A speaker who moves the room.

Josh Wood delivers raw, honest and emotionally powerful presentations on resilience, personal responsibility and overcoming adversity.

For companies, schools, hospitals, sporting teams and organisations across Australia.

Featured on & in

THE TODAY SHOW

TODAY TONIGHT

STUDIO 10

THE BIGGEST LOSER

THE AGE

DAILY MAIL

A story that changes the room

Your audience won't just hear Josh's story. They will feel it.

When Josh takes an audience back to the moment he landed on an asphalt road, broke his neck and damaged his spinal cord, the atmosphere in the room changes.

People have been visibly moved—and sometimes brought to tears—by the raw detail of what happened, the reality of his injury and the moment he was told he might never walk again.

But Josh does not tell his story simply to shock. He uses that moment to show how quickly life can change, how easily the future we imagined can disappear and why what we do next matters.

More than motivation

Give your audience something they can take with them.

Josh does not ask people to admire what he achieved. He helps them recognise what they can change in their own lives.

Perspective

Look at adversity differently and recognise what remains within your control.

Responsibility

Understand why what you choose to do next still matters.

Small goals

Break an overwhelming challenge into the next achievable action.

Resilience

Keep moving when progress is slow and the outcome is uncertain.

No empty slogans. No promise that change is easy. Just a real example of what persistence, support and repeated action can make possible.

One message, shaped for the room

A powerful fit for different audiences.

Josh adapts the focus, language and delivery of his presentation to suit your organisation, audience and desired outcome.

Companies & conferences

Give leaders, teams and delegates a fresh perspective on pressure, change, responsibility and the way they respond when plans fall apart.

Schools & students

Help young people understand how choices, attitude and small actions can influence what happens next.

Hospitals & rehabilitation

Bring an honest lived-experience perspective to patients, families, healthcare teams and rehabilitation communities.

Sporting clubs & teams

A powerful perspective on ambition, pressure, injury and rebuilding after the future you planned suddenly changes.

Disability organisations

Create a meaningful conversation about resilience, support and moving forward when circumstances cannot be reversed.

Community groups

Bring people together through a confronting, deeply human story with a practical message that stays with the room.

Built around the outcome you want

What does your audience need to hear?

Josh can shape his presentation around the needs of your event—from a keynote or corporate session to a school presentation, community event or facilitated Q&A.

Resilience when life changes unexpectedly

Mindset under pressure

Personal responsibility

The power of small goals

Learning from setbacks

Building the right support team

Challenging what others call impossible

Experienced. Direct. Real.

Why organisations choose Josh.

From primary school students to large corporate groups, Josh knows how to meet people where they are without diluting the message.

Genuine lived experience

Josh lives with less than 5% function in the injured section of his spinal cord. His message comes from rebuilding movement, independence and life—not theory.

Emotional connection

Direct storytelling holds attention, creates a response and gives people a reason to consider their own lives.

Adaptable delivery

The language and focus change to suit the age, setting and purpose of the event.

Stage and media experience

Josh is media experienced, with national television appearances—including The Today Show and The Biggest Loser—as well as print, radio and years on stage.

Selected speaking & ambassador experience

COMMONWEALTH BANK

AXA

SUNCORP

WINGS FOR LIFE — AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR

JETPILOT

Choosing a speaker takes more than reading a biography.

Watch Josh to understand his personality, delivery and ability to bring an audience into the story.

One failed jump changed everything

From an impossible diagnosis to walking again.

At 18, Josh was pursuing his ambition to become a professional snowboarder. Then one jump across an asphalt road at Mount Buller left him a complete quadriplegic.

What followed was not one dramatic breakthrough. It was rehabilitation, frustration, repetition, setbacks and small victories. With the support of his mother, Kay, and the right people around him, Josh continued working towards goals many believed were impossible.

Within months, Josh walked out of rehabilitation. He later returned to snowboarding and motorcycling—but the injury did not disappear. He still lives with its effects every day. The accident explains where his message came from; what matters is what that experience can help your audience recognise in themselves.

Proof from the room

What audiences say.

Corporate audiences

“As a speaker Josh is a natural, very sincere …”

Di Bungey · NSW/ACT Member Liaison
Financial Planning Association of Australia

School audiences

“our student audience were spellbound by his story”

Janette Llewellyn · Principal
Rowellyn Park Primary School

More than speaking

Mentoring grounded in lived experience.

Josh also mentors people facing spinal cord injury, disability, rehabilitation, major adversity or significant life change.

Gold Coast based · Australia-wide

Bring Josh's message to your audience.

Whether you have an event in mind or simply want to find out whether Josh is right for your audience, start a conversation. Tell us about your organisation, your audience and what you want people to take away.