Empowering Visionaries to Change the World Through Innovation, High Performance, and Strategy.
Experience the Unparalleled Insights of JD Meier: 25 Years of Microsoft, Former Head Coach for Satya Nadella’s innovation team, and Innovator Driving Digital Transformation Worldwide.
Introduction: Unleash your greatest leadership potential! Become a smarter, more creative, more capable you. Master high performance, innovation, and strategy.
Who I Am: Hi, I’m JD Meier. I help leaders change the world!
“Innovation is creativity with a job to do.” — John Emmerling
Unleashing Innovation and High Performance: JD is my name. Innovation is my game. I’ll teach you the mindset, skillset, and toolset to unleash your greatest leadership potential. I’ll also share stories, strategies, and skills to give you an edge in work and life. And I’ll equip you with mentors, models, and maps to help you become future-ready.
Former Head Coach for Microsoft Satya Nadella’s Innovation Team: I was the head coach for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s innovation team. My job was to speed up innovation and help everybody learn how to create better business because of technology around the world.
Dream Big, Innovate Big: To create a better future, we need to dream big again. Innovation is a skill and it’s one of the best skills you can learn for work and life. You can think of innovation simply as the adoption of new ideas, but really it’s applied creativity. And creativity is one of our most powerful abilities and hallmarks for humankind.
Empowering Visionaries: Everybody has creative potential inside them, but the key is to unleash it in a way that makes you come alive. Whether you’re a trailblazing executive, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a visionary change-maker, JD Meier’s insights and strategies are tailored to amplify your potential and spark transformation.
About Me: Hi, I am J.D. Meier…
Human Potential on Fire: At the core of all I do is advancing human potential. A tagline and slogan I often use is: Human Potential on Fire! I believe in the power of humanity to create and shape a better world. But I also believe we need to unleash that potential and that we can realize that potential through innovation, high performance, and entrepreneurship.
Living and Leading the Agile Way: I’m the best-selling author of Getting Results the Agile Way. The Agile Way is really a way of adapting to your changing world. As I like to say in my talks, “Nature favors the flexible.” It’s a whole person approach to strategic productivity and the tagline is: “Better energy, better results.”
Microsoft Strategist, Advisor, Director, Program Manager: I’ve learned a few lifetimes of lessons at Microsoft over 25 years. At work, I’ve played the role of Director, Strategist, Architect, Program Manager, and Support Engineer.
Leading Innovation: I’ve been a senior business executive at Microsoft leading innovation with a special focus on digital transformation and sustainability. In other words, I’m trying to help save the planet, while helping leaders create more sustainable businesses that are good for people and good for the planet.
Enabling the Genius in Others: I’ve been a CEO Whisperer, High Performance coach, and best-selling author for productivity and time management. I’ve shipped software, led high-performance teams, and shaped the future of platforms and technologies.
Created the Book of Dreams Framework at Microsoft: I created the Book of Dreams framework at Microsoft to help leaders reimagine the future and explore the art of the possible in a digital world.
Exploring the Art of the Possible: One of the big ideas in the Book of Dreams is to really explore “the art of the possible.” With all the digital innovation happening around the world, it’s time to reimagine the future and to envision some bold ambitions.
Building Frameworks and Learning Platforms: I’ve built a lot of frameworks and learning platforms. As one of my mentors put it, “If you frame and name the space, you own it.” Creating frameworks is a way to empower people to collaborate and build expertise and accelerate learning.
Innovation is My Game (And I Enjoy Changing the Game): I am known as an “ideas guy” and an innovator. But I’m also known as a doer and a driver. I’ve learned a great deal about innovation from the school of hard knocks.
Sharing Expertise Through Principles, Patterns, and Proven Practices: I am known in some circles as “the patterns and practices guy.” You can think of patterns simply as “problem and solution pairs in a context.” Patterns are a great way to share and scale expertise.
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: I’m a big believer in standing on the shoulder of giants to go further in this lifetime. I learn from all I can. In particular, I draw from great books, great people, and great quotes.
Running with the Titans: I’m a big fan of helping people “Stand on the shoulders of giants.” Better yet, as a late friend told me, “I help people run with the Titans.” Are you ready to run?