About Mike

Michael Lenox is an award-winning professor, author, speaker, and consultant. For over twenty-five years, he has been helping MBA students and executives navigate the competitive dynamics of markets in the face of innovation and disruption.

From decarbonization to digital transformation, Mike has extensive expertise on the topics most important to today's executives. As a strategy consultant, he has helped numerous organizations devise effective strategies such as General Motors, Dominion Energy, NASA, and the NCAA. As an online educator, he has helped millions of learners improve their strategic thinking and reasoning.

Mike is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He has served on the faculty at Duke and NYU and as a visiting professor at Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford. He holds a PhD from MIT in Technology Management and Policy and a BS and MS in Systems Engineering from UVA.


My Services

Strategy Facilitator

Mike has worked with numerous organizations to help them devise effective strategies. From one-day retreats to multi month planning processes, Mike brings a wealth of expertise to organize and facilitate impactful strategic planning. Leveraging design thinking principles, Mike helps organizations craft strategies that are dynamic and responsive to a fast moving world.

Expert Consultant

Digital Transformation. Decarbonization. Artificial Intelligence. ESG. Mike is a global expert on issues on the top of mind of today’s executives. From sessions with senior leaders, to executive coaching, to industry and technology analyses, he has worked with numerous organizations to help them understand and respond to the disruptions impacting their business.


KEYNOTE Speaker

Mike has spoken to audiences across the globe from San Francisco to Copenhagen to Hong Kong, in small intimate gatherings to auditoriums filled with thousands. Mike will work with you to develop a keynote that is engaging, enlightening, and meets your organization’s or event’s specific learning objectives including both in-person and virtual delivery.