For Helm members (Founders)

Summary

We’re running 21st-century companies on stone age biology.

Everyone’s racing to adopt AI, but that will soon be table stakes. The founders who win in the AI era won’t be the ones trying to out-process machines. They’ll be the ones who have upgraded their Human Operating System: the ability to stay clear under pressure, lead transformation, retain critical talent, influence stakeholders with authenticity, and build cultures that drive innovation.

Time for a Human OS upgrade.

Most leaders are making million-pound decisions from fight-or-flight states — trying to think strategically while their biology is hijacking attention, judgement, and creativity. This session introduces an “upgrade” that’s available to all of us: training in meta-awareness — the capacity to notice yourself operating in real time and choose differently.

When you develop that capacity, things shift: you lead uncertainty with grounded calm, insight comes more easily, trust increases through presence, and decisions come from clarity — not just data or adrenaline.

What we’ll cover (interactive + practical)

A neuroscience-backed framework built around three core capacities:

• Awareness — seeing your patterns as they happen
• Altitude — separating signal from noise
• Alchemy — regulating your internal state on demand

This isn’t a session about what to do as a leader. It’s about how to be when the stakes are high.

You’ll walk away with

• A meaningful shift in perspective
• Practical tools you can use immediately
• A clearer path to the competitive edge that comes from turning human nature into strategic advantage

Why attend

If you’re scaling fast, your decisions compound — and your state when you make them materially affects outcomes. This is for founders who recognise that:

• Your nervous system is part of your operating infrastructure
• The pressure isn’t going away, but your relationship to it can change
• Reactive leadership shows up in the decisions you regret — and the talent you lose
• It’s not who has the best tools (your competitors will adopt the same AI) — it’s who has the steadiest hand

Speaker: Shona Beats

Shona joined Headspace as employee #2 and COO, helping build the product, business, and team over six years through hypergrowth and multiple funding rounds — as Headspace went on to reach 100M+ users across 190+ countries.

She did it off the back of burnout. At 30, Shona was signed off with chronic anxiety, found recovery through meditation, and soon after joined the Headspace founders to help build one of the world’s defining mind-health brands.

Grounded in 5,000+ hours of consciousness training and nearly two decades studying elite performance and leadership, Shona created The Human OS Upgrade — a neuroscience-backed framework for unlocking human capacity in the AI era. Today she works globally as a keynote speaker, executive coach, and board advisor to founders and CEOs.

Ticket cost: FREE for all event-inclusive membership types. If you’re unsure about your membership type please contact membership@helmclub.co

Cancellations:

We kindly ask that members only sign up for events that they are certain they can attend. If you’re unable to attend an event, please contact the Events Team at least 72 hours in advance, or as soon as possible in case of an emergency. If an emergency does happen, please reach out to your contacts in the Helm network and offer your place to them.

Remember, cancelling an event or not showing up means that another member may miss out on a unique opportunity, as well as there being a financial cost to Helm for the venue hire and staff time.

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