How to Speak Freely
Candor, dissent, psychological safety, and the gap between a leader’s stated openness and an organization’s actual tolerance for unwelcome truth.
Keynote · Workshop · Moderated conversationSpeaking & executive education
Bring an ancient problem
into the room.
Keynotes, workshops, interviews, and moderated conversations that connect Greece and Rome to the pressures of contemporary professional life.
Start a conversation →Signature subjects
Ancient wisdom without the marble dust.
Humor & Influence
How humor builds trust, lowers resistance, manages status, and helps people address what cannot be said directly.
Keynote · Interactive workshopThe Art of Bullshit
Ancient lessons in false authority, charismatic fraud, credibility theater, and intellectual self-defense.
Keynote · Workshop · InterviewFor whom
Leaders, professional teams, universities, and intellectually curious audiences.
Every engagement is adapted to the room. Talks can be intellectually substantial without becoming academic lectures—and practical without collapsing into slogans.
Michael has delivered more than 100 presentations internationally and has created executive-education programs for Cornell.
Inquiries
Tell me about the audience and the problem you want the room to think about.
Email Michael →fontaine@cornell.edu