Dr Dave Richards is a highly acclaimed author, speaker and facilitator of strategic innovation
leadership. His passion is inspiring, enabling and empowering innovative people, teams and
enterprises to achieve amazing results, in terms of customer experience, profits, and growth of
value. Dr Dave is a cofounder the MIT Innovation Lab, globally experienced senior executive who
led the creation of many $Billions of profits and shareholder value, and has served various
enterprises as a board director or advisor, Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological
Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, and the Institute of Directors. Dave’s PhD in
Mathematical Psychology and Neuroscience was awarded by the University of Toronto. He is a
citizen of Canada, the USA and the UK – presently living in Reston, VA.