Lisa Christen Michelle Holmes
Curated spaces for the real conversations executive leaders rarely get to have during WEF.
Wednesday 20 January 2027World Economic Forum weekBy invitation only
Register Your InterestNo speeches. No polished corporate talking points. No panel theater.
Real conversations between leaders who stop performing for an audience and start saying what they actually think. An independent gathering during World Economic Forum week.
What an Unscripted conversation sounds like
In the Hot Seat, a former chairman who publicly dismantled HR. In the audience, the CHROs who have questions.
Different sectors meet at the same altitude. A chief executive in luxury and a principal in the Gulf are deciding things of the same magnitude without the same reflexes. Each one thinks better with the other in the room. Curated to approximately thirty attendees per session.
Luxury
Chief Executive of a global fashion house
Life sciences
Chief Financial Officer of a listed pharmaceutical company
Insurance
Chief Executive of a Swiss insurance group
Technology
Former Board Member of a global technology platform
FMCG
Chief People Officer of a global FMCG
Capital
Partner at a European private equity firm
Family business
Principal of a family-owned business in the Gulf
Industry
Chair of a European industrial group
A series of curated sessions for the conversations leaders rarely get to have in public. Details coming soon.
The day takes place across three spaces that each play their own part in the conversation.
Where the conversations happen.
Where the conversations continue.
Where the conversations travel.
An interactive session with an international bestselling author whose work has changed how executive teams behave. While most of the day is by invitation, The Masterclass is open to the public. Admission is by ticket. Lunch included.
Tickets on sale soon
Register Your Interest
Lisa Christen and Michelle Holmes are Executive Advisors to chief executives and executive teams. It is what brought them together over a decade ago: a shared understanding of critical leadership transitions, organizational transformation, and the moments where the answer is not yet obvious.
Year after year in Davos we wanted to hear a different kind of conversation, so we’re building the space for it.
They know what it means to lead when the answers aren’t obvious. Leaders, thinkers, and challengers willing to go beyond the polished answer to say something worth hearing.
New York Times Bestselling Author
Radical Candor and Radical Respect
You build trust by having candid, messy conversations, not a perfectly polished monologue. Ask what others think. Say what you think. Pay attention to how your words land. Take a beat to show you care if you get an emotional response; say it again even more directly if your point didn’t register.
Former Leadership Executive at Nike, Ralph Lauren, and Ford
Hustle with Heart®
In corporate America, I’ve seen what goes unsaid cost more than any difficult conversation. Respect isn’t staying quiet. It is caring enough to say what needs to be said. That’s why we need Unscripted @ Davos.
Retired Chairman of Microsoft Europe
Human Potential & Performance Expert
Successful and happy people have three things in common: They know who they are, they know what they want from life, and they know how to make decisions that allow them to use who they are to achieve what they truly want.
That is why I help people discover who they are, so they can unlock who they have the potential to become.
Mountain Plaza Hotel
Oberwiesstrasse 3
7270 Davos Platz
Getting there
Nine minutes by foot from Davos Platz station, just off the Promenade.
Outside the security zone
No Forum badge is needed to reach us.
We are welcoming a small number of partners and speakers who believe that hard conversations build leadership that lasts. Each place is extended by invitation following a private meeting with the founders.
Partnership
Details on applying to attend Main Program sessions will be shared with those who register their interest.
