Speaker Details

Full Name
Lisa Leong
Company
ABC
Title
Radio Broadcaster/Author/Entertainer
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
“Lisa Leong is smart and funny and short – the triple threat!”
- Jacinta Parsons, Afternoons, ABC Radio Melbourne.

Lisa presents "Sundays with Lisa Leong" on ABC Radio Melbourne and hosts "This Working Life" on ABC Radio National. She has co-authored with Monique Ross the book This Working Life: How to Navigate Your Career in Uncertain Times.

A former Intellectual Property, Technology and Wine lawyer (yes, there is such a thing!), Lisa caught the radio bug in 2001. After graduating from the radio program at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Lisa did a stint on commercial radio stations Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast and SA.FM in Adelaide, before joining the ABC presenting the breakfast show for the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. After the birth of her daughter, Lisa returned to her hometown Melbourne.

Lisa draws on her unique career experiences combined with Design Thinking and mindfulness practices to bring a fresh approach to conversations and connection. Her work has been the subject of a Harvard Law case study, received numerous awards, and inspired Lisa's TEDx Melbourne talk “Can robots make us more human?”

Described widely in narrow circles as "Asian Aussie Oprah meets (former) SBS' Jenny Brockie", Lisa's superpowers are curiosity, creativity and delivering key messages by way of song.
Lisa Leong