Heyokha Leadership

Partner | CEO

Jagatjoti S. Khalsa

"Pathways have rarely been cleared for the entrepreneurial mind to navigate. One must call upon the guidance of our mentors, the honor of our failures and the privilege of success to lay the groundwork for our next venture. We must trust ourselves and believe in those we choose to join us on our journey, from the imagined to the realized.” — JJSK

For over 30 years Jagatjoti (Jugget Jotee) has recognized business opportunities and the promise of possibility while serving the people and business he has been charged to guide. Karate Kid, only slightly less wax on and wax off, and with masters and mentors around the global.

Throughout his career, Jagatjoti has identified category-changing opportunities and embraced the promise of possibility while serving the people and business he has been charged to guide. Embolden with an unfettered curiosity and an otherworldly business acumen, he has envisioned, created and led a diverse portfolio of groundbreaking and gainful businesses built in collaboration with industry leaders, cross-industry connections, innovative problem solvers and daydream believers like himself.

He has either created, launched, built or served many of the nations premier natural and organic foods brands such as Sprout Baby, Yogi Tea, Golden Temple, ALTAR Herbal Martini’s and as Innovation Director and Head of Talent for Fahrenheit 212/Cap Gemini, and has served countless others as a practiced guide and provocative confidante of CEO’s, Global Strategy teams, Boards and Private Equity firms.

Jagatjoti is also the Founder and Creative Director of The Other Person Is You Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation that develops self-sustaining multimedia experiences and social ventures designed to open hearts and minds by connecting individuals within an accessible forum of communication, sharing, understanding and belief —The Other Person Is You. Jagatjoti is the author of two books, Altar Your Space: A Guide to a Restorative Home; and I’m Down with You, An Inspired Journey, a book that shares through portraits and stories, the community of Down syndrome and with what grace and lovingness they live their inspired lives and challenges us to rethink what is abled and what is dis-abled.

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Partner | CCO

Michael P. McDevitt

A native New Yorker and Tel Aviv newcomer, Michael has over 25 years of leadership experience within the fields of business orientation, brand creation and innovation, independent film production, interactive public art, academia, and entrepreneurship.

Throughout his career, Michael has advanced a balanced collaboration between business and creative professionals by delivering integrated client services that address the principles of corporate vision, innovation, expression, execution and expansion. Over the years he has played with the big kids, given voice to feisty upstarts and introduced international leaders to the North American marketplace.

Michael's love of storytelling, history and anthropology resulted in his cofounding of an independent media production company that endeavored to connect people from around the world with the real stories of ordinary individuals, families and communities living in the ripple effect of extraordinary events, momentous discovery and remarkable shifts.

While his belief in the democratization of art and social connectivity resulted in his cofounding of an internationally acclaimed public art collective of multidisciplinary artists that continue to create interactive, participatory based public art to inspire self-reflection, thought and human connection.

Michael's commitment to sharing knowledge, experience and inspiration resulted in a 17 year run as an Adjunct Professor within the Communications Design Department of Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute. As an academic lecturer, Michael has presented at institutions such as Syracuse University, The University of New Hampshire, Clark University, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv University and was even the commencement speaker at the prestigious Munson Williams Proctor Institute of Art.

Michael has been an Artist-In-Residence at the SXSW Festival (2013), as well as SXSL: A White House Festival of Ideas, Art, and Action (2016, Barack Obama President). His works have been featured by such media outlets as National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Public Art Review, The Sun Magazine, Dwell Magazine, and was featured three times on the New York Times Op-Ed page.  He is also co-author of the book, Suggestion (August, 2005) published by Chronicle Books.

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