Tania is one of Australia’s most dynamic award-winning social entrepreneurs. She is a global speaker, singer & innovator working across the business, government, creative and community sectors.
Tania’s discovery of psychedelic medicines has been pivotal in her own personal journey and more recently in her leadership initiatives. It led to the development of her fourth charity (with husband Peter Hunt AM), Mind Medicine Australia. Mind Medicine Australia made global history in 2023 through its successful applications to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), leading to the rescheduling of psilocybin and MDMA for the treatment of depression, PTSD and other mental illnesses. On February 3 2023 Australia became the first nation in the world to reschedule these medicines for clinical use and over 80 patients have received psilocybin or MDMA assisted therapy in 2024. This marks the first time these transformational therapies have been made available in a clinical environment in over 50 years!
Tania speaks around the world on leadership, purpose, creativity, curiosity, innovation, disruption, wellbeing and mental health, building community, the Future of Work, generosity, diversity, inclusion, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy, psychedelic-assisted therapies and the neuroscience of singing. Her TED Talk ‘How singing together changes the brain’ sparked international interest. Tania has also been named in the 100 Women of Influence, 100 Most Influential Entrepreneurs in Australia, and in the 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics globally.
Her work is all about raising consciousness and creating harmony. She helps prepare people, organisations and communities for a rapidly changing world and develop mindsets and skills to survive and thrive. She also MCs, leads team workshops, inspires massive audiences to sing and, of course, sings!
Over the years she has founded four charities, Creativity Australia and the With One Voice program, Mind Medicine Australia, Umbrella Foundation and The Song Room, and a number of businesses, including Creative Universe, leading innovation conference Creative Innovation Global, Dimension 5 co-working space, Inspiring Minds leadership programs, MTA Entertainment; Events and acclaimed singing group Pot-Pourri.
Tania has presented keynotes, performed, and created workshops and many moments of magic in over 40 countries, for a diverse array of major organisations and events including the International Forum on Consciousness, Thinkers50 European Business Forum in Europe, Services Australia, CBA Private Leadership Team, ANZ, NAB, McKinsey & Company, Transurban, BHP, Woodside, multiple leading schools, all level of Government and Universities …
There is such a shortage of great women presenting, (let alone those who sing!) and Tania is set on being part of changing that!
Talking Points
Human Intelligence 2.0 – How to manage change in troubling times and build a collective future?
It is no ordinary time in the history of civilisation. The world is moving faster than we can think; so we have to change our thinking!Human Intelligence 2.0 – How to manage change in troubling times and build a collective future?
The transformation upon us means at least three things…Fear, Change and Opportunity.
We live in troubling times and face a host of wicked problems, risks and systemic challenges beyond the reach of existing institutions and traditional authority structures. Problems like climate change, increasing mental and chronic illness, scarcity of resources, automation of jobs and Artificial Intelligence, unethical governance, increasing division and growing inequality call for unprecedented collaboration among different organisations, sectors, communities and nations. More than ever before, we need to foster collective leadership and understanding, lateral thinking and inspiring initiatives to manage the massive transition ahead.
What if you could fast-track your thinking about change and the future? As the pace of change accelerates, we are increasingly asking individuals and organisations to become more agile. How can organisations develop creative, inclusive, resilient and innovative cultures and develop the agility, empathy, generosity and Human Intelligence 2.0 skills required to manage, survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world?
Key Learnings
- Fast-track your thinking about change and the future
- Human Intelligence 2.0 tools to develop innovative cultures and leaders that exemplify service, resilience, curiosity and empathy
- How to develop more right-brained, creative and collaborative thinking to solve wicked collective problems
- Insights into harnessing generosity, diversity and inclusion to build communities that care
- Case studies to inspire action
Being Human in an Age of Machines – The mental health challenge
“Things are getting better and better and worse and worse, faster and faster, simultaneously.”Being Human in an Age of Machines – The mental health challenge
What does it mean to be human in an age of increasing technological acceleration, global unrest and growing disconnection?
We live in troubling, divisive and uncertain times. Yet we talk more to boxes and screens than one another. Rates of loneliness, social isolation and mental illness are increasing, and we are numbing our fear and anxiety through a range of distractions and substances. One in four Australians now have a chronic mental illness. One in seven are on anti-depressants and suicide rates are increasing. Climate change, complex issues, social media and concerns about the future are causing significant additional anxiety, particularly amongst younger people.
If we cannot raise our consciousness and keep up with the accelerating pace of change, is the cost going to be ever-increasing rates of mental illness? How can we collectively heal our trauma and state of despair? Together we can find new ways of adapting our minds, our emotions and our perspectives in a rapidly changing world. What kind of future do we want for our children and grandchildren?
Key Learnings:
- The current mental health statistics and what to do about them
- How to raise our consciousness and build a collective future
- How neuroscience can help us change our brains and reconnect to self and others
- Ways to empower your people and communities to find meaningful purpose so that they can unleash their full potential
- How to include diverse voices, foster curiosity, understanding a true sense of belonging
- Why psychedelic-assisted therapies could help humanity heal from trauma
Voices of Innovation – The Power of Positive Human Collisions
Every voice matters. We are all creative.Voices of Innovation – The Power of Positive Human Collisions
What if your organisation could awaken the potential of your people, through the development of a creative and collaborative voice? Your people are an amazing resource of untapped potential, who together have everything that is required to enhance innovation and creativity and solve challenging problems through the power of positive human collisions.
In this presentation, Tania delivers learning methodologies to empower your organisation with the skills to build an inclusive culture where innovation can flourish, and opportunity is found in diversity. Tania also provides tools to assist teams in developing resilience and learning from failure.
Audiences will walk away from this presentation inspired to implement positive human collisions in the workplace and their communities, and the ability to create a pipeline for innovation. They will also gain insights into how creativity boosts performance, inspires leadership and ignites transformation.
Key Learnings:
- How to build a collaborative, purpose-driven and innovative culture
- Insights into harnessing diversity and creating opportunity
- Enhanced creative thinking and how to develop agile growth mindsets
- Tools to develop your resilience, performance and leadership
- Integrating feminine power with masculine wisdom
Creativity and Innovation – How to harness them in your people and organisation?
- We are all creative – building creative confidence and self-beliefCreativity and Innovation – How to harness them in your people and organisation?
- Dealing with failure and developing resilience
- Using neuroscience and your right brain to super-charge your work and life
- Tools to unlock your individual and organisational creative potential
- How to develop a culture where creativity and innovation can flourish
- Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship within your organisation
Thinking Outside the Box: Leading Innovation and Change
This era of globalisation is unleashing a massive wave of technological, economic and sociological change. Innovation is coming from everywhere. Almost anyone can be an entrepreneur. A number of leading authorities have suggested that 40-60% of current middle-class jobs could become redundant over the next decade due to artificial intelligence, robotics and other new technologies. We will need to be more creative and innovative than ever before.Thinking Outside the Box: Leading Innovation and Change
Empowered people and groups are thinking ‘outside the box’ and challenging the established order in new ways never before imaginable – from building new business models and social enterprises to challenging old institutions.
This keynote will provide you and your organisation with tools to help you:
- Develop creative, intuitive, right-brained and agile mindsets and think ‘outside the box’
- Deal with failure and develop resilience
- Build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship that leads to business growth and success
- Prepare for rapid change and manage in times of massive uncertainty and disruption
- Understand why diversity and inclusion will increase your organisation’s productivity and lead to sustainable growth
- Make a difference to the communities where you operate
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Mental Health: It’s Coming and You Should Know About It!
Rates of loneliness, social isolation and mental illness are increasing, and we are numbing our fear and anxiety through a range of distractions and substances. One in four Australians now have a chronic mental illness. One in seven are on anti-depressants and suicide rates are increasing. Climate change, complex issues, social media and concerns about the future are causing significant additional anxiety, particularly amongst younger people. Our increasing mental health crisis is a significant challenge to a happy and meaningful future for our human civilisation.Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Mental Health: It’s Coming and You Should Know About It!
Existing treatments for mental illness have low remission rates and nasty side effects. In the quest for new treatment options for mental illness and psychiatric disorders, psychedelic-assisted therapies are now being researched and used clinically to treat an array of maladies of the mind, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, end-of-life stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, cognitive decline, addictions and more.
