The Most Resilient Leaders Know When to Let Go.
Rooted in 4 core principles, The Resilience Method by Cory Richards empowers individuals and organizations to move through adversity with agency, creativity, and trust.
Resilience Is How We Rewrite What’s Next
Resilience has never been about toughness — but about a conscious response. Proof of this runs through our collective history: Marcus Aurelius journaling his way through war. Simone Biles prioritizing her well-being over medals. Apple reinventing itself post-crisis. Everyday humans navigating everything from bipolar disorder to addiction to global success.
Cory Richards uses The Resilience Method to help teams and organizations shift out of survival mode and into an era of becoming. With his focus on agency, discovery, creativity, and trust, Cory’s audiences learn that what they thought was impossible isn’t.
Certainty kills creativity
Discovery
demands discomfort
THE RESILIENCE METHOD
THE RESILIENCE METHOD
The 4 Pillars
Using an intentional, collective approach, Cory’s value-based framework offers audiences a path from survival to growth — because true resilience isn’t about bouncing back. It’s about choosing how to move forward.
Pillar 1
Agency is Everything
Learn how to shift from reaction to authorship and take ownership of what happens next.
Pillar 2
Discovery Demands Discomfort
Build the skill to stay present in discomfort, and use it as a catalyst for growth.
Pillar 3
Certainty Kills Creativity
Discover how letting go of the need to be right opens the door to innovation and curiosity.
Pillar 4
Trust Transcends Control
Learn how to rebuild self-trust and lead teams that move with confidence, even in uncertainty.
The Resilience Method Reshapes How Your People Show Up.
When audiences learn The Resilience Method, they don’t just feel inspired — they shift the way they think, lead, and connect. Through Cory Richards’ keynotes, they learn how to:
RESPOND, instead of react.
Lead with CLARITY, not control.
Stay GROUNDED through change.
Tell their OWN story.
Build RESILIENCE that lasts.
Meet the Voice Behind the Method
Cory Richards is a resilience keynote speaker, National Geographic photographer, and storyteller who has lived — and led — through extremes. From summiting Everest without oxygen to navigating addiction, bipolar disorder, and high-stakes creative work, his life has been shaped by both triumph and collapse.
Through The Resilience Method, Cory distills the lessons he’s learned at the edge into a practical, values-driven framework — helping individuals and organizations move from reaction to intention, and from survival to growth.
Survival mode isn’t the goal. Resilience is.
THROUGH CORY'S LENS
THROUGH CORY'S LENS
