"Culture eats strategy for breakfast." - Drucker

Hey everyone, I’m Michael. 👋

I’ve spent most of my career in tech, across startups and big companies, but the thing I’ve become most obsessed with isn’t the tech itself.

It’s how organisations work (or often… don’t).

At a large tech company, I had a front-row seat to how even the smartest, most well-resourced teams can struggle to work together. My role supporting an exec had me trying to drive collaboration across divisions with enormous talent, but who were often more interested in protecting their turf than in collaborating.

I also had a leadership role at another large company where the culture was even more dysfunctional - fear-based leadership, siloed teams and leaders who actively, shamelessly withheld information from each other. I spent most of my time just trying to get people aligned around shared goals.

I’ve also done the startup thing where you’re moving fast, but the same issues show up: unclear direction, misaligned incentives, fragile trust.

That’s what led me to focus full-time on organisational health, i.e. culture. If you care about building great products, supporting your team or just having a workplace that doesn’t drain the life out of you, culture matters.

When I say “organisational health,” I mean the basics that are somehow never basic: clear goals, aligned execution, engaged people and trust between teams. It’s about making sure that everyone knows what we’re trying to achieve, how their work connects to it and that the environment rewards collaboration instead of politics.

I’m here because I believe we can do better. I’m building something new (launching soon 🚀) that reflects that belief. For now, more than anything, I’m here to meet others who care about how people work together, grow and thrive.

I'm eager to hear your stories.