Rob Redenbach helps leaders and teams become more adaptable, resilient, and open to change. Alongside this, he has built a parallel career as a storyteller, with sold-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Sydney Opera House.

His perspective comes from experience in high-risk environments, including time spent protecting aid workers in the Middle East and Papua New Guinea, and from adapting principles from those settings to leadership and everyday life.

That adaptation has been reflected across a range of publications, from the journal of the U.S. National Tactical Officers Association to Virgin Australia’s inflight magazine, as well as guest appearances on Conversations with Richard Fidler and the Building Resilient Kids podcast.

Together with a Master’s degree from the Australian Graduate School of Policing and executive education at Harvard, this background underpins the keynotes and workshops he has delivered in 23 countries across more than 1,000 conferences and professional settings.

Keynote

The Other Side of Fear examines what changes when uncertainty is treated as a signal to move forward rather than step back. Drawing on experiences shaped in moments where the stakes were real and there was no script to follow, Rob Redenbach shows that fear and failure are rarely the end of the story, and often the beginning of something better.

Calm When It Counts builds the capacity to stay steady under pressure by framing de-escalation as resilience in action and an essential skill for leadership and life. It is designed for anyone whose work involves people, judgement, and moments that matter. The result is less conflict, better decisions, and greater clarity when options blur.