What we do makes a difference.
We have to decide what difference we want to make.”

- Jane Goodall

Welcome to Deep Wave

We help leaders better influence the complex systems around them.

Curiosity | Sense-making | Collaboration | Transformation

20+ years supporting thousands of purpose-led leaders and teams around the world.

Partnership | Advisory | Training | Facilitation | Network

“The times are urgent… Let us slow down.”

- Bàyò Akómoláfé

“You really understand how to get a group of disjointed leaders to move. I appreciate your authenticity, your openness and your insight. Humble. Determined. Inspiring. Thank you.”

- Senior Executive, Global FMCG

“I’m in awe of Richard’s ability to focus our efforts on maximum impact, to break down complex problems, and to motivate execution. Excellent coaching & facilitation.”

- Senior Executive, International Non-profit

“Richard is one of those people who asks the right questions, in the right way, at the right time. He holds a unique ability to identify and unleash individuals’ potential for growth.”

- Founder & CEO, National Impact Association

Point of View

  • 1

    Whatever sector we work in, making our leadership roles vehicles for wiser impact is an option for all of us.

    And, if we care about how we are shaping things for future generations, it is also an imperative.

  • 2

    The journey requires some effort, but like all worthwhile endeavors, it is rich with the most meaningful kind of challenge.

    More intentional leadership unlocks new levels of energy, impact & fulfillment, both in you and in those around you.

  • 3

    The how is as important as the what, and nothing beats the feeling of doing genuinely important things together, really, really well.

    Our impact is a direct reflection of our entire body of work - the why, the what and the how.

RICHARD GORVETT, PRINCIPAL

I focus on helping leaders & teams do work meaningfully influences the people, places and systems around them.

I have spent the past 20 years coaching, training, advising, consulting to, and building support ecosystems for thousands of purpose-led, transformation-focused business and non-profit leaders and organizations across 25+ countries.

7 of those years were spent in Southern & East Africa and 5 were spent as the Global Impact Director at the international non-profit Reach for Change, where, in partnership with the Swedish investment company Kinnevik, the World Bank, IKEA Foundation, GIZ and many others, we set up and ran incubators and accelerators for impact entrepreneurs all over the world.

I currently work on a broad range of leadership and impact development initiatives at both international and local levels, from senior leadership programs for the UK Civil Service & one of the world’s largest FMCG companies, to local NGO projects here in Freeport, Maine where I live. I am also a cofounder of the Regenerative Maine network.

I work both alone, and in concert with others from my diverse and deeply experienced network of local and international consultants, facilitators, coaches and other purpose-led leaders.

A deep curiosity to understand how we individually & collectively shape change led me to study and practice Social Entrepreneurship at the London School for Social Entrepreneurs, Transformational Leadership with Tim Munden (former Chief Learning Officer, Unilever), Executive Coaching & Mentoring with Chapel House, Regenerative Development & Design with Pamela Mang & Bill Reed (Regenesis Group), Regenerative Leadership with Laura Storm, Three Horizons with Bill Sharpe and Rosa Sommer (Leader’s Quest), Regenerative Economics with John Fullerton (Capital Institute) and Team Dynamics with Rich Watkins (Let’s Go!).

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