RIDG, LLC
SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

Michelle Royal is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer of RIDG (Royal Innovation Design Group). She is a self-made speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur, who was raised in the growing Subway franchise empire. Michelle has helped her clients provide clarity around their organization’s’ vision, build effective and cohesive teams, and tap into their true potential to maximize impact and profit with their ideas. This work has often led to six-to eight-figure returns on the client’s’ growth, all using principles applied through Michelle’s unique methods. Michelle holds a Masters of Business Innovation (MBI) from the Deusto Business School in Bilbao, Spain and a Master of Arts in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Alliance for Innovation and served as the first ever Innovation Coach to the European Union. What is the secret to designing change? It is simple. With every decision to change comes a GREAT question. And with every great question comes the transformative action making a better world. Mission Statement: RIDG focuses on accelerating ideas to market by giving your team the essential skills to consistently identify, build and deliver through the million dollar teams framework. We help companies drive the necessary change to innovate and disrupt their industry while growing their people and their profits. RIDG Companies shape, visualize and make their future with RIDG. We focus on accelerating ideas to market by giving your team the essential skills to consistently identify, build and deliver through the million dollar team framework. We help companies drive the necessary change to innovate and disrupt their industry while growing their people and their profits. First time with RIDG? We offer a 90-minute Booster Session with Michelle S. Royal for individuals or teams of up to 3 people to identify core needs and hyper focus your efforts. Find out how your company can build ideas into money by using Michelle’s visual facilitation process, achieving new levels of revenue generation and risk reduction. RIDG provides some of the most outstanding thought-leadership on innovation. They are my go-to resource when I am embarking on a brand new project or venture. I go to RIDG when I know I have to approach a project in a whole new way, a way that hasn’t been done before. They probe, nurture, energize, infuse and shift our thinking to bring about an amazing new view and perspective. This innovation consistently resonates at a deeper level with clients and provides a unique competitive advantage for my organization. Executive at Healthcare Innovation Services firm I have worked with Michelle and the RIDG team on multiple occasions and every time I am blown away by their ability to turn what could have been just another meeting into a game-changing event. Founder at Product Development Services firm RIDG and Michelle S. Royal are change agents. They never takes that responsibility lightly. They always steps up to help you innovate, think more creatively, and communicate your breakthrough ideas to the world. I have had the privilege to work with RIDG on a number of occasions. Michelle S. Royal, the Chief Innovation Officer, is not only a fantastic innovator, design thinking facilitator, but also a dynamic leader. Michelle has a passion for growth, business transformation, and organizational success as evidenced by her many successful human centered design thinking engagements. Michelle is genuinely interested in helping companies transform and improve. RIDG works with the most talented companies and teams. Learn how they have applied our Specialized CINO Services to create breakthroughs and lead Million Dollar Teams. Who We Are Companies shape, visualize and make their future with RIDG. We focus on accelerating ideas to market by giving your team the essential skills to consistently identify, build and deliver through the million dollar teams framework. We help companies drive the necessary change to innovate and disrupt their industry while growing their people and their profits. RIDG Companies shape, visualize and make their future with RIDG. We focus on accelerating ideas to market by giving your team the essential skills to consistently identify, build and deliver through the million dollar team framework. We help companies drive the necessary change to innovate and disrupt their industry while growing their people and their profits.