Robert Rivers

Robert Rivers is a leadership practitioner, innovation strategist, entrepreneur, and community builder with more than twenty years of experience in managerial and leadership roles. Throughout his career, he has led teams through complexity, change, and high-pressure environments while helping organizations improve performance, build trust, and create meaningful movement.

As the co-founder of QTR Foundry and founder of We Run These Streetz, Robert's work focuses on leadership development, organizational learning, innovation, and community impact. His philosophy is simple: progress belongs to those willing to challenge assumptions, embrace calculated risk, and keep moving forward when others hesitate. Drawing from real-world leadership successes, failures, and lessons learned, Robert writes about the intersection of pressure, adaptation, and growth.

His debut book, Running With Scissors: An Unorthodox Guide to Controlled Disruption and Leading Under Pressure, challenges conventional thinking and offers a practical framework for creating movement in uncertain environments.