MASTERMIND
THE ALLIANCE
The Alliance. Train Peak Performance With Steven Kotler and 26 of the Most Interesting People You'll Ever Meet.
A training environment for founders, entrepreneurs and creative leaders who want to perform better, think more creatively and solve harder problems. Together.
UP TOP, THE AIR IS THIN
Most creative leaders reach a point where the rooms stop matching. Meaningful feedback is rare and impactful mentorship is mostly a rumor.
The reality? Being a creative leader is lonely. The higher you climb the less people there are to hold the rope. Yet, innovation never occurs alone. And the cost of stalled projects and unfinished breakthroughs is draining.
Meanwhile the world is accelerating. AI is reshaping every industry––not overnight––every few hours. The pace of change demands adaptive capacity and lateral thinking that no MBA program teaches. Creativity is no longer a nice-to-have. It is the core competitive advantage. And the Alliance may be the only place in the world to train the actual neurobiology behind creativity.
The Alliance was built for this.
THREE THINGS IN EQUAL MEASURE
Training.
Curriculum built on the Flow Research Collective's dataset of 35,000 people across 156 countries and 28 industries. The largest peak performance training dataset ever assembled. The neuroscience of flow, creativity, nervous system regulation, decision-making under uncertainty, longevity and how to wield AI as a tool without eroding cognition. This is not theory. This is applied performance science you run in your own life and business.
Cross-pollination.
26 members from the cutting edges of their industries. Founders, operators, creators, builders. People who bring different expertise, different circles, different perspectives to the same table. The research is clear: the 10,000-hour rule collapses in group settings. When multiple people train the same skills together, time to mastery drops dramatically. Further, faster, together.
Think tank.
A room where your ideas get pressure-tested by people who are qualified to pressure-test them. Where feedback is honest because the relationships have depth. Where collaboration happens because the trust is earned over time, by having shared language and learning.
WHAT YOU TRAIN
How to get more done in less time. The neuroscience of flow produces a 500% increase in productivity (McKinsey). Not by working harder. By training the brain to work the way it was designed to.
How to stop burning out. Stress shuts off the parts of the brain you need most. Nervous system regulation is the skill that keeps you operational when the pressure is highest.
How to think laterally. Creativity is not a personality trait. It is a trainable cognitive skill. The ability to find novel solutions to problems that don't have obvious answers. In an age of AI, this is the skill that cannot be automated.
How to make decisions under uncertainty. The brain's prediction systems can be trained to process ambiguity faster and with less anxiety. This is what separates leaders who freeze from leaders who move.
How to use AI without getting dumber. AI is the most powerful cognitive tool ever built. It is also the fastest path to de-skilling. The Alliance trains the difference.
How to sustain this across decades. Longevity is not about living longer. It is about performing at your peak for as long as possible. The science here is newer than most people realize.
HOW IT WORKS
Structured training cycles with Steven and the advisory board. Immersive retreats with the group. Monthly expert-led calls with leading scientists, researchers and experts. 1:1 coaching and feedback directly from Steven Kotler.
Steven personally curates every member.
THE ADVISORY BOARD
Peter Diamandis — CEO, XPRIZE
Ivy Ross — Chief Design Officer, Google
Salim Ismail — Former President, Singularity University
Jody Levy — CEO, Summit
Dr. Sarah Sarkis — Performance Psychologist
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman — Creativity Researcher, Bestselling Author
Dr. Michael Mannino — Neuroscientist, Chief Science Officer, Flow Research Collective
Jason Silva — Emmy-Nominated Storyteller and Futurist
THE ROOM
26 members. From 2025→ 2026 we had a 80%+ renewal rate. Roughly 6 spots open per year.
People stay. That tells you more about the Alliance than anything on this page.
STEVEN KOTLER
30 years studying peak performance. 17 bestselling books. Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee. Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University. Trained 35,000 people across 156 countries and 28 industries. Built the largest peak performance training dataset ever assembled.
Published in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Wired, TIME and 100+ publications. Peer-reviewed research published in Nature, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience and Neuroscience of Consciousness.
Endorsed by Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Tony Robbins and Ray Kurzweil.
Steven personally curates every member of the Alliance and works 1:1 with each one.
WHO THIS IS FOR
The Alliance tends to attract a particular kind of person. Builders. Founders. People running companies, launching ventures, creating things that didn't exist before. People who have already done well by most standards and are now asking a harder question: how much further can I actually go?
They're usually the person in the room who can't find the room. They've outgrown the conferences, the peer groups, the generic leadership programs. They want to be around people who are as obsessed with getting better as they are. People who will tell them when an idea is bad. People who bring expertise they don't have.
If that sounds familiar, apply. We'll figure out fit together. Apply now.
Steven personally curates every member.