In 2023, Australia became the first nation in the world to reschedule psilocybin and MDMA as Controlled Medicines for the treatment of depression and PTSD through the work of Mind Medicine Australia, co-founded by Tania de Jong AM and Peter Hunt AM. Mind Medicine Australia was set up to alleviate the immense suffering caused by mental illness and suicide through expanding the treatments available to doctors and their patients.
Key Learnings:
- The current mental health statistics and what to do about them
- Why psychedelic-assisted therapies could be a potential game-changer
- How and why psychedelic substances work in the brain and increase neuroplasticity, creativity and flexibility
- Overview of evidence from hundreds of recent trials
- Ascertain the potential applications in depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and more
- How Australia became a leader in mental health and next steps
Breath, Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Singing
Would you like to increase your courage, improve your brain and build your team’s capacity to manage increasing change and complexity?Breath, Mindfulness and the Neuroscience of Singing
This keynote and workshop will teach you tips and tools to:
- Tap into presence and the power of your breath in an accelerating world
- Increase your brain’s neuroplasticity and improve your memory, language and concentration
- Foster a more creative, collaborative and
innovative culture
- Build a united team that celebrates its diversity and sings off the same song sheet
Tania de Jong is regarded as one of the leading creative innovation and future-thinking speakers and facilitators globally. Her TED Talk How Singing Together Changes the Brain has been viewed by tens of thousands of people, and she regularly receives standing ovations for her keynote speeches, performances and innovation leadership workshops globally.
From Profits to Purpose in an Era of Disruption
Leadership, Creativity, Innovation, Community and InclusionFrom Profits to Purpose in an Era of Disruption
Every voice matters. We are all creative. We long for meaning. We want to belong.
Yet we talk more to boxes and screens than to one another. We live behind walls when we desperately need to build bridges of connection and become more inclusive.
What if your organisation could awaken the potential of your people, through the development of a creative and collaborative voice? Your people are an amazing resource of untapped potential, who together have everything that is required to enhance innovation and creativity and solve challenging problems through the power of positive human collisions.
In this presentation, Tania delivers learning methodologies to empower your organisation with the skills to build an inclusive culture where innovation can flourish, and meaning and opportunity is found in diversity. Tania also provides tools to assist teams in developing resilience and learning from failure.
Audiences will walk away from this presentation inspired to bring more meaning into their lives, workplaces and communities. They will also gain insights into how creativity, diversity and inclusion boost performance, inspire leadership and ignite transformation.
Key Learnings:
- How to build a collaborative, inclusive and innovative culture
- Insights into harnessing diversity and building communities that care
- Enhanced ‘out-of-the-box’ creative thinking and agile growth mindsets
- Tools to develop your resilience, performance and leadership
- Integrating feminine power with masculine wisdom
- Why doing good really matters
- Case studies to inspire action
We Are ONE: Reconnecting to Ourselves and Our Communities in an Era of Isolation and Division
Loneliness, depression and social isolation are the global epidemics of our times. We are more connected through technology than ever before. Yet many of us feel increasingly separate, anxious, lost and empty. We talk more to boxes and screens than to one another. We live behind walls when we desperately need to build bridges of connection and become more inclusive.We Are ONE: Reconnecting to Ourselves and Our Communities in an Era of Isolation and Division
Diverse people of all ages and backgrounds are yearning for support networks, deeper meaning and connections, and a sense of community. In this powerful keynote experience, Tania explores the growing need for human connection in an era of accelerating technology and increasing narcissism. Tania will share the inspirational With ONE Voice case study and provide creative and practical strategies and actions that individuals, organisations and communities can take to bring people together when they need each other most.
Learn to Reconnect To:
- Ourselves and the right side of our brain
- Other people to form caring tribes, organisations and communities
- Meaningful work and active citizenship
- Joy, creativity and intuition
Tania will shift our mindsets and show us a different way to view the world. This powerful talk is important, relevant, inspirational and utterly unforgettable. It will change your life!
