Rick Tucci: Helping Leaders Ignite Innovation Through Employee Ideas
Author | Founder | Renovator | Dog Walker
Rick Tucci, founder of Leap Academy and author of Ideas to Action, equips leaders to ignite employee-powered innovation and achieve extraordinary results. Drawing on over three decades of experience in strategic planning, process improvement, and leadership development, Rick developed the Ideas-to-Action methodology. This proven process, the culmination of his experience, transforms employees into drivers of change and is detailed in Ideas to Action, a practical roadmap for organizational transformation.
The Journey to Ideas to Action: From Insight to Authorship
Rick’s passion for continuous improvement was sparked during his time helping to establish Motorola University’s pioneering corporate learning model. This experience led him to study Japan’s Total Quality Management practices, where he witnessed firsthand the power of employee-driven innovation.
Driven by this insight, Rick founded Leap Technologies, a consulting and training company dedicated to helping leaders harness employee ideas for rapid and effective change. Years of experience guiding organizations through employee-driven change initiatives, combined with a deep understanding of leadership’s crucial role, inspired Rick to codify his methodology. This led to the writing of Ideas to Action, a practical guide designed to help leaders everywhere unlock their organization’s hidden genius.
Now, with Leap Academy, he brings the proven Ideas-to-Action methodology to leaders and teams worldwide, equipping them with digital tools to unlock their workforce’s potential and drive faster innovation and results in today’s hybrid workplaces.
Decades of Impact: Guiding Leaders with Ideas-to-Action Solutions
For over 30 years, Rick has helped leadership teams in hundreds of organizations achieve breakthrough results. His Ideas-to-Action approach has enabled companies like Campbell’s, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, and Waste Management to save millions and foster cultures of sustainable, employee-driven innovation. Rick continues to champion employee-driven change through engaging leadership talks, practical workshops, and tailored coaching programs, sharing the Ideas-to-Action methodology with leaders worldwide.
Beyond the Boardroom
Rick holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
His previous publication, The Lean Path to Lean Six Sigma, earned industry acclaim for making complex improvement methodologies accessible and actionable.
When not helping organizations unlock their untapped potential, Rick finds joy in renovating his lake house and walking his family’s beloved Bernedoodle, Paulie, who inspires him daily to sniff out new ways to unlock the hidden genius in employee ideas.
