Richard is an organisational development consultant.  He began his career as a business analyst, then spent six years as an IT consultant, before adding an MSc in Occupational Psychology to his Masters in Public Administration.

As a member of the team in BT’s Centre of Excellence for Leadership Development, he had a key role in all stages of the BT Global Leadership Capability Framework. At The Work Foundation he has designed and delivered bespoke programmes for SMEs seeking to establish or augment existing high performance cultures through improved leadership capability and management of their teams. He was responsible for BT’s online learning portal and the 360 degree feedback programme and at The Work Foundation he project manages 360 degree feedback for organisations using the tool to improve the effectiveness of leadership teams.

Richard’s background gives him an in-depth understanding of the impact of technology on organisations and the people who work in them and a familiarity with the methods to maximise benefits and mitigate problems. He is uniquely qualified to understand the risks to well-being that technology can present. His business analysis skills equip him to rapidly size up organisational and business requirements and identify areas for saving and adding benefit.

Richard has worked on organisation-wide cultural transformation and strategic planning with The Work Foundation clients such as the TUC, Campaign to Protect Rural England, C&C Marshall, and the Church of England. He has managed projects - specialising in implementation strategies - in a number of high tech environments including Amazon, Microsoft, and RBS.