Michael is the Editor‐in‐Chief of the MIT Sloan Management Review.
Michael’s early career in media included Inc. magazine, where he served as
Executive Editor from 1991‐2003. Continuing as editor‐at‐large, he wrote
Inc.’s “Reconnaissance” column, covering books, culture, and ideas, and gave a
seminar series around the U.S. on “The Care and Feeding of the 21st Century
CEO,” an exploration of sustainable leadership behaviors and the
organizational innovation practices they support.

From 2004 until 2007, he had been involved in a succession of joint ventures
between the Monitor Group and The Financial Times. In the first ‐ the
Strategic Leadership Agenda ‐ he conceived and conducted numerous video
interviews of Fortune 50 and leading non‐profit CEOs/COOs seeking to
understand evolving trends and changing management challenges. Continuing
this joint venture in a project called FutureMonitor, he served as Director
from 2005‐6, developing an experimental self‐organizing online community
of thought leaders worldwide. The community he designed as a “wisdom‐of‐
crowds” experiment aimed at identifying “what business will need to know
next” ‐ forecasting the effects of near‐term trends in management,
science, technology, and culture. Michael directed the construction of the
technology platform for the overall site including interactive group forums,
and created webcasts, live chats, podcasts, blogs, and other content
capitalizing on digital capabilities.

In other consulting capacities he has worked with numerous publications on
their transition from print to digital media, has helped create original
online magazines and is a founding board member of a new
magazine/community called Jewcy.com. He reported and wrote case
materials for the “Real‐time Case” taught at several universities
under the direction of the
UMass/Amherst business school.

Michael holds a BA in English from Amherst College.