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.
Topics include:
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.
- 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
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.
- 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
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.
- 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
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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