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Richard Bowles

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Richard Bowles is the founder of Adventure Alchemy, and five-time world record-breaking Australian adventurer. He is also a multi-disciplined educator, executive advisor and top 20 rated APAC speaker. His risky adventure experiences and unique research have enabled him to accelerate his clients’ performance and organisational progress. His work features in international media including CNN and Sky News and the 9 Ten and 7 TV networks.

Richard’s claim to fame is running 13,000km+ across the world’s longest mountain trails, an inspirational and motivating story in itself. As a result Richard is often referred to by the media as the Forrest Gump and Bear Grylls combination for his ability to persevere and tackle any extreme situation.

His most recent adventure, the subject of a newly produced documentary was living on the streets of India for a week, putting himself in the shoes of the Rickshaw pullers discovering the human spirit that drives these men to work 18 hours a day in the most oppressive conditions.

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Richard Bowles motivational speaker sessions come from a five time world record breaking Australian adventurer, multi disciplined educator and top twenty rated APAC speaker. Richard is often referred to by the media as a Forrest Gump and Bear Grylls combination for his ability to persevere and tackle any extreme situation.

What a Richard Bowles motivational speaker session covers

In his keynote Street Smart Leadership, Richard shares what happened when he immersed himself in the streets of Kolkata, India. There, he lived and worked as a hand pulled rickshaw waller. This is a profession where individuals manually pull rickshaws for more than 16 hours a day. He woke at 4am on the unforgiving streets, surrounded by exhaust fumes, dust, heat and chaos. Through this, he gained firsthand insights into the true essence of leadership.

Audiences learn how to thrive in the face of constant change and adversity, and how to pivot quickly in response to unexpected challenges. Richard also explores resourcefulness, empathy in leadership, and the power of community and collaboration to overcome obstacles together.

Ignite Transformation with Adventurous Leadership

In this keynote, Richard shows leaders how adopting an adventurous spirit can revitalise their businesses. Specifically, he demonstrates how this approach sparks creativity and fuels innovation. Leaders learn how embracing an adventurous mindset cultivates a culture of courage, resilience and adaptability. He also shows why taking calculated risks is essential to unleashing full potential.

Richard also explores experiential wisdom for success. Through immersive encounters with the unknown, he builds problem solving and strategic thinking skills in his audiences. As a result, leaders come away understanding how adventure becomes the ultimate teacher for thriving in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Richard’s world record setting adventure experiments have put him in extraordinary situations. These include surviving volcano eruptions and crossing crocodile infested rivers. They also include ducking under missile fire in desert warzones and living on the streets of India. In addition, he has faced disembowelment rituals with Japanese monks and lived from the land in a remote Indigenous community. He works with top psychologists and scientists to understand the secrets of change, resilience and high performance in an unpredictable world.

Richard’s claim to fame is running over 13,000 kilometres across the world’s longest mountain trails. His work has featured in international media including CNN and Sky News, as well as the Nine, Ten and Seven television networks. He is based in Victoria and available for keynotes, workshops and executive advisory engagements across Australia and internationally.

Book Richard Bowles motivational speaker for your next conference or leadership event. See Richard’s full profile, keynote topics and testimonials on the Corporate Speakers Australia website.

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His extraordinary personal story starts from modest beginnings; he failed school, worked in construction, retail, drove a truck, made cold calls all before competitively growing a successful sales leadership career. From there he co-pioneered a global sponsorship consultancy and established a national annual convention which saw over a thousand delegates attend from all around the world.

Richard Bowles has dedicated his life to exploring how success can arise from within chaos. His miraculous accomplishments, which include surviving volcano eruptions, crocodile-infested rivers and missile fire, have given him a unique perspective on how individuals can succeed even when the odds are stacked against them. Bowles’ expertise helps people thrive in the face of adversity.

Adventure Alchemy is an award-winning learning and development consultancy that undertakes extreme adventure experiments to offer clients extraordinary experiences.

Their world-record-setting adventure experiments have put them in unique situations; from volcano eruptions, crossing crocodile-infested rivers, ducking under missile fire in desert warzones, living on the streets of India, facing disembowelment with Japanese monks and living from the land in a remote Indigenous community.

They believe that inspiring and innovative leadership can’t come from conventional sources and that traditional methods are grossly inadequate. In order to meet the needs of modern businesses, things need to be done very differently, and that’s exactly what they do. They work with top psychologists and scientists to understand the secrets of change, resilience and high-performance in an unpredictable world.

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