A Listener Filmmaker Philosopher Storyteller Writer Speaker
The man behind over 8000 personal story interviews across 6 continents
“Rick's powerful and emotional message was one of our highest rated keynotes ever.”
-Charles Meyers, President & CEO
Dr. Rick Stevenson is the world’s leading practitioner and expert in the StoryQ Method which uses ones own story to ignite Purpose, Leadership, Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence, Innovation, Culture, Character and Human Connection within companies, organizations and individuals alike. With a proven track record of helping corporations achieve greater connectivity, resilience, and success, Dr. Stevenson offers insightful and engaging talks that are tailored to your specific needs. Through his years of experience and expertise, Dr. Stevenson has become a leading voice in the field of emotional intelligence and its role in corporate culture.
His key insight is that an organizations human story is their most valuable asset.
It is impossible to conduct so many interviews without a lot of listening and learning. Rick now feels privileged to share the knowledge he has learned in order to help audiences better understand themselves and the world around them.
His central discovery? You own nothing more valuable than your own story. By learning to fully understand and apply it, we can put our most valuable asset to work, improving our own lives and the lives of others.
Contrary to popular belief, stories are not about nursery rhymes and airy-fairy ideas. They are about hard currency and human connection. Rick believes we can learn no more important skill than storytelling because it is the foundation of all human communication.
All of Rick’s projects (The 5000 Days Project, StoryQ, Prodigy Camp) are dedicated to developing the healing and transformative properties of stories in our lives— especially our own stories.
Rick is on a mission to help individuals unlock the power of their own personal story and discover that they can in fact be the authors of their own lives.
Learn more about Rick, his mission, and the journey from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Hollywood and on to start a guided video journaling movement working with personal stories around the world.
21 Things You Forgot About Being a Kid
a partial guide to better understanding our children and ourselves
NOW AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER, AUDIOBOOK & E-BOOK!
“Know Thyself”
Beyond love, shelter, food and security, perhaps one of the greatest gifts we can give a child is a sense of emotional awareness. Even as adults we recognize and yet can still struggle with the puzzling psychological, familial and instinctive forces that influence our choices and ultimately the course of our lives.
We are all acutely aware of the increasing rates of mental health problems in our younger generation and the fact that a half of all adult mental health problems begin before the age of 14. We are also aware that for schools to provide an opportunity for every child to verbalize, explore, and process their values, feelings, fears, and dreams is not possible due to limited time and support resources.
Yet individual focus is more important than ever before. Personal reflection being at an all-time low + the addictive draw of social media = vanishing solitary moments to process. The positive impact for children if they could respond to self-analytical questions at the least self-analytical time of their lives… They could process all that was happening to them in a much healthier way.
After years of interviewing kids K-12 growing up through my 5000 Days Project, we have developed verbal journaling and a personal story mentoring program to encourage kids to explore their feelings, values, fears, and dreams using the power of personal, authentic storytelling. As participants explore who they are and what they are experiencing in a safe, no-judgment space, the transformative wisdom of Socrates' "Know Thyself" is realized in real time.
I believe that kids have within themselves the keys to unlocking their own future in the face of myriad external pressures and expectations. I believe that kids are their own best authors of their lives, and that learning to tell their own stories as they run the gauntlet of adolescence is a vital means of helping kids find themselves before they lose themselves.
