About Mr. Ravishankar Iyer

Ravishankar Iyer

Ravi helps leaders sharpen their storytelling skills.

Since 2016, he has trained over 10,000 mid-to-senior leaders at clients such as Accenture, Amdocs, Boston Scientific, Fidelity, Flipkart, JP Morgan Chase, Shell and Unilever.

Ravi has also guided over 200 nonprofits on crafting a better pitch, enabling them to secure hundreds of millions of rupees in funding.

Beyond his workshops, Ravi has written 'Story Rules’, a comprehensive book on storytelling techniques published by Penguin (2025). He shares storytelling insights through his website, LinkedIn, a popular weekly newsletter, and a podcast featuring conversations with distinguished storytellers

A Chartered Accountant (rank-holder, 2001) and MBA graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad (2005) Ravi spent twelve years in finance, consulting, the social sector and… a startup that tried to make history exciting for tourists (spoiler: it didn't work!).

Ravi lives in Pune with his wife, father, son and daughter.