Survival Mode: The Silent Killer of Connection, Confidence, and Leadership

Unni Turrettini is a leadership strategist and human connection expert who works at the intersection of survival mode, resilience, and the future of leadership in the age of AI. She helps leaders and teams navigate distraction, political turbulence, and constant uncertainty by doing something most people never learn: regulating their own nervous system and reconnecting to themselves.

Unni’s core message is simple and confronting: AI won’t replace humans. But it will replace humans who are disconnected from themselves.

Her new book on human connection and AI explores how we can stay clear, grounded, and deeply human in a world of information overload, hybrid threats, and shrinking psychological safety.

For this practical and interactive event, Unni will share how high achievers can deactivate survival mode, build true resilience, and lead with presence—even when the world around them doesn’t feel safe.

The event will also be a celebration of the insights and expertise of our members. Unni will be in conversation with Conduit member Steph French, a facilitator working to surface blindspots and blockers in the changemaking space through reconnection with our intuitive knowledge. Steph co-leads The Conduit’s Psychology for Change community group.

Copies of Unni’s new book, Soulware: The High Achiever’s Guide to Divine Connection in the Age of AI, will be available at the event.

Event Schedule

6:30pm: Pre-event socialising and networking
A cash bar will be available for refreshments.

6:45pm: Event begins

8:00pm: Event ends

Speakers

Unni Turrettini is a bestselling author and leadership strategist. A former New York attorney with a decade in law and finance, she blends neuroscience, emotional mastery, and energetic intelligence to show leaders how to regulate their nervous systems, stay clear under pressure, and lead with courage when the environment is anything but stable. After Norway’s 2011 lone-wolf massacre, Unni devoted years to studying the roots of isolation, extremism, and disconnection. That work shaped two critically acclaimed books and her upcoming book on human connection in the age of AI, making her a sought-after voice on leadership, belonging, and resilience in turbulent times. She lives in Oslo, and when she’s not traveling, she can be found walking her spoiled Boston Terrier or taking an icy plunge in the Oslo fjord.

Steph French is a facilitator working at the nexus of psychology, systemic change and embodied practices. With a background in Philosophy & Psychology from the University Oxford and an MSc in Human Nutrition, her multidisciplinary career spans retail, consumer goods, food, farming, and the service sector. She has worked with global organisations including PepsiCo, Mars, Tesco, The Body Shop, and the World Bank. Her work is shaped by her own journey of trauma healing, breaking intergenerational cycles, and challenging inherited patterns and societal expectations. Drawn to systemic thinking through lived experience, she has trained extensively in systemic family constellations with first-generation teachers. The current focus of her work includes climate psychology and cognitive dissonance, the systemic drivers of burnout, systemic issues in philanthropy and giving voice to future generations and non-human beings.