Richard S Lawrence

Richard is co-founder of Humanizing Work. His superpower is bringing together seemingly unrelated fields and ideas to create new possibilities. Drawing on a diverse background in software development, engineering, anthropology, design, and political science, Richard trains and coaches people to collaborate more effectively with other people to solve complex, meaningful problems.

Richard is a Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer, as well as a certified trainer of the accelerated learning method, Training from the Back of the Room. His book, Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber, was published by Addison-Wesley in 2019 (for more information, visit bddwithcucumber.com). Richard's "How to Split a User Story" poster has been downloaded over 2 million times and is translated into 12 languages.

When he’s not helping clients transform their work, you might find him experimenting in the kitchen, making music, or working alongside his family on their budding regenerative wine farm in Western Colorado.