Helping Leaders Break Free From Gridlock

Monali Shah partners with leaders and organizations who want to grow but feel stuck. With two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, leadership, and human potential, she helps transform obstacles into clarity, alignment, and impact.

Helping Leaders Break Free From Gridlock

Monali Shah partners with leaders and organizations who want to grow but feel stuck. With two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, leadership, and human potential, she helps transform obstacles into clarity, alignment, and impact.

Professional Experience

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Where Strategy Meets Soul and Change Finds Its Flow.

In a  world moving faster than ever, I help visionary leaders turn confusion into clarity, fatigue into focus, and stagnation into sustainable growth — so they can chart new paths with purpose, impact, and flow.

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Meet Monali Shah

Monali Shah is a transformation catalyst at the intersection of technology, social impact, and personal growth. With leadership roles at Google, HERE Technologies, Nokia, and NAVTEQ, she has pioneered advancements in AI, digital mapping, smart cities, and mobility. She has served on boards including ITS America, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Smart Mobility Initiative, and the University of Michigan Transportation Institute.

Through her company, inflowio, Monali now helps leaders, teams, and organizations find clarity in the midst of complexity and build the courage to move forward. Whether she’s coaching an executive, advising an organization looking to grow its impact, or speaking to thousands, Monali bridges vision and action, head and heart, innovation and humanity.

Clarity. Momentum. Transformation.

ways to Work With Me

Transformation does not happen in one dimension. Monali’s services are designed to meet leaders where they are and create momentum that lasts for the organization, team and individual.

  • Monali partners with executive teams and boards to uncover the throughline between vision and action. With expertise spanning AI, transportation, and solutions innovation, she aligns strategies, structures, and people so leaders can turn gridlock into flow.

    What’s Included

    • Strategic Insight Session: A focused strategy session to cut through complexity, surface blind spots, and uncover actionable next steps

    • Ongoing advising and thought partnership to support product/mission strategy, go-to-market strategy, business model innovation

    • Insight-driven frameworks that align people, priorities, and solutions

    Example Outcomes

    • Clear organizational priorities and next moves

    • Stronger alignment between leadership, strategy, and execution

    • Tech-enabled strategies that improve efficiency and outcomes

    • Accelerated progress on high-stakes initiatives

  • Leading change takes more than strategy.. It requires alignment between leaders, teams, and systems. This accelerator equips executives with the clarity, tools, and presence to lead transformation with both head and heart. Through workshops, tailored strategy, and coaching support, Monali helps organizations cultivate leaders who can create momentum that is both inspiring and sustainable.

    What’s Included

    • Micro-learning and practice-driven workshops

    • Group and individual coaching to sustain momentum

    • Skill areas such as communication, strategic alignment, time management, mindset shifts, and cultivating calm under pressure

    Example Outcomes

    • Leaders aligned for impact without burnout

    • Clearer communication and stronger collaboration

    • Greater capacity to lead through uncertainty and change

    • Practical tools for sustaining transformation long after the program ends

  • For mid-career executives at a crossroads, outward success can mask an inner restlessness. This program helps leaders rediscover joy, release limiting beliefs, and step boldly into their next chapter. With personalized coaching, role-play practice, and frameworks that bring clarity, Monali guides leaders to design a future that feels exciting, aligned, and achievable.

    What’s Included

    • Six months of 1:1 coaching (with a 3-month starter option)

    • Two sessions per month, plus a flex session for practice or role-play

    • Practical tools and exercises to apply in between sessions and to build mastery

    Example Outcomes

    • A bold and inspiring vision for the next chapter

    • Practical steps and ongoing support to bring it to life

    • Greater alignment between purpose, values, and career

    • Renewed energy and fulfillment across work and life

Speaking That Moves People Forward

Monali inspires audiences by turning visionary ideas into momentum and impact.

Monali ignites minds and movements. Her keynotes don’t just inform — they transform. With a dynamic blend of AI insight, mobility innovation, and authentic leadership, Monali helps audiences lead with clarity, creativity, and adaptability in a rapidly changing world.

Audiences don’t just listen — they shift. They learn to:

  • Envision tomorrow with fearless creativity

  • Activate the bridge between Artificial and Intuitive Intelligence

  • Gain grounded, practical insights through real-world examples

  • Transform rigidity into flow with actionable mindset shifts

Signature Keynotes & Workshops:

  • Structures and Movement: Reimagining What’s Possible

  • Authentic Leