Reclaim 4 Hours a Week, Without Another AI Tool

Hosted by Daniela Kraus, COO, XVenture

Tue, Jun 9, 2026

7:30 PM UTC (30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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What you'll learn

Diagnose your mindset gap with a 9-question framework

See which of three competencies (focus, resilience, or emotional regulation) is leaking the most of your week.

Apply one evidence-based mindset technique this week

Stop reacting and start choosing your response in the moments that usually derail you.

Build your one-page Mindset Reset plan

Walk away with a concrete protocol you can test in the next 24 hours, not just ideas.

Why this topic matters

Published, peer-reviewed research with senior leaders at Nestlé and Legends Global found a 10% performance lift, and roughly 4 hours of reclaimed productive time per week, without adding a new tool. The variable that moved? Mindset. This Lightning Lesson is for busy professionals and leaders who feel time-poor, stretched, and reactive, and who know that another AI tool is not the answer.

You'll learn from

Daniela Kraus, COO, XVenture

Helping leaders reclaim 4 hours a week through mindset, not more AI tools

I work with C-suite leaders and senior executives building people-first organisations: the ones who want measurable performance, productivity and wellbeing gains, not another wellness initiative.

My background sits at the intersection of behavioural science, leadership and applied performance, shaped by experience across elite sport, corporate and education sectors.

Credentials & experience:

  • Certifications in Organisational Coaching and Neuroscience
  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
  • MindZen(xv) certified coach
  • Diploma of Counselling
  • Facilitated dozens of virtual individual and group learning experiences for organisations across the globe, including EY, HP, HubSpot, Loop TV, Ivey Business School, Gate14, Chicago Fire FC (MLS), Nutanix, Okta, PwC, Gymshark, Parkable, ASM Global and many more.

I'm also a genuine tech enthusiast. I use AI in my work every day and I'm fascinated by what it can do. But a decade of building human capability has taught me one thing clearly: leveraging AI matters, but mindset comes first. Get the second one right and the first one finally pays off.

As COO of XVenture, I served as research assistant on the global mindset study with Nestlé and Legends Global, the work that produced 10%+ improvements in workplace performance, or roughly four extra productive hours per person, per week. I now lead the delivery and expansion of that program across both organisations. The methodology, developed by Dr Mike Conway, is published, peer-reviewed and built for real-world constraints, not theory.

Why I teach on Maven: I want to share the innovation in all things learning and behaviroural sciences as appplied in our work with elite sports teams, senior executives, high performing individuals and teams from SMEs to Fortune-500 environments and make it accessible to the leaders and teams who'll never have a six-figure L&D budget. The same methodology, the same evidence base, scaled down to what one person can do in a week.

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