KEYNOTE SPEAKER · AUTHOR · HUMAN ENABLEMENT
Michael Puck helps HR leaders solve what’s really holding people back—building trust, strengthening culture, and turning human potential into business performance.
THE PROBLEM BEHIND THE PROBLEM
Organizations spend enormous energy treating surface-level issues while the underlying causes stay untouched. The result? More firefighting, less trust, and people who can’t do their best work.
Symptom Debt is the compounding cost organizations carry when they repeatedly address surface-level problems while leaving the underlying causes untouched. Left unchecked, it fuels constant firefighting, unnecessary cost, lost productivity, burnout, and stress.
Through the practical D.O.G. Impact Method, Michael helps HR leaders distinguish symptoms from root causes, optimize trust to activate people, and gain leverage through AI-supported human agency.
Human Enablement creates the conditions in which people have the trust, clarity, tools, and capacity to perform at their best—so the organization can focus more energy on the work that drives business performance.
SEE MICHAEL ON STAGE
Story-driven, perspective-shifting, and built to move audiences from insight to action.
KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS
SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE · EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP
A practical approach to human enablement: distinguish symptoms from root causes, optimize trust to activate people, and gain leverage through AI-supported human agency.
Leave with a clearer way to solve the problem behind the problem.
LEADERSHIP KEYNOTE
KEYNOTE · EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP
When organizations keep treating surface-level problems, they accumulate Symptom Debt. Michael shows leaders how to break the cycle of firefighting and address what is really holding people back.
Spot recurring patterns and create space for lasting change.
LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
KEYNOTE · WORKSHOP
Ask better questions to unlock AI’s potential to expand human agency: the ability to see possibilities, make intentional choices, and act effectively to shape outcomes. Move beyond efficiency and automation to rethink what’s possible for you and your organization.
Gain leverage through AI-supported human agency
AUDIENCE IMPACT
Source: SHRM26 audience feedback · June 18, 2026
THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE
with a canine twist that make the message unforgettable
that trigger the Aha! effect
that empower Monday-morning action
Responses
Engaging
Relevant
Inspiring
Actionable
Attendee rating
“The best I’ve listened to in a long time.”
“Best session at SHRM26.”
“I absolutely loved it. Very actionable”
SPEAKER RESOURCES
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MICHAEL’S BOOK
DON’T CHASE THE DUCKS
Publishing Q1 2027
BRING MICHAEL TO YOUR EVENT
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