Mona Riabacke and decision-making under uncertainty
Mona Riabacke’s expertise is rooted in her research on how people make decisions under risk and uncertainty. With a PhD in Risk and Decision Analysis, she has spent years studying what happens when leaders are forced to decide without full information. Her work shows that decisions are rarely driven by logic alone. Fear, habits, group dynamics, and unspoken assumptions often play a far greater role than leaders realize.
In her keynotes, Mona translates this research into insights leaders can immediately use. She helps audiences understand why smart people still make poor decisions, how uncertainty affects judgment, and what leaders can do to improve decision quality when the stakes are high. The result is a clearer, more realistic approach to leadership in a fast-changing world.
Leadership that balances high tech and high touch
With an academic background in computer and systems sciences, Mona Riabacke understands technology-driven environments and complex systems. Today, her work bridges high tech with high touch. She focuses on the human side of leadership — behavior, emotions, and relationships — and how these elements shape outcomes more than processes or tools alone.
Mona challenges the idea that better data automatically leads to better decisions. Instead, she shows how leadership quality, trust, and psychological safety determine whether information is used wisely or ignored. Her talks help leaders reflect on their own behavior and understand how their actions influence confidence, responsibility, and performance in their teams.
Mona Riabacke on teamwork and responsibility
Strong teamwork does not happen by accident, especially under uncertainty. Mona Riabacke works with leadership teams to strengthen collaboration, ownership, and mutual trust. She explores how group dynamics influence decisions, why responsibility is often avoided in unclear situations, and how leaders can create environments where people step forward instead of holding back.
Her insights are particularly relevant for organizations facing rapid change, restructuring, or increased complexity. Mona helps leaders understand how culture, informal norms, and unspoken fears affect teamwork — and what it takes to build teams that decide, act, and move forward together.
Keynotes that challenge and inspire
Mona Riabacke’s keynotes are known for being thought-provoking, practical, and highly engaging. She blends behavioral science, leadership psychology, and concrete examples from real organizations to challenge conventional thinking. Her style is direct, reflective, and relatable, making complex topics easy to grasp without oversimplifying them.
Rather than offering quick fixes, Mona invites leaders to rethink how they lead in uncertainty. She inspires courage, clarity, and trust — qualities that are essential when the future cannot be predicted.
Book Mona Riabacke for your event
Book Mona Riabacke for your event if you want a speaker who goes beyond trends and buzzwords. Her keynotes equip leaders with a deeper understanding of decision-making, leadership, and teamwork in times of rapid change.
In a world where certainty is rare, Mona Riabacke shows what great leadership really requires: building trust that enables people to decide, act, and move forward — even when the answers are not clear.
