We invite you to join us in hearing from Dr. Mike Halvorson, who teaches history, business, and innovation-related courses at Pacific Lutheran University. He worked at Microsoft Corporation from 1985 to 1993 and has written over 40 books about software, technology, and history. He is a PLU graduate (1985), and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington. He currently serves as Director of Innovation Studies and Benson Family Chair in Business and Economic History.

His latest book is This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators, which has been shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2025 in the Change & Sustainability Category. With the help of fellow PLU historian Fulton Bryan-Anderson, Mike also helps produce Innovative History, a podcast that explores new directions in historical research and storytelling, using creative approaches to teaching and learning history, including using video games to study the past, musicians as agents of historical change, the roots of capitalism, and the impact of new technologies on research.

It looks like this is going to be a very interesting talk, so don’t miss it!

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