Mike Wittenstein

Over three decades, Mike Wittenstein has successfully guided leaders and their teams through times of immense change. His robust story-driven process helps to bring clarity to ideas, commitment towards outcomes, and growth via strategic thinking. What motivates Mike is when his clients get to see their ideas become real and have others embrace and benefit from them. He inspires and gets his inspiration from that kind of result.

Mike has presented to countless audiences in 24 countries and 100+ cities around the world. Meeting planners, event organizers, and corporate trainers recognize him for his approachable, understandable, and positive presence in front of audiences, online, in videos, and with the press. Based on two years of study and work abroad, Mike also brings international context and the ability to speak in four languages – English (fluent), Portuguese (stage-capable), Spanish (conversational), and Russian (basic).

Mike’s results-driven approach has helped companies such as Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, Holiday Inn, IBM, the University of Phoenix, Piedmont Hospital, Transitions Optical, and hundreds of others. Together, Mike’s clients have created almost $2 billion in value by applying his ideas and proven process for the articulation, execution, and adoption of their strategies, and the design of stories and experiences.

Mike co-led Galileo, one of the world’s first digital agencies, then joined IBM Global Services in the role of eVisionary. Now the founder and managing partner at Storyminers, Mike shepherds companies that lead with service to higher operating results and profitable exits using Storyminers’ unique combination of Story, Strategy, Experience Design, and Technology.