Rick Tucci
Author of Ideas to Action, founder of Leap Academy, and creator of the Ideas-to-Action Process.
For more than 35 years, Rick Tucci has helped leaders turn frontline employee insight into measurable business results through a practical, repeatable process for employee-powered innovation. That work became the Ideas-to-Action Process—a framework that helps leaders move teams from ideas to action in 60-day sprints.
The journey behind the Ideas-to-Action Process
Rick’s work in continuous improvement began while helping build Motorola University’s corporate learning model. That experience led him to Japan, where he studied Total Quality Management and saw firsthand the power of employee-powered innovation.
Back in the U.S., Rick founded Leap Technologies and spent the next three decades helping leaders unlock frontline ideas for faster, more effective change. Over time, he found that leaders had to make a leap of faith in employee-powered innovation to unlock its full value.
In 2016, Rick founded Leap Academy to make the Ideas-to-Action Process more practical, scalable, and frictionless for leaders—and to extend that work into the age of AI.
35+ years of helping leaders achieve better, faster results
For 35+ years, Rick has guided leadership teams across hundreds of organizations to achieve breakthrough results.
The Ideas-to-Action Process has helped organizations such as Campbell’s, Hewlett-Packard, Pfizer, and Waste Management save millions while building stronger cultures of employee-powered innovation.
Today, Rick advances this work through Ideas-to-Action Leadership Talks, action-learning workshops, executive coaching, and the AI-assisted Team and Strategy Execution Accelerators.
Credentials and perspective
Rick Tucci holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
His earlier work, The Lean Path to Lean Six Sigma, was recognized for making complex improvement methods practical and actionable.
Outside work, Rick enjoys restoring his lake house and walking Paulie, his family’s beloved Bernedoodle.
