The most important decisions about your company aren't being made in your boardroom.

The policy discussions defining the next era of your business are moving quickly, against a geopolitical and technological reality that is transforming nearly every industry at once. The organizations that win aren’t always the largest or the best resourced. They’re the ones best understood — by the right people, at the right moment.

Strategic Communications  ·  Public Affairs
Boston  ·  Washington, D.C.

About

Built to fill the space between
innovation and governance.

Pronoia Advisors is a strategic communications and public affairs firm operating at the intersection of business, government, and the media — with roots and relationships across Boston and Washington, D.C.

We work with companies, coalitions, and executives navigating complex political, regulatory, and reputational environments. Our engagements span public affairs, crisis communications, media strategy, and government relations — at the state, federal, and international level.

The firm brings particular depth in technology policy, cybersecurity, and AI — sectors where the gap between technical reality and political perception is widest. But the capability is the same regardless of the challenge: translate what our clients do into narratives that move the right audiences toward the right outcomes.

With roots in Boston and Washington, D.C., the firm’s Principal brings decades of experience in strategic communications, law, government, politics, and media — at the highest levels, including the White House — resulting in deep technical fluency and an intimate knowledge of the people, process, and politics that drive outcomes.

Speak the Language
Technologists, lawmakers, regulators, the media — each has its own language. We translate among them to ensure your message is heard.
Create the Weather
We don’t respond to the political environment — we shape it. The narratives, relationships, and timing that create the conditions under which the right decisions get made.
Operate as Partners
We don’t hand over a strategy document. We operate alongside you — in the moments that matter, with the expertise required to win in complex and dynamic environments.

“We translate technical complexity into narratives that move the media, public, lawmakers, and markets — making space for the innovation that changes the world.”

Services

Expert integration of core services into campaigns that win.

Media & Narrative Strategy
The translation layer. We make complex technology legible — building the narratives that move media, public, lawmakers, and markets, whether you’re capturing opportunity or navigating a crisis.
Public Affairs & Policy
We build the government relationships, policy intelligence, and coalition standing that determine whether your organization is shaping the rules — or subject to them. Federal and state.
Executive Positioning & Thought Leadership
We shape how your leaders are understood by the press, policymakers, and institutions that decide whether your organization has a seat at the table.
Digital Strategy
The infrastructure and intelligence that puts those narratives in front of the right audiences — and tracks whether they’re landing.
Technical Credibility Positioning
We translate your security posture, cyber narrative, and technical architecture into the language of lawmakers, regulators, and buyers — establishing the market differentiation that drives policy standing, procurement advantage, and adoption.

People

Michael G. Morris
Michael G. Morris, Esq.
Principal

Michael Morris has spent over 20 years helping clients navigate the intersection of business, media, government, law, politics, and public policy.

He was appointed by President Biden as the inaugural Assistant National Cyber Director for Public Affairs at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), where he led national and international strategic communications and served as on-the-record spokesperson on cybersecurity and emerging technology policy. Prior to ONCD, he was appointed Senior Advisor to the General Counsel of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Michael’s government service complements a professional portfolio that spans communications, government relations, law, campaigns, and policy between Boston and Washington, D.C. Outside of government, Morris has practiced as an attorney and was a registered state lobbyist, serving as Senior Vice President at a Boston-based strategic communications firm, where he led the procurement practice, and as Partner at a Washington, D.C.-based public relations and digital advertising firm, where he led the technology, cybersecurity, and data practice.

J.D., Suffolk University Law School  ·  B.A., Bowdoin College

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