Dr. Michelle Penelope King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. With over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle emphasizes the need to understand how workplaces function in order to make them work for everyone. She hosts a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work. Her second book, How Work Works, will be published internationally on September 19, 2023, with Harper Collins.
Michelle is a published, award-winning academic with five degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism, and a PhD in Management. She is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
Her expertise has been featured in major publications such as The Economist, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, CNN Business, Fortune, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Time, Business Insider, The Times, Daily Mail, and LinkedIn Editors. Additionally, Michelle is an award-winning speaker, having spoken at over 500 events worldwide, including the Nobel Peace Prize Conference, Ellevate Network Conference, The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Texas Conference for Women, SXSW, She Summit, and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. Represented by London Speakers Bureau, she regularly hosts keynotes, fireside chats, or masterclasses with companies like Amazon, FIFA, Guardian, Dior, FedEx, Netflix, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and MetLife, among others.
Michelle is the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with assessment, development, and inclusion coaching to build cultures that value diversity. She is also a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, leading the NextGen Leadership Development Program, which helps young women navigate and overcome barriers to their success. Previously, she was the Director of Inclusion at Netflix and headed UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change, managing over 30 private sector partnerships to accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment.
With two decades of international experience in the private sector, Michelle has consistently advanced gender equality and enhanced global opportunities for women. In 2022, she was named LinkedIn’s Top Voice for workplace equity and was recognized among the Top 100 Women at Davos by Global Women’s Leadership Experts. In 2019, Women Tech Founders awarded her the Inspiring Innovator Award for her outstanding achievements in the tech industry.
Dr. Michelle Penelope King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. With over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle emphasizes the need to understand how workplaces function in order to make them work for everyone. She hosts a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work. Her second book, How Work Works, will be published internationally on September 19, 2023, with Harper Collins.
Michelle is a published, award-winning academic with five degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism, and a PhD in Management. She is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.
Her expertise has been featured in major publications such as The Economist, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, CNN Business, Fortune, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Time, Business Insider, The Times, Daily Mail, and LinkedIn Editors. Additionally, Michelle is an award-winning speaker, having spoken at over 500 events worldwide, including the Nobel Peace Prize Conference, Ellevate Network Conference, The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Texas Conference for Women, SXSW, She Summit, and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. Represented by London Speakers Bureau, she regularly hosts keynotes, fireside chats, or masterclasses with companies like Amazon, FIFA, Guardian, Dior, FedEx, Netflix, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and MetLife, among others.
Michelle is the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with assessment, development, and inclusion coaching to build cultures that value diversity. She is also a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, leading the NextGen Leadership Development Program, which helps young women navigate and overcome barriers to their success. Previously, she was the Director of Inclusion at Netflix and headed UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change, managing over 30 private sector partnerships to accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment.
With two decades of international experience in the private sector, Michelle has consistently advanced gender equality and enhanced global opportunities for women. In 2022, she was named LinkedIn’s Top Voice for workplace equity and was recognized among the Top 100 Women at Davos by Global Women’s Leadership Experts. In 2019, Women Tech Founders awarded her the Inspiring Innovator Award for her outstanding achievements in the tech industry.
