Investment Performance, Built for Markets
Sasha Dickson speaks on the psychology and behaviour behind sustained performance in professional investors.
Her work brings together direct market experience, evidence-based coaching and current Cambridge research to explore what investment performance demands of individuals, leaders and teams.
A Distinct Perspective
Over the past few decades, investment performance has been coached with tools borrowed from outside the industry. Those tools have contributed a great deal, but markets present conditions that other high-performance fields were not designed to address: continuous exposure, noisy short-term feedback and decisions made with real capital at risk.
Drawing on 25 years across markets and human development, Sasha makes the case for investment performance science: a discipline built around how professional investors actually think, decide and endure.
Her talks translate complex research and lived experience into clear, practical ideas that audiences can apply immediately.
Flagship Keynote
The Missing Discipline: why investment performance needs its own science
For decades, financial firms have imported performance psychology from arenas such as elite sport, chess and military training. It was a genuine advance, but borrowed tools have a ceiling.
Investment professionals operate under distinct conditions: no natural breaks, massive cognitive and emotional loads, and complex performance decisions made in real time, while real capital is at risk.
Drawing on direct market experience and current Cambridge research, Sasha introduces investment performance science and offers a practical framework for developing sustained performance built specifically for markets.
Audience Takeaways
Why investment performance is structurally different from other high-performance disciplines
How borrowed tools can harm not help sustainable investment performance
Simple but powerful emotion regulation and cognitive discipline tools that can be used straightaway
A practical framework for developing sustained performance across individuals and teams
Speaking Formats
Keynote Presentations
Original, research-led talks for investment conferences, leadership events and company offsites. Each presentation combines a distinctive argument with practical applications for professional investors and their leaders.
Fireside Chats and Panels
Thoughtful, candid conversations on investment performance, decision-making under pressure, leadership and the psychology of markets. Sasha brings the perspective of both a market practitioner and a performance specialist.
Online Webinars
Interactive virtual sessions for investment firms, professional associations and leadership teams. Content can be tailored to the audience, with time for discussion and practical application.
Sasha is available for conferences, investment firm offsites, leadership events, panels and private gatherings in Asia, the UK and internationally.
To discuss your audience, objectives and preferred format, please get in touch.