Awarded Thought Leader 2013 by the Best Practice Institute, Richard Olivier is Artistic Director and founder of Olivier Mythodrama. He works internationally as a leadership development consultant, keynote conference speaker and workshop leader. He was a guest speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2003 and 2009 and collaborates with many other global organizations.

Richard is the founding voice within Mythodrama – a new form of experiential learning which combines great stories with psychological insights, creative exercises and organizational development techniques to explore issues faced by modern leaders. He has worked extensively in the fields of Organizational and Personal Development, and his work today is at the leading edge of bringing the world of theatre into the development of authentic leaders.

From 1998–2003 he was the Master of Mythodrama at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and is an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He is the author of Inspirational Leadership: Henry V and the Muse of Fire and Artistic Director of Leadership Lab, resourcing the transition to life-affirming culture.