Keynote Speaker
Dasha Barsukova is a keynote speaker on flow state, human performance, leadership, and the human advantage in an AI world — for conferences, leadership summits, and corporate events.
Why it's different
Most keynotes feel good in the room and fade by the parking lot. The audience claps, nods, and forgets.
Dasha's talks are built differently. They give people a genuinely new lens — a way of understanding why they're exhausted, why their best work is so inconsistent, and what actually drives peak performance in an AI-powered world.
Audiences leave not just motivated, but with a different mental model and practical tools they can use the next morning.
The result is the rarest thing in event programming: a session people are still talking about weeks later.
Because AI is getting smarter, people need to become wiser.
Signature Talks
Every talk is tailored to your event theme, audience, and goals.
01
Why the organizations that thrive won't be the ones with the best technology, but the ones who develop what technology can't replicate — creativity, judgment, emotional intelligence, and presence. A forward-looking talk on the future of work and human potential.
02
What flow actually is, why most workplaces accidentally prevent it, and how individuals and teams can access their best work on purpose. Practical, evidence-informed, and immediately useful.
03
How the best leaders make clear decisions, stay composed, and bring out the best in their people when the stakes are highest — and why state, not strategy, is the real differentiator.
04
Why high performance and wellbeing aren't a trade-off, and how organizations can build cultures where people perform exceptionally because they feel exceptionally well.
What they walk away with
For event organizers
Substance and delivery
Evidence-informed content from a background in psychology and neuroscience, delivered in a way that's engaging, modern, and human.
A timely, ownable topic
The human advantage in an AI world is exactly the conversation leaders want to be having right now.
Tailored, not templated
Every talk is shaped to your event's theme and audience — not a recycled deck.
Easy to work with
Professional, prepared, and responsive from first email to standing ovation.
A premium fit
The tone lands for leadership summits, innovation conferences, and corporate events — intelligent and inspiring, never generic.
In person and virtual
Available for live events and virtual conferences worldwide.
Speaker bio
Dasha Barsukova is a keynote speaker, human performance facilitator, and leadership development practitioner who helps organizations unlock the uniquely human capacities that drive innovation, leadership, wellbeing, and performance in an AI-powered world.
She holds a Bachelor of Science with a double major in psychology and neuroscience, and has spent over 14 years studying human behaviour, peak performance, nervous system regulation, and emotional intelligence. Drawing on evidence-informed psychology and neuroscience, experiential learning, and flow state research, she helps audiences understand not just what drives exceptional performance, but how to access it.
She has worked with leaders, founders, and high-performing teams across the world.
Short bio for event programs
Dasha Barsukova is a keynote speaker on flow state, human performance, and the human advantage in an AI world. With a background in psychology and neuroscience and 14+ years studying peak performance, she helps audiences perform at their best without burning out.
Check availability
Tell me about your event — the theme, the audience, the date — and I'll be in touch about availability and the right talk for your stage.
Speaking in person and virtually · Conferences · Leadership summits · Corporate events