Work From The Inside Out 131: Follow Your Journey of Discovery with Michael Freedman
Michael Freedman told me, “I didn't know what I wanted to do until I was 55. I was walking through life. I'm a reasonably intelligent, hardworking guy. ...nothing special. Right? I was good at communicating, collaborating. I was a project manager as an operational manager. None of that really challenged me or fed my soul. I liked the interaction and being productive. All that was good. That's a job. When I left teaching high school, and I reflected on what I wanted to do, and it occurred to me that I wanted to do something else meaningful.”
For 20 years, Michael Freedman led operational service organizations providing comprehensive services to financial market data customers and technology sales executives in top-tier technology businesses. He then transitioned into education to be more available at home as a Dad to his two boys, now 18 and 20, and after 15 years teaching high school English, Michael followed his entrepreneurial instincts to develop this legacy business.
Today, Michael serves as the founder and CEO of Practical Academics whose mission is to educate, empower, and engage people in their personal, professional, and civic lives. Practical Academics uses a mentored small group model to build and deliver meaningful and engaging learning experiences. Their current project brings the benefits of career coaching and professional development. Practical Academics helps coaches, solopreneurs, and organizations develop their programs and business with design guidance and services delivery platforms, marketing and operates a professional development community, called the instructional artists collective.
In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Michael’s journey:
- Michael has complemented his working career with public service as the Board Chair of two nonprofits, a charter school board chair, and a high school district trustee.
- He has an MA from the Annenberg School at USC communications management, and a BA from UC Santa Barbara in speech communications.
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