Dr Michelle P King is not a commentator on the future of work, but one of the people shaping it. As one of the world’s leading organisational psychologists, she had held some of the most demanding people and culture roles in the world, including Director of Inclusion at Netflix and Head of Innovation and Technology at UN Women.
She has studied, and been responsible for, workplace culture, earning herself degrees in:
– Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organisational Psychology
– Master of Arts in Industrial Organisational Psychology
– Master of Business Administration
– Post Graduate Degree in Journalism
– PhD in Management
This combination of academic rigour and real-world experience is what sets her apart from anyone else in the speaking market.
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Dr Michelle P King | Awards and Recognition
– LinkedIn 2020: Top Voices For Equity in the Workplace
– AXIOM Award Winner: Business Book Awards Silver Medal
– Top 100 Women at Davos: Global Women’s Leadership Events
– Thinkers50: Talent Award Shortlist 2023
– Nobel Peace Prize: Conference Speaker 2020
– #1 Speaker on the Human Side of Work
Dr Michelle P King | The Culture Practice
Michelle founded the international consultancy The Culture Practice in 2020 and has since worked with a number of leading companies working on diversity, equality and inclusion, building strategic roadmaps, innovative solutions and toolkits to help businesses create successful cultures that truly values difference.
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Dr Michelle P King | Books and Media
In 2020, Michelle P King published her first book, The Fix: Overcome the Hidden Barriers Holding Women Back at Work. The book provides a practical roadmap for women to address inequality and make the workplace work for them.
Her second book titled How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself was published in 2023. This book helps readers navigate the unwritten rules of the workplace, understanding the key to success and identifies how to find meaning and remain authentic in the business world.
Michelle has been featured in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNN, The Economist, The Times, CNBC, Fortune, Time, Business Insider, The Times, Daily Mail and LinkedIn Editors.
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Dr Michelle P King | Keynote Topics
The Science Of Thriving At Work: What separates the organisations where people do their best work from the ones where they don’t? Dr King draws on original research to reveal the three fundamental psychological needs that drive human motivation, performance and wellbeing, and gives leaders and their people a practical framework for creating the conditions where everyone can flourish. Key takeaways: understanding what they need to perform, engage and thrive; recognise when their environment is working for them and how to shift it when it is not; reclaim motivation and purpose during periods of uncertainty; and make empowered decisions about career with confidence.
AI Navigation: The Number One Skill Your People Need Right Now: Every organisation is investing in AI. Almost none are investing in the one skill that determines whether that investment pays off: the ability to use AI in a way that grows human capability rather than quietly replacing it. The leaders and teams who master it will be more productive, more creative and more resilient than those who don’t. The ones who don’t will find their confidence, capability and judgement slowly eroding, while their output metrics stay the same. Key takeaways: how to use AI in a way that actively builds their skills and confidence; recognise the difference between AI that amplifies human performance and AI that creates silent dependency; apply the AI Navigation framework to their daily work; and build habits that keep their human capabilities sharp.
What AI Is Really Doing to Your People: AI is transforming how work gets done and the organisations that get ahead will be the ones who understand what that means for their people. Dr King introduces Positive Capability Drift, her original research framework showing how to harness AI’s potential while protecting and growing the human capabilities that drive long-term performance. Key takeaways: understand what AI adoption means for human capability; identify the four stages of Positive Capability Drift; build an AI strategy that enhances human performance; and have the forward-looking conversations with their trams that put people first.
Your Career Is Dead: Four Ways To Build One That Lasts: The professionals who thrive in the age of AI are not the ones who know the most. They are the ones who know how to keep learning, adapt with confidence, and build the human skills no algorithm can replicate. Key takeaways: identify the four strategies that future-proof any career in the age of AI; build the meta-skills that make them more valuable as technology changes; take ownership of their professional development; and navigate career transitions and organisational change.
The Last Skill: Learning How To Learn: Learning how to learn is no longer a soft skill. It is the defining human capability of the AI era. Dr King draws on the latest cognitive science and her original workplace research to give your people a practical framework for building the metacognitive skills that make every other skill possible. Key takeaways: understand why learning agility is now the most valuable capability of any organisation; identify the habits and mindsets that accelerate learning; build a personal learning practice that keeps place with change; and create a team culture where curiosity and growth become the norm.
Building Workplaces For Everyone: The most high-performing cultures are not built on policy. They are built on the conditions that allow every person to contribute fully. Dr King shows leaders how to identify and remove the structural barriers that limit their people’s potential and build the kind of inclusive, high-trust culture that attracts and retains the best talent in any market. Key takeaways: create the conditions where every person performs at their best; identify cultural barriers that are limiting productivity and innovation; build psychological safety and trust at every level; and move from good intentions to structural changes that make culture genuinely work.
It’s Not Your People Who Need Fixing. It’s Your Workplace: For decades, organisations have responded to inequality by running programmes to help people adapt to a system designed  without them in mind. The research is unambiguous: it does not work. Dr King shows leaders why fixing the workplace, not the people in it, is the only strategy that delivers lasting culture change and real competitive advantage. Key takeaways: understand why fixing the workplace is the only strategy that works; identify the invisible structural barriers limiting your talent pipelines; build the informal culture that gives everyone an equal shot at success; and turn inclusion from a compliance conversation into a competitive advantage.
Dr Michelle P King | Other Speaking Topics
The Future of Workplace Culture: Â Five forces are fundamentally changing how, where, and why we work. This talk equips leaders with what they need to know to stay ahead.
Inequality at Work: Hidden barriers still block advancement for too many people. This talk identifies what they are and gives organisations practical tools to remove them.
Burnout: Burnout is not a personal failing – it is an organisational one. This talk reveals the three core psychological needs that must be met for people to truly thrive at work.
Boredom at Work: Disengagement is costly, but it is also preventable. This talk offers five evidence-based ways to make work meaningfully motivating again.
Leading For the Future: The leadership playbook has changed. This talk covers the five practices that define future-reader leaders in an era of constant disruption.
The Psychological Cost of AI: AI adaptation is quietly eroding autonomy, competence, and connection at work. This talk explains the hidden human cost and how organisations can manage it.
What High Performing AI-Enabled Teams Do Differently: The best teams are not just using AI – they are using it in ways that strengthen human capability. This talk reveals what sets them apart.
Closing the Graduate Skills Gap: The next generation of talent is entering a workplace that has changed faster than education has. This talk gives leaders the insight to support them effectively.
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Why Book Dr Michelle P King?
– The Research Nobody Else Has: Original data and two decades of organisational psychology that gives leaders a new way of understanding their people.
– The Only Speaker Connecting Toxic Workplaces and AI: Dr King shows organisations how to harness AI while protecting the human capabilities that drive long-term performance.
– Three Bestselling Books, One Proven Framework: Published, peer-reviewed, and trusted by readers worldwide; tools your leaders can use the moment they leave the room.
– She Has Already Been In Your Room: With over 500 events under her belt, from Amazon to Netflix, JP Morgan, SXSW, MetLife, The World Economic Forum, and the Nobel Peace Prize Conference.
– The Talk They Are Still Talking About: Audiences leave with new language, new frameworks, new tools, and a new way of leading.
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Dr Michelle P King | Clients
Amazon, Bank of Singapore, Design It, Dior, Ellevate, EY, FBA, FedEx, FIFA, FQ, Gilead, Girl Up, the Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Infosys, Jenner & Block, JP Morgan, LinkedIn, MetLife, Nasdaq, Netflix, the Nobel Peace Prize, RPC, Sanofi, She Summit, SXSW, TEDx, UN Women, WEF.
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