arise.

Clients come to me when they’re stuck in old patterns, sensing something new is possible, but not yet clear. I help them surface the invisible dynamics, name what’s next, and build alignment that lasts.

For over a decade, I’ve helped organizations find clarity, connection, and creative momentum. I blend deep attention with strategic insight, helping teams make sense of what’s emerging and move with purpose, quietly amplifying the wisdom that’s already in the room.

Services

Strategic Retreat Facilitation

Catalyze alignment, clarity, and collective momentum—fast.

I design and facilitate high-stakes retreats that help leadership teams surface unspoken dynamics, clarify priorities, and generate shared strategy. Expect deep listening, dynamic immersive learning, and emergent insights — super charged with custom AI assistants 'jedis on the fly'

AI Upskilling

Turn AI from buzzword into organizational leverage.

I help teams move beyond hype into meaningful use of AI—blending strategy, advanced prompting, and novel use cases tailored to your domain. Whether it's workshop sprints or leader-level integrations, we build co-creative capacity with the tools of the future.

Organizational Network Analysis

Reveal the real map of influence, trust, and flow.

I use ONA to make the invisible visible: uncovering who actually holds influence, where collaboration breaks down, and what informal structures shape your org’s future. From there, we design strategic interventions that rewire connection and unlock latent capacity.

Change Capacity Building

Equip your system to adapt—without burning out.

More than a change plan—I help you build internal capacity for sensing, decision-making, and adaptive movement. We work with real-time tensions, not idealized org charts. Expect rhythm, reflection, and rigorous design thinking.

Executive Coaching

Reflective space for transformative leaders.

I coach systems-aware leaders who want to think clearer, feel deeper, and lead truer. This is not performance coaching—it’s pattern-shifting work. We listen to what’s unsaid, reframe the core questions, and tune your leadership signal.

Testimonials

"A note to say huge thanks for the amazing support during our recent sprint. The team said you were one of the highlights of the sprint for them."

Sophie Krantz
Innovation Coach, ExO.Works

"Your creative playfaul spirit, don't ever change it."

Alex Humphreys
VP Innovation, Ithaka

"You really helped us see the landscape on those just-in-time Miro boards during our sprint. It helped my team not waste time on a search rabbit hole."

Carmen Lam
Innovation Coach, Exo.Works

Clients I've Worked With

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