RL Leaders

National Security Challenges Reimagined through Hollywood Storytelling

RL LEADERS, LLC, convenes world-class talent from the entertainment and creative arts industries with national security leaders to generate novel solutions to your greatest challenges. For 20 years, we have leveraged our network of over 500 creative arts professionals to apply the power of creativity in discreet programs for the United States government, NGOs, and private enterprises.

Deep Applied Creativity®

Our Deep Applied Creativity® methodology melds the imaginations and creative processes of our network with the expertise and experiences of our clients to inspire infinite possibilities.

Discover

Fuse imagination and expertise to spark innovation, creative insights, and holistic solutions.

Display

Create immersive, compelling narratives that inform, inspire, and activate audiences for action.

Deliver

Imagine, build, and actualize groundbreaking solutions that transform problems into success.

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Our network is comprised of over 500 world-class, award-winning entertainment industry and subject matter experts

Creative experts are hand-selected and convened for the unique challenges of our clientele. They provide multi-disciplinary expertise ranging from: Film & Television, Visual Effects, Gaming, AR/VR, and other emerging technologies and creative disciplines.

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The solutions for our most complex problems can be found in the realm of applied imagination and creativity

The Power of Creativity in Action

"We in Hollywood have specific storytelling tools, and life is a story, life is a narrative… We teach people to think in those terms."

DAVID AYER
Writer/Producer/Director, TRAINING DAY/END OF WATCH/FURY

"Combine that out-of-the-box thinking with an analytical problem solver, and you come up with some with amazing stuff…"

Greg Goodrich
VP Production, WARNER BROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT

"What we’ve shown in the panels is that analysts--when you take away that piece of information and force them to think about the issues more and to think in ways they have not experienced. They come up with new ideas and new approaches to the same problem-set that they work with on a day-to-day basis."

GERSHON KIEVAL
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) (Ret.)

"What Hollywood brings is an ability to simulate reality. We can bring the battlefield to the soldier before he or she ever goes to battle."

Lieutenant GENERAL MICHAEL VANE
U.S. ARMY (Ret.)

"Never before and never again will this group of amazing individuals be brought together to address our challenge."

MICHAEL GEERTSEN
Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) (Ret.)

"Whenever you bring very smart people together to talk about very serious, complicated issues… something wonderful happens."

JF LAWTON
Writer/Producer PRETTY WOMAN/UNDER SIEGE

"Imagination is not a gift usually associated with bureaucracies… It is therefore crucial to find a way of routinizing , even bureaucratizing, the exercise of imagination."

THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT
U.S. CONGRESS

"A challenging problem was outlined, but by the end of the event, we all felt like a clear pathway to success had been carved."

LEON BRAZIL
Unbroken Studios

"Highly effective and productive… Beautiful example of the power of radical inclusion… Get the right people in the room and anything is possible."

LT. General (RETIRED) BURKE GARRETT
US ARMY

"One of the best sessions I have seen to bring an idea to technical solution. Amazed how we were able to move from "Can't do it" to "this is going to happen"

JEN SOVADA
MissionTech Solutions

"Mixing different backgrounds, plus some shared interests, leads to more inspiring and more creative outcomes."

Andy Nelson
USC

"The topic and panel members seemed to be perfectly suited to each other, I was impressed with everyone and how much we did in a short time."

Jeff Smith
Eye Vapor