The Entrepreneurial Equation: How to Transform Your Organisation
With a predicted 47% loss of middle-class jobs due to robotics and new technologies, we need to invent many great new businesses to provide new jobs, opportunities and grow our economy. Often the best place to innovate and start-up new businesses is within large organisations.The Entrepreneurial Equation: How to Transform Your Organisation
Key Learnings:
- Learn how to develop entrepreneurial spirit and skills
- Unlock creativity and find regular sparks of ingenuity
- Learn how to fail fast and experiment
- Build a lasting culture of innovation
Creativity: The Strategic Tool of the 21st Century
- Why creativity has become our most endangered species, and why it is more important now than ever beforeCreativity: The Strategic Tool of the 21st Century
- Using neuroscience and your right brain to super-charge your work and life
- Tools to unlock your individual and organisational creative potential
- How creativity leads to improved wellbeing, social inclusion, innovation, leadership, productivity and transformation
- Unleashing the unique creative voices of your team and your organisation
With ONE Voice – Building Healthy, Happy and Inclusive Communities and Cultures
Disruption caused by new business models associated with the internet, technology and globalisation will be the greatest threat your organisation will face within the next five years. Virtually every business, institution and community is threatened, and yet disruption can also provide extraordinary opportunities for sustainable growth.With ONE Voice – Building Healthy, Happy and Inclusive Communities and Cultures
Key Learnings:
- Understanding and managing disruption
- Dealing with failure and developing resilience
- Every voice matters. We are all creative
- Why creativity leads to greater productivity
- Building a culture where creativity and innovation can flourish
- Why diversity and inclusiveness will increase your organisation’s productivity and lead to sustainable growth
- How to create an outperformance culture through increased engagement
- Why doing good really matters and connecting with the community
- Case studies to inspire action
Video
Tania de Jong AM - Showreel
Tania de Jong AM is a trail-blazing social entrepreneur, creative innovation catalyst, global speaker, angelic singer, spiritual journey woman and storyteller. She is one of Australia's most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators developing 5 businesses and 3 charities over the past 3 decades including Creative Universe, Creativity Australia and With One Voice, Creative Innovation Global, Mind Medicine Australia, Dimension5, MTA Entertainment & Events, Pot-Pourri and The Song Room.One Team One Voice Workshop
Tania de Jong AM is one of Australia's most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators with 5 businesses and 3 charities under her belt. She is also one of Australia's leading speakers and has the voice of an angel. Tania has recently been named in the 100 Women of Influence and the 100 Most Influential Entrepreneurs in Australia.How singing together changes the brain: Tania de Jong AM at TEDxMelbourne
Tania de Jong AM makes the case that people singing together can change the brain. Pushing the idea that creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st century, she says how our voices have been silenced and that it's not doing us any good. She explains how singing is a survival mechanism, how it makes our hearts beat together and can help heal strokes and depression. With singing, and the potential she believes it has, Tania dedicates herself to enhancing and promoting ingenuity and founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to do so. As a leading Australian soprano and through 'With One Voice', Tania works with disadvantaged communities. In 2008 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the arts and for the establishment and development of arts enrichment programs for schools and communities.Tania de Jong AM speaks at Ci2011 - "With One Voice"
Tania de Jong AM is a leading Australian soprano and social entrepreneur. She founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to improve wellbeing, engagement and innovation in organisations and communities. Tania presents keynote speeches globally and consults to multinational organizations on creative leadership for the 21st Century. She is Founder and Executive Producer of Creative Innovation 2010, 2011 and 2012. In this presentation, Tania speaks about her transformational "With One Voice" social inclusion program, highlighting the numerous benefits that diversity and social inclusion can bring about for individuals, organisations and communities.Extract from a Keynote Speech by Tania
Tania brings her own special magic to an event. She combines valuable insights with a fantastic singing voice a truly unique experience. She electrified the 2018 European Business Forum. ... keep reading Thinkers 50 European Business Forum
It is truly inspiring to be in the presence of someone as passionate, creative and confident as Tania de Jong. It's her passion and outside of the box thinking that is most impressive as she takes those around her on her incredible life journey. Most importantly, it's her incredible being that made her keynote at our conference exceptional and that's very hard to find. It was highly interactive, engaging, and pushed people's boundaries which was great to observe. You are an amazing person Tania so thank you for sharing your greatness with us.
Once again Tania demonstrated how well she can adjust to the needs of different audiences. For our staff conference she successfully focused on our conference themes of innovation, managing change and the importance of effective teams. As usual she managed to fully engage our group and achieved a high level of participation by all. In our post conference feedback sessions the group unanimously scored her segment as outstanding.
Tania's keynote address was an inspiring call to action on our individual and collective creative capacity. And I never thought I would witness our national team in full and rapturous song together. The experience left us all with a sense of unexpected elation!
This golden-voiced diva gave us all goose bumps. Her message was powerful and her never give up attitude was so inspiring. She has clearly earned her success through hard work and extraordinary talent. Entertaining and brilliant!
Tania de Jong brought warmth, enthusiasm and inspiration to our launch of Constellation Professional Women's Speaker Series. We were overwhelmed with the positive feedback on our selection of speaker. Tania managed to transcend our business world with her background as a lawyer, evoked compassion and understanding with her family history and encouraged us to be resilient when our dreams are shattered. She inspired us all to look for the music in our lives, let our dreams soar and our voices sing
Tania's presentation was one of the most insightful and entertaining talks we had in recent months. The students and the professors thoroughly enjoyed the engaging talk and learnt about the power of creativity, innovation and collaboration. The importance of creativity in large corporations, the need for innovation especially in Australia and the real power of diversity are some of our key learnings we will remember and use. It was our privilege to hear her beautiful voice in the end, a perfect finish to the event. The event was a great success. A big thank you to Tania, on behalf of the students at Melbourne Business School
Your presentation Creative Leadership The Key to Success in Uncertain Times was excellent, evidenced by the number and calibre of questions from the audience. You provided cutting edge public policy thinking for our Trustees. Feedback from the event has been excellent.
Thank you for facilitating our session at our Commonwealth Private Leaders' Forum. It was wonderful you were able to join us for a focused, deep-dive session on unleashing our potential, and helping us consider different ways to get the best out of our people to build tomorrow's Bank today. Feedback from the leaders has been really positive, and I know they deeply valued hearing your insights from working with a wide range of different leaders.
Tania de Jong is an inspiration for her ability to engage with her audiences (even when delivering a keynote remotely); for the transformational power of her message that the ability to positively change the world is within each of us; and for a true generosity of her spirit. She is transcendent!
It was a pleasure to have Tania present her Keynote on Human intelligence 2.0 How to adapt to change in turbulent times to create a future trajectory at the 7th Annual Women in Leadership Summit for 2021. Her energy and bubbly personality inspired our delegates to get off their feet, interact and engage with one another as she brought forth such an uplifting and invaluable session.
Tania provided the closing key-note at our virtual conference. Despite the challenges of an online format, Tania's heart-felt presentation captivated and provoked us to think differently.
Tania made the impossible possible in this crazy time. We organised our #MOI2020 Insurance Innovation Day as a digital event instead of our planned live event in beautiful Vienna. Tania created a digital, creative Opening Keynote for us. It was amazing and everybody was so inspired by Tania's spirit and important messages about creativity, innovation and leadership in a rapidly changing world. Thank you for this experience!
Thanks so much for being our featured guest for our one hour segment. We had great love for it on the text line. People appreciated the storytelling and the beautiful uplifting music. Thanks so much for your generosity of time and spirit.
Tania was a brilliant addition to the 2019 International Consciousness Forum, held in Madison in May 2019. Her presence brought a new dimension of light and sound to this event with her amazing voice and ability to connect personally with so many of the attendees and presenters. Her philanthropic work is truly impactful in making a positive difference in the lives of many.
Tania presented such an inspirational speech and offered opportunity to think further outside the square to motivate change and support innovation. It was a lovely way to start the day and get us all motivated and inspired. I particularly liked the discussions around creativity and innovation.
A big thank you for your contribution to the Unleashing our Potential workshop. The excitement and energy you created was amazing – what a buzz! We are very optimistic about the ideas that were generated and have already commenced the next steps to implementation. Again, thank you all for your commitment and professionalism and giving 150 of our top people a thought provoking and fun day.
It was a fantastic experience to hear your speech at Thinkers 50 in Odense in 2018. You really made it crystal clear to all of us what purpose means and how important it is if you want to make a difference. Very impressive.
