About
The confluence of systematic experience.
I'm John Michael — an AI Product Design Leader whose career represents the natural evolution from traditional UX to human–AI partnership strategy. After decades leading design at Microsoft, Amazon, Disney, Target, and more, I developed Partnership Network Intelligence: a framework for organizations where humans and AI collaborate as deliberate partners, not tools and operators.
This wasn't a career pivot — it was inevitable confluence. Every stakeholder challenge, every scale problem, every cross-functional collaboration prepared me for the organizational design questions that emerge when AI becomes a first-class participant.
Currently co-founding Human Loop Media and developing PNI methodology for enterprise adoption, while remaining available for senior product design leadership roles with organizations ready to architect the future of human–AI collaboration.
Writing
Essays on human–AI partnership.
I write about human–AI collaboration, organizational design, and the future of creative work.
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Away from the keyboard
Mountains, hockey, and ten acres of perspective.
When I'm not solving human–AI collaboration challenges, you'll find me up in the mountains of Washington with my husband, our two rescued dogs, and 10 acres that include a pond we're still figuring out how to maintain properly.
I play and enjoy watching hockey (go Kraken!) and love international travel whenever the calendar allows. The mountains keep me grounded — there's something about clearing trails and fixing fences that puts design problems in perspective.
