Michael A. Wheeler

One of Wheeler's areas of focus is negotiation pedagogy. In 2005 he delivered the keynote address ("Is Teaching Negotiation Too Hard, Too Easy, or Both?") at an international conference in Paris called "New Trends in Negotiation Teaching: Toward a Trans-Atlantic Network." Wheeler edited the essay collection Teaching Negotiation: Ideas and Innovation. He is currently co-director of the Pedagogy Initiative at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and Senior Advisor for Teaching Innovation at the Consensus Building Institute (where he was previously a founding board member and chairman). His teaching materials (including simulations, case studies, videos, and computer-based exercises) are used in business schools and professional programs throughout the United States and other countries. In February 2017, Harvard Business School's HBX distance learning platform launched Wheeler's online course Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking Value in the Real World. Wheeler also created the mobile app Negotiation 360, a self-assessment negotiation/best practices tool.

Wheeler was the editor-in-chief of Negotiation Journal from 1995 until 2015, when he took Emeritus status.

Wheeler has taught at Harvard Business School since 1993—first as a Visiting Professor, and then as a Professor of Management. He was awarded a chair—endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 —which he held until 2013. Since then he has continued his teaching at HBS as a Senior Fellow. He previously served as faculty chair of the school's first-year MBA program, where he taught its required course on negotiation. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Politecnico di Torino (Facolta di Architettura), and University of Colorado Law School.

From 1976 to 1991, Wheeler was a weekly commentator on the WGBH (Boston) 10 O'clock News, analyzing public opinion polls and policy issues. (He is a forty-year member of SAG-AFTRA.) In addition, he has appeared on Good Morning America, All Things Considered, and the PBS Newshour.

Michael A. Wheeler (born July 25, 1943) has taught negotiation at Harvard Business School in its MBA program, executive courses, and, more recently, its digital learning platform HBX. His work focuses on negotiation pedagogy, improvisation in complex dynamic processes, ethics and moral decisionmaking, and a range of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. For twenty years he was the Editor in Chief of Negotiation Journal, published by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. As a LinkedIn Influencer, he has more than 200,000 followers. As a negotiation advisor, Wheeler has counseled corporate clients, trade organizations, and government agencies on issues in the United States and abroad.