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Mónica Nainsztein
Leadership and Culture

Mónica Nainsztein, Listed

Bilingual Keynote Speaker & Creative Instigator | Breaks the rules of improv. Builds businesses doing it.

Keynote speaker, workshop leader, subject-matter expert, moderator and emcee, performer, experience provider, and adventure and travel provider

Leadership and CultureInnovation and the FutureCommunication and Negotiation
+2 moreResilience and Mental WellbeingPurpose and Life Design
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3 sessions below
Formats
Keynote, Workshop
In person
Based in
Sacramento, CA
Travels internationally.
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Ridiculous, Until It Isn’t: Connecting Dots Nobody Saw Coming

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KeynoteUnder 1 hourIn person
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, next-generation leaders, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

Forget sitting through another keynote. You're about to become part of one. Armed with a microphone, a quick wit, and insatiable curiosity, Mónica invites the audience to throw their most ridiculous ideas, toughest challenges, and impossible what-ifs her way, and the unscripted, high-energy exchange that follows, in English or Spanish, connects unlikely dots and uncovers opportunities nobody saw coming. No slides full of answers. Fewer passive spectators than usual. Just a room discovering what happens when imagination becomes a team sport.

  • The art of asking "But what if...?" and finding opportunities where others see dead ends.
  • A knack for connecting unlikely dots and turning wild ideas into real possibilities.
  • A fresh way to look at their own challenges, and the confidence to try one unexpected idea.
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Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: None.

The Idea Lab: Bring Me a Half-Baked Idea. We'll Grow an Ecosystem.

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Workshop1 to 2 hoursIn person
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, spouses and partners, next-generation leaders, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

Improv teaches “Yes, and…” Mónica has spent her life asking “But what if…?” and building businesses doing it. This hands-on lab has no sidelines. Participants bring wild ideas and stubborn challenges, then use “But what if…?” to question assumptions and reframe them, and “Yes, and…” to build on each other. Expect rapid-fire ideation, laughter, and unlikely collaborators. Leave with ideas worth exploring. No spectators, no canned answers. Everyone plays.

  • A playful way to challenge the rules and unleash their own unconventional thinking.
  • A repeatable way to question assumptions and turn impossible what-ifs into ideas worth exploring, together.
  • A real challenge reframed, and an idea worth pursuing, built with the people in the room.
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Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: None.

Humans ON the Loop: Building AI That Answers to People

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KeynoteUnder 1 hourIn person
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, next-generation leaders, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

Everyone is asking what AI can do. Mónica asks who's in charge. As the founder of Certifiably Human and Human Governed AI, she offers a candid, jargon-free look at building technology that answers to people, and at starting an AI company at 55. Expect real stories from the founder's chair, plain-English ideas about keeping humans ON the loop, and live questions from the room. No hype, no doom, no slides full of acronyms. Just a smart, funny conversation about keeping humans in charge.

  • A clear way to tell humans IN the loop from humans ON the loop, and why the difference matters.
  • The questions worth asking before trusting AI with their work, customers, or brand.
  • A fresh view of where human judgment and creativity still lead, and how to protect them.
Session details and terms
Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: None.

About Mónica

Mónica Nainsztein lives outside the box, ideating ways to get in.

Exiled at seven, she grew up across Argentina, Brazil, Israel, and the U.S., collecting five languages and an allergy to “that's how it's done.” English came fifth. She'll still give native speakers a run for their money.

She built Localipsum (180+ languages) and founded Certifiably Human and Human Governed AI to keep people in charge of technology. She's performed at the California State Fair and served as the bilingual Voice of God(dess) at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A Frequency Radio host and emcee, she connects dots nobody knew were related. Then she builds.

Onstage, she tackles half-baked ideas and impossible challenges live, in English or Spanish, until the ridiculous looks possible. The point? How creatively your audience can think.

Give her a grain of an idea. Together, you'll grow an ecosystem.

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