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Michael J. D. Sutton PhD, CMC, FBEI, MIT is an Innovative Researcher, Knowledge Scientist, and Learning Engineer. Over the past 50 years, he has distinguished himself in the business and educational fields of:
• Game-Based Learning,
• Serious Games, Simulations, and Immersive Learning Environments
• Online and Distance Education,
• Executive Coaching and Mentoring,
• Leadership and Executive Development,
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• Entrepreneurship/Edupreneurship,
• Management Consulting and Facilitation,
• Data Mining and Foresight Planning,
• Business Process Management,
• Business Intelligence and Competitive Intelligence,
• Knowledge Management/Mobilization,
• Records Management and Document Management.
He has extensive experience in educating, teaching, managing, technically architecting, and leading strategic business and educational initiatives. He was a Practice Director for over fifteen years, concentrating his analysis, management, and systems thinking talent in this emerging practitioner field of Knowledge Management. Within academic Business Schools he motivated his learners to adopt an “entrepreneurial spirit” that is necessary to succeed in our complex world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). He has coached and mentored founders of start-ups, SMEs, as well as executives and managers in Fortune 500 firms.
Prior to returning to McGill to work on his doctorate in 2000, he participated in various applied research projects outside of the university environment resulting in numerous publications in academic and trade journals. His independent scholarly research culminated in the publication of his first book, Document Management for the Enterprise: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, (Wiley, 1996), which has been widely adopted by corporations and universities and recently translated into Russian. Since graduating, he has taught as a Professor in numerous institutions of higher education, leadership institutes, continuing educational programs, and community colleges. Michael was invited to achieve his PhD in Knowledge Management from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, CANADA and graduated at the young age of 57, an exemplar of a lifelong learner. Michael since been an innovative experiential learning educator.
Michael is a recognized thought leader and sought-after author/keynote speaker in the emergent Game-Based Learning and Gamification fields. He has presented and published numerous papers in that emergent field, but most recently completed a co-authored text in September 2019 with a close colleague, Kevin Allen, entitled: EMOTIFY! The Power of the Human Element in Game-Based Learning, Serious Games and Experiential Education.
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