Our Founder & Risk Rebel

Lisa Sisson is the founder of Unearth, a bestselling author, international speaker, and unapologetic Risk Rebel. With three decades of cross-industry experience, she is redefining risk management as a leadership superpower — one that empowers leaders to create safer, more resilient, and higher-performing organisations.

Lisa’s mission is simple yet profound: to create a safer world by putting people back at the centre of risk.She believes that it is only when people feel safe to fail that they truly feel safe to succeed — and that’s when organisations unlock their true potential.

Her first book, Risk Starts and Ends with People, became an Amazon bestseller and a wake-up call to leaders and risk professionals alike. Building on that foundation, Lisa created the Risk Rebel Leadership Pathway. This bold program equips leaders to rethink their relationship with risk and apply frameworks like PROTECT and S4R not just to systems, but to themselves and their organisations.

Now, as she writes her second book, The Risk Rebel Playbook (working title), Lisa is taking the revolution even further — blending the insights of the Pathway with new tools, stories, and lessons to help leaders embrace risk not with fear, but with boldness.

But Lisa is no box-ticker. She challenges outdated compliance mindsets that reduce risk to dashboards and policies, instead showing how risk, when viewed through the right lens, becomes a force for clarity, courage, and transformation. Her work equips executives and boards to face uncomfortable truths with care, accountability, and vision — transforming risk from a burden into a catalyst for growth and alignment.

Recognised by The Australian Business Journal as one of “20 Australian Women Making Moves” and one of “9 Rising Australian Authors to Watch in 2025,” Lisa has also been featured in the Australian Financial Review, CEO World Magazine, and other leading publications. She has lectured at universities, mentors the next generation of leaders, and speaks internationally about leadership, culture, and the future of risk.

Because in her words: