KEYNOTES & TALKS

A talk that changes how your audience pays attention — and wakes something in them that was never meant to sleep.

Available for keynotes, conferences, corporate events, museum gatherings, and cultural occasions — in person or virtual. Each talk is shaped around your audience and their moment.

In a world where attention is the scarcest resource in any room, Mitra offers something rare: a talk that does not just inform an audience, it shifts them. People leave seeing differently — their choices, their relationships, their work, and the quality of presence they bring to it all.

Her talks are distilled from her book The Attentionist, from four decades of teaching on four continents, and from the oldest wisdom traditions on earth. Mitra delivers them with the warmth of a storyteller and the precision of someone who has spent a lifetime studying how human beings actually change.

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Attentionism is one philosophy — but every audience brings its own questions. Each engagement is shaped in advance to make sure the talk lands where it needs to. Mitra also develops original engagements for specific contexts and audiences.

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We live in a world engineered to steal our attention. The cost is not just distraction — it is identity, direction, and the capacity to lead. This talk reveals how the attention economy works, what it costs us, and what it means to reclaim the most powerful currency we have.

Audience Takeaways
  • Understand how attention shapes perception, identity, and decision-making
  • Recognize the patterns of unconscious attention spending
  • Leave with a practical framework for reclaiming attention at work and in life
Duration45 min / 60 min / 90 min
DeliveryIn-person or virtual
Ideal forLeadership summits, annual conferences
Q&AOptional · Recommended
FeeContact for fees
FormatKeynote · Workshop available
Audience size50 – 5,000+
CustomizationYes — industry & audience specific
LanguagesEnglish

Reactive leadership is costing organizations more than they know — in culture, retention, and results. This talk gives leaders a new map: one that starts with attention, moves through conscious choice, and ends with deliberate action aligned with intention.

Audience Takeaways
  • Distinguish reactive leadership from conscious leadership — and why it matters now
  • Understand the role of fear in organizational culture and decision-making
  • A practical model: Attention → Choice → Creation applied to leadership
Duration60 min / 90 min / Half-day workshop
DeliveryIn-person or virtual
Ideal forCorporate events, L&D programs
Q&AOptional · Recommended
FeeContact for fees
FormatKeynote · Workshop · Executive retreat
Audience size10 – 500 · Boardroom to ballroom
CustomizationYes — organizational context integrated
LanguagesEnglish

The most personal and most universal of Mitra's talks. It begins with a question: what if the life you're living isn't the one you chose? Through story, science, and Attentionism, this keynote takes audiences from the automatic life to the conscious one — and gives them the tools to stay there.

Audience Takeaways
  • Understand the difference between surviving and consciously creating
  • See the frightened mind clearly — without judgment, with compassion
  • Leave with one practice to begin directing attention knowingly
Duration60 min / 90 min
DeliveryIn-person · Virtual available
Ideal forWellness events, cultural gatherings
Q&AOptional · Recommended
FeeContact for fees
FormatKeynote · Community event · Festival
Audience sizeAny size · Intimate to festival scale
CustomizationYes — community context integrated
LanguagesEnglish

PAST ENGAGEMENTS

Amazon

CAA

CAA

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch

Hugo Boss

Christian Dior

USC

UCLA Anderson

SAG

SAG-AFTRA

SUMMIT

Summit Series

ANNENBERG

Annenberg Foundation

SENATE

Senate of Canada

Okeechobee Music Festival

Harvest Kaplankaya

Higher Ground Labs

Unilever

UTA

United Talent Agency

Mitra Manesh has an amazing gift for helping people get clear about what’s holding them back, and how best to move forward.

Sean Rad

Founder, Tinder

Her approach is no nonsense and practical — it brings calm yet somehow propels you forward at the same time. There is no one like her.

Steve Levitan

Creator & Producer, Modern Family

No matter the issue, the subject, or the magnitude, Mitra makes any resolution feel attainable. She truly is magic.

Jessica Graboff

Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

In the past decade, Mitra has provided me with the tools to create clarity, focus, and take action with a full heart.

Farryn Weiner

Founder, Farrynheight · Former VP, Sweetgreen · Senior Director, Michael Kors

My time with Mitra has completely transformed my life. I am forever grateful and full-heartedly recommend her magical services to anyone looking to live a life more fulfilled.

Shanit Frydman

Executive Business Coach · Former Criminal Defense Attorney / Prosecutor, City of Los Angeles

Mitra makes hard conversations easy. Her approach has helped me be a more mindful leader.

Betsy Hoover

Partner, Higher Ground Labs

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