Entrepreneur, Business Leader, Author

Greg MacDougall

Chair

- 2019 AME Chicago International Conference

Richard opened our 2019 global conference on Lean enterprise excellence to over 1,500 attendees...[His] authentic, captivating style drew the audience in while he took us through his own personal and professional journey to create meaningful cultural change. I could tell the attendees were energized and that is exactly what I was looking for - in my role as Conference Chair, he was the ONLY ONE I wanted as the face of our event. Sign him now for your event before someone else does!”

Andrew Brady

President and CEO

- The XLR8 Team, Inc.

He blew them away (yet again) and planted seeds that I trust will lead to plenty of experiments! It's an honor to be a part of his journey and to have the opportunity to help spread the joy.”

Carla Bailo

President & CEO

- Center for Automotive Research

As the keynote speaker on the first day, Rich Sheridan launched the 2019 CAR MBS with a dynamic, engaging presentation, sharing his experience and wisdom about how we all can bring joy to the workplace, disrupt ourselves, and change our attitude to “try and fail/win.” His words were inspirational to our audience and the room was energized with a perfect mindset for the remainder of the conference.”

Jim Huntzinger

President and Founder

- Lean Frontiers

Rich has a compelling presence as he combines storytelling (which encompasses unique ideas that shift paradigms, change visions, and alter techniques) and how he built an organization embedded in a culture of Joy, yet very high-level effectiveness.”

Robert Krestakos

Vice President, Global Operations

- Steelcase

Steelcase regularly holds an event called ‘Curious Minds’ where we invite internal and external speakers to share thoughts and ideas with our employees. I was thrilled when Rich agreed to be one of our speakers. So was everyone else—we had such a big response that we had to quickly come up with a larger-than-normal venue for his talk. When I talked to people about it afterward, they all had huge smiles. Clearly Rich’s message about joy was infectious. And his delivery was incredible.”