EXECUTIVE COACH · APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE · KEYNOTE SPEAKER
I help leaders perform at the edge of what's humanly possible.
A decade at McKinsey and across digital transformation, venture-backed companies, and startup ecosystems. Now I translate the science of how the brain actually works into how organisations lead, decide, and execute under pressure.
15+
Years in high-stakes
leadership environments
3
Disciplines: Strategy,
Psychology, Neuroscience
ICF trained
ICF-Accredited Executive Coach (ACC in progress)
Global
Based in Germany,
working worldwide
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
Munich
GERMANY
Festival der Zukunft: Your brain is the bottleneck - neuroscience of leadership and AI adoption
1E9 & DEUTSCHES MUSEUM
A festival track on AI, deep tech, and the human systems that decide whether transformation actually lands - alongside founders, scientists, and venture investors.
Stockholm
SWEDEN
Hjärnhälsa som affärsstrategi
STRONGER MEDIA / DAGENS INDUSTRI
A business-press keynote on why brain health functions as a strategic asset, not an HR initiative.
Basel
SWITZERLAND
Leading with Wellbeing: A Global Perspective
THE BRITISH-SWISS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
On the shift from reactive to preventive approaches in workplace performance, and what that means for global future-skilling strategy.
Palma de Mallorca
SPAIN
Unlock Your Brain: Neuroscience Secrets for Well-being and Leadership
AETHOS CLUB PALMA
An evening keynote translating neuroscience research directly into practical leadership behaviour.
Zagreb
CROATIA
Leading with Wellbeing: A Global Perspective
HR COMMUNITY CROATIA
On 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 platitudes. Real science, plainly spoken.
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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 - a premium advisory firm working with leadership teams at genuine inflection points.