THE PERSON
Who I am
Twenty years of strategic communications, a bestselling book on AI & creativity, and a practice built on relationships that last.
Micah Voraritskul
Founder & Principal
I've spent twenty years helping organizations figure out what they're trying to say and build the systems to say it consistently. Churches, nonprofits, law firms, startups — different industries, same problem: leaders who know what they stand for but can't get that clarity to show up everywhere it needs to.
I wrote Human Is the New Vinyl, a #1 Amazon bestseller about why human creativity becomes more valuable as AI makes content cheaper. I founded VerifiedHuman™, a global certification platform for human-made creative work. I am a Contributor Member of the C2PA alongside Adobe, Sony, and the BBC. That work taught me something I bring to every engagement: the companies that win with AI are the ones that use it without losing their voice.
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I started The Sharp Pencil because growing companies deserve the same strategic thinking as the Fortune 500 — without the overhead, the jargon, or the six-month timeline.
I think it. I build it. I train your team to run it. The person on this page is the person at your table.
In a world where we tend to divide into dreamers and doers, we have in Micah a rare fusion of the best of both categories.
Charles Brian Conn
Communications Director, Lee University
He is a creative who cares about reasons. He is a writer who listens well. He is a founder who works well with others.
J. Aaron Simmons, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, Furman University
