Andrew Lock
World Class Mountaineer, Sailor, Antarctic Leader, National Security
Director, Author.
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One word describes Andrew Lock. RESILIENCE. He is the only member of the entire British Commonwealth to have climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8000-metre – death zone – mountains, all without oxygen, guides or Sherpa support.
That journey took 16 years. He was buried in avalanches, fell into innumerable crevasses and survived multiple -30C bivouacs at night, at 8000 metres, without oxygen, tents or sleeping bags. He lost more than 20 friends to those mountains. And that is just part of his story. He has dragged sleds through the Arctic winter in -60C darkness when even the locals said it couldn’t be done. He has sailed small yachts to Antarctica and won his division in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. He has managed the largest international counter-terrorism exercise ever conducted in Australia and led teams of scientists on official Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to its most remote, storm-swept outposts.
But to Andrew, RESILIENCE does not mean stubbornness or dogged
determination when things don’t go according to plan. His powerful messages are about adapting, creating opportunity out of obstacles and making the journey the goal, rather than a path to get there. It means leading with empathy and achieving organisational success through enabling people.
Andrew Lock OAM is the RESILIENCE EXPERT who will ENTERTAIN and INSPIRE your team to seek challenge, embrace uncertainty and adapt with purpose.
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I applaud Andrew on his approach and commitment to our Forum. It is rare to find a key note speaker who is willing to commit so much time and energy into getting to know and understand the organisation to whom they are speaker. Andrew did this and subsequently tailored his presentation to the issues, themes and messages that underpinned the whole Forum. Even though Andrew has such a rich tapestry of experience to draw from, it was his ability to weave his story into the business messages of the conference that resulted in the forum participants, and my clients, talking about Andrew's impact for days afterwards. I simply couldn't have asked for a better speaker to augment the Forum. I would recommend Andrew to facilitators and conferences wholeheartedly.
We were looking for an exceptional speaker for our recent Client Conference. After looking at quite a few speakers, we settled on Andrew Lock. Personally I am very grateful for having Andrew speak at our conference. I was very moved by his presentation, as were the 100 people in the room. Andrew does a great job. He truly makes a difference. Our clients are still talking about every facet that Andrew spoke about - the systems under adversity, leadership at the highest level, culture, risk analysis, to name a few. My advice is to book him now!
An incredible, inspiring, exhilarating and motivating presenter. Andrew had a complicated presentation brief but he delivered it perfectly. He was humble yet inspirational; he was elite yet convincing. Andrew delivers a very strong message in regards to tackling everyday tasks in addition to the importance of team work and leadership. Andrew's story and real-life images captivated the audience and added great value to the day. I highly recommend Andrew as a keynote for any event looking to inspire and leave your audience in awe.
Your address inspired and motivated delegates encouraging each of them to question and challenge their individual approach to project management and how they contribute. The response to your address has been overwhelmingly positive. Your presentation reinforced values of getting things done, working together and having the courage to make a difference.
You engaged with the 99% women’s audience with uncanny ease! Not what you would naturally expect discussing the extreme sport of high altitude mountaineering. We all went away inspired, motivated and able to make very clear and useful connections between your story and our daily lives.
Thank you very much for your speech, Andrew. You were thorough to learn about our company, our management and adapt your talk to our company. We appreciated having you in the event for most of the day, people were really happy they could approached you and had a chat after your speech. Truly inspirational
