Jean Louis Hardy

Bio

Jean Louis
Hardy.

Husband, father of five, and builder of businesses.

Houston, Texas. Author of The Laws of Change. Founder of The Research Group.

Portrait of Jean Louis Hardy

My story

I own and run companies in a few different fields. So I spend my days where you do, between where things are and where they should be. Some days the gap is in a business. Some days it's at home, in my health, or in my own head.

For years I studied people who had closed big gaps and wrote down what held up. I traced each idea back to where it came from, put it in plain words, and held it to one question: does this help close the gap?

Those notes became The Laws of Change. The complete book is open to members of The Research Group, because the same laws that grow a company also steady a home.

Jean Louis Hardy speaking to a full room
Jean Louis Hardy on stage, teaching a full room.

What I believe

  • You have one job: close your gap.
  • Reality behaves the same way whether or not you agree.
  • The spiritual walk comes first. Health, relationships and business are its fruit.
  • Nothing great is built alone.

In the press

Interviews and profiles of Jean Louis Hardy on mindset, focus and building a business without losing the rest of your life.

As featured in
  • GQ South Africa
  • Business Insider
  • Digital Journal
  • New York Weekly
  • The US Times
  • Disrupt Magazine

Short bio, for introductions

Jean Louis Hardy is the author of The Laws of Change and the founder of The Research Group. A husband, a father of five, and a builder of businesses in Houston, Texas, he teaches the laws that do not change, on stages and in small rooms, to people who got very good at one thing and want to be good at life. His work has been featured in GQ South Africa, Business Insider, Digital Journal, New York Weekly, The US Times and Disrupt Magazine.

Jean Louis Hardy also speaks at C‑suite events and takes a limited number of executive advisory clients each year. Executive Advisory

Start with the free book

The first 12 Laws of Change, each with a true story and one move to make today.