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Mykel Dixon is an award-winning speaker, creator of Wild Work™, and trusted advisor to the world’s most ambitious brands to measure and iignite what matters most: the life in your people.
When did ‘good enough’ start feeling like winning?
When did your best people stop bringing their best ideas?
When did you last walk into a room and feel something crackle?
THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ALIVENESS
Your company is fine. That’s the problem.
Smart strategy. Healthy dashboards. People show up. Work gets done. But does anything bring you alive?
Everyone knows it. No one names it. And it’s costing you talent, speed and ideas.
Your company is fine. That’s the problem.
Smart strategy. Healthy dashboards. People show up. Work gets done. But does anything bring you alive?
Everyone knows it. No one names it. And it’s costing you talent, speed and ideas.
Fine isn’t neutral. It’s expensive.
When organisations stop feeling alive, they become functional but forgettable. Decisions slow, ownership fades, politics grow, creativity dulls.
The problem isn’t strategy, effort, or morale. They’re just symptoms.
Aliveness is the next advantage.
Aliveness is the upstream condition that determines whether everything in your organisation works — or fails.
When aliveness is high — People move. Ideas flow. Courage increases. Ownership appears. Momentum builds.
When aliveness is low — Strategy stalls. Innovation dulls. Trust erodes. Change feels heavy. People disengage or disappear.
Aliveness in action
Aliveness is the upstream condition that determines whether everything in your organisation works — or fails.
WHEN ALIVENESS IS HIGH
People move. Ideas flow. Courage increases. Ownership appears. Momentum builds.
This isn't philosophy. It's operating reality. And it's measurable.
WHEN ALIVENESS IS LOW
Strategy stalls. Innovation dulls. Trust erodes. Change feels heavy. People disengage or disappear.
Aliveness isn’t random. It’s patterned.
THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ALIVENESS
PRESENCE
Be here before you begin.
The quality of attention determines
the quality of everything.
MOVEMENT
Aliveness is energy on the move.
The quality of your attention determines the quality of everything else.
RHYTHM
Pulse, don’t push
Energy isn’t a willpower problem
it’s a design problem.
EDGE
Growth lives where comfort ends.
If nobody's nervous,
nothing's changing.
CONNECTION
Nobody thrives alone.
The space between people is where performance lives or dies.
Eight principles found in every living system on earth — from old growth forests to jazz ensembles to the highest-performing teams in business.
EXPRESSION
Make what only you can make.
The most alive organisations don't just perform — they create.
CRAFT
The details are the culture.
What you make beautiful
becomes easier to believe.
COHERENCE
When everything sings together.
Alignment isn't agreement — it's diverse elements in service of the same thing.
Aliveness isn’t random. It’s patterned.
THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ALIVENESS
PRESENCE
Be here before you begin.
The quality of attention determines
the quality of everything.
MOVEMENT
Aliveness is energy on the move.
The quality of your attention determines the quality of everything else.
RHYTHM
Pulse, don’t push
Energy isn’t a willpower problem
it’s a design problem.
EDGE
Growth lives where comfort ends.
If nobody's nervous,
nothing's changing.
CONNECTION
Nobody thrives alone.
The space between people is where performance lives or dies.
Eight principles found in every living system on earth — from old growth forests to jazz ensembles to the highest-performing teams in business.
EXPRESSION
Make what only you can make.
The most alive organisations don't just perform — they create.
CRAFT
The details are the culture.
What you make beautiful
becomes easier to believe.
COHERENCE
When everything sings together.
Alignment isn't agreement — it's diverse elements in service of the same thing.
Mykel Dixon is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and the creator of Wild Work™ — the world's first diagnostic methodology for organisational aliveness, built on living systems science.
Part strategist, part artist, part provocateur.
A former musician turned creative and strategic partner to the world’s most ambitious brands, Mykel brings something no other speaker can: two decades leading at the intersection of creativity, culture, and strategy — distilled into a living framework that's as rigorous as it is electrifying.
He's delivered keynotes, offsites, and leadership programs across four continents for organisations including Google, Schneider Electric, Medibank, BHP, Atlassian, and Suntory. His book Everyday Creative was named the #1 leadership book in Australia. His live experiences — featuring original music, full audience participation, and game-changing frameworks — have been called "the best session in 20+ years of conferences" by leaders across industries.
But Mykel doesn't just deliver talks. He creates threshold moments — the kind that shift how people think, feel, and act. The kind people talk about for years. his work doesn’t just feel good. It works.
The Framework
Wild Work™ gives leaders the language to name what's missing, the tools to measure what matters, and the experiences to transform it. Three formats. One system. Measurable results.
Developed over a decade working with global brands, our proven methodology is how we help our clients spark real connection, ignite wild creativity, and drive lasting cultural momentum.
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"Mykel exudes energy and compassion and played a pivotal role in shaping such a meaningful experience. We could not have created such a memorable event without him."
Samantha Yorke— Senior Executive, Google Australia
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"Mykel gave our event an edge and our audience something they’ve never seen before. It was awesome. He is awesome. If you want your event to be awesome, then just hire him."
Jacquie Scammell - Director of Customer Experience, Tennis Australia
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"The work we did with Myke to launch a groundbreaking culture change was the fastest and furthest reaching impact I’ve ever seen in a corporate program. 3 years on people still rave about it."
Christian Miran – Senior Exec, Talent, Culture, Capability, Medibank
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"I’ve been with Schneider Electric for 11 years and I haven’t seen anything quite like it. The vibe and energy that we saw come out of the team was electric."
Rachel Trimboli- Global Brand Leader, Schneider Electric
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"If I could replicate and bottle Myke, I'd be a billionaire ten times over - he is pure magic. A master of creating experiences that no one is expecting, and they can't stop talking about."
Jo Vohland - GM, ATC Events
“Want to hear what your team might say?”
Everyday Creative
A dangerous guide to making magic at work
Named the #1 leadership book in Australia by the esteemed Australian Business Book Awards.
“An instant classic written by a guy who lives and breathes his message.”
Jules Lund - Founder, Tribe
