John Keithan Coyle (born August 18, 1968) is an American
short track speedskater who was part of the U.S. silver medal-winning relay team at the
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...
. He is also an
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
, speaker and
Design Thinking
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expert.
Early life and education
Coyle was born in
Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the city's population at 139,387, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb.
T ...
and moved to
West Bloomfield, Michigan
West Bloomfield Township, officially the Charter Township of West Bloomfield, is a charter township in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within the Detroit metropolitan area. It is one of the most expensive ...
when he was five years old and lived there until college. Coyle completed his primary and secondary school years at
Southfield Christian School
Southfield Christian School (SCS) is a private, college-preparatory Christian school in Southfield, Michigan. It is a ministry of Highland Park Baptist Church for grades PK– 12.
History
SCS was founded in 1970.
Academics
Southfield Christian ...
in
Southfield, Michigan
Southfield is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618.
As a northern suburb of Detroit, Southfield shares part of its ...
. He graduated with a B. S honors in Engeenering- Product Design (1986) from
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
. His academic advisor was
David M. Kelley
David M. Kelley (born February 10, 1951) is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, businessman, and educator. He is co-founder of the design firm IDEO and a professor at Stanford University. He has received several honors for his contrib ...
, the founder of the Stanford University's
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford - known as the d.school and the design firm
IDEO
IDEO () is a design and consulting firm with offices in the U.S., England, Germany, Japan, and China. It was founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1991. The company's 700 staff uses a design thinking approach to design products, services, environ ...
. Coyle earned an
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
in Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship from
The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1997.
Beginnings and sports career
As a young athlete, Coyle competed in a variety of sports including BMX, skateboarding, and cross country skiing, short and long track speed skating and velodrome and road cycling, the latter of which were with
The Wolverine Sports Club in Detroit, trained by coach Mike Walden. In his early teens, Coyle was the Michigan state champion simultaneously in seven sports. He went on to become an internationally competitive cyclist, winning the U.S. Junior Cycling Championships in 1986, and placing 10th that year at the World Junior Championships in
Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
. That same year he made his first national speedskating team and competed in the World short track speedskating championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Coyle was a member of the
U.S. National Cycling team, the 7-11 Cycling team, the U.S. National Speedskating team for several years and has won the Michigan State Cycling Championships six times.
As a senior at Stanford, while studying full-time in California, Coyle finished in 12th place at the World Short Track Speedskating Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After graduation he focused on speedskating full-time for the next four years. Before the
1994 Winter Olympic Games
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...
, Coyle's best international short-track finish was a bronze medal at the
1993 World Winter University Games in the relay. The following year, as a member of the American relay team, Coyle won the silver medal in the 5000-meter relay competition in the Winter Olympic Games in
Lillehammer, Norway
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...
. In 1995, Coyle set US records at the US trials in the 444m time trial, the 1000m time trial, the 500m, and the 1000m and unofficially skated a second under the world record in the 1000m.
Since retiring from competitive sports, Coyle has provided on-air commentary and support to NBC as an Olympic Sports Television Analyst for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Olympic games broadcasts. His on-air support also includes several features with
Summer Sanders and
Jeremy Bloom
Jeremy Bloom is an American former skier and American football player. As a skier, he is a one-time world champion, two-time Olympian, and 10-time World Cup gold medalist. He was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2013.
Bloom was a fr ...
.
Post-Sports Career & Writing/Speaking
After obtaining his MBA, Coyle became a consultant at
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (casually referred to as Diamond) was an independent management consulting firm founded in 1994, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with satellite offices in Hartford, Connecticut, New York City, Washing ...
, helping clients including
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...
,
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional companies. ...
and
AOL/Time Warner to build new business models. He then joined the mobile telecom company,
U.S. Cellular
United States Cellular Corporation (doing business as UScellular) is an American mobile network operator. It is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (which owns an 84% stake). The company was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in ...
, where he eventually became the head of innovation. Following that, he joined Maddock Douglas, an agency of innovation, where he was the Senior Vice President of innovation and continues to serve as a Fellow.
Coyle is the founder and CEO of The Art of Really Living, a platform exploring the intersection of strengths, resiliency and the cognitive perception of time. Coyle is active in the fields of chronoception and
horology
Horology (; related to Latin '; ; , interfix ''-o-'', and suffix ''-logy''), . is the study of the measurement of time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic cl ...
– the study of how humans process and experience time. Coyle's stated mission is to innovate the human experience.
Coyle is also the author of Design For Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths, which explores the concepts of design thinking and strength-finding to help individuals learn problem solving methods that lead to breakthrough performance. He also wrote a book and produced a video called The Art of Really Living Time Manifesto.
Coyle teaches innovation courses and has lectured at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
,
Marquette University
Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...
and at the
CEDIM University Graduate School center for design, innovation and business in
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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Coyle is a two-time
TED (conference), TEDx presenter, and gave a keynote for the 2015 Chicago Ideas Week Edison Talks. His current occupation is writing books, and delivering keynote speeches, workshops and summits in the fields of design thinking, strengths, resiliency, innovation, leadership development and chronoception. He has been featured in
Fast Company
''Fast Company'' is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. It publishes six print issues per year.
History
''Fast Company'' was launched in November 1995 by Alan Web ...
,
Strategy+Business
Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art ...
, and
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
.
Awards
1994 Winter Olympic Games - 5000m relay (Silver Medal)
1995 World Team Championships (Bronze Medal)
2018 AzBee Award for Best Web How-To Article (National Silver)
References
External links
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Professional Bio
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1968 births
Living people
American male short track speed skaters
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in short track speed skating
Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
People from West Bloomfield, Michigan
Sportspeople from Oakland County, Michigan