KEYNOTE SPEAKER · APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE ADVISOR · FOUNDER, AUGMENT MIND · GUEST LECTURER TUM
Leadership Performance Is Biological
- Measurable, Trainable, Upgradeable.
Over a decade of experience spanning McKinsey, digital transformation, venture-backed companies, and startup ecosystems. Now, she translates the science of how the brain actually works into how organisations lead, decide, and execute under pressure.
Her work is built on one rule: Success looks like you not needing her again. You leave knowing the growth was yours. Every interaction is designed so you leave knowing the growth was yours - not because of anything she said, but because of the work you did.
15+
Years in high-stakes
leadership environments
3
Disciplines: Strategy,
Psychology, Neuroscience
ICF Certified
ICF Certified Coach (ACC)
Global
Based in Germany,
working worldwide
Guest Lecturer
Technical University of Munich School of Management
KEYNOTES & SPEAKING
Ideas that change how leaders think,
not just what they know.
Virginia speaks on the intersection of neuroscience, decision quality, and leadership performance - to boards, executive teams, and leadership audiences who want substance over inspiration. Every engagement is developed in direct conversation with the organiser to fit the specific audience and moment.
Cognitive Readiness & Execution
Why organisations with good strategy still fail to execute - and what the neuroscience of decision-making, cognitive load, and threat response reveals about the real binding constraint.
Decision Quality Under Pressure
How high-stakes choices actually get made inside leadership teams - the neural mechanisms that degrade judgment under load, and what leaders can do about it before it costs them.
The Human Advantage in the AI Era
The case for brain capital as the only competitive moat technology cannot copy, and what it actually takes to build cognitive readiness at the leadership team level.
AVAILABLE FORMATS
· Keynote (30–60 min)
· Workshop with leadership teams (half-day)
· Facilitated panel or moderation
· Leadership offsite session - EN
ON RECORD
Berlin
GERMANY
Scheduled Next:
The Human Operating System; Fireside Chat
TALENT CRUNCH
Fireside Chat at Talent Crunch Summit 2026 - Still Human, Led by People, Built with AI
Ljubljana
SLOVENIA
Gothenburg
SWEDEN
Your Brain Under Pressure
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY
A master class tailored to master students on the topic of Your Brain This Semester - Building the Habits That Protect How You Think
Munich
GERMANY
Stockholm
SWEDEN
Basel
SWITZER-LAND
Palma de Mallorca
SPAIN
Scheduled Next:
The Human Operating System; Leading with Al without losing your mind
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF SLOVENIA
Opening Keynote at the 4th Edition of the Competency Center for Design Management (KCDM)
Your brain is the bottleneck - Neuroscience of Leadership and AI adoption
Festival Der Zukunft: 1E9 & DEUTSCHES MUSEUM
A keynote on AI, deep tech, and the human systems that decide whether transformation actually lands - alongside founders, scientists, and venture investors.
Hjärnhälsa som affärsstrategi
STRONGER MEDIA / DAGENS INDUSTRI
A business-press keynote on why brain health functions as a strategic asset, not an HR initiative.
Leading with Wellbeing: A Global Perspective
THE BRITISH-SWISS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Speech on the shift from reactive to preventive approaches in workplace performance, and what that means for global future-skilling strategy.
Unlock Your Brain: Neuroscience Secrets for Well-being and Leadership
AETHOS CLUB PALMA
A keynote translating neuroscience research directly into practical leadership behaviour.
Zagreb
CROATIA
Leading with Wellbeing: A Global Perspective
HR COMMUNITY CROATIA
Seminar embedding wellbeing into leadership strategy as a driver of sustainable organisational growth.
FEATURED
Dagens Industri - featured in DI's customer magazine on Brain Health as a Business Strategy. Read →
Guest appearance on a podcast conversation about decision fatigue and leadership. Listen →
Mentioned in a widely-read Swedish lifestyle feature on ELLE.se
All engagements are individually briefed to ensure relevance for your specific audience and context.
It's me. Your Brain.
A podcast for people who lead, perform, and think for a living, and want to understand the organ that makes all of it possible.
No self-help. No performance optimization. Instead, real science, plainly spoken.
Listeners in 70+ countries have already tuned in.
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Virginia is the founder of Augment Mind.
If you're looking for leadership team programmes, enterprise-scale human performance transformation, or selective 1:1 executive coaching, that work lives under the Augment Mind umbrella - an evidence-led advisory firm working with leadership teams at genuine inflection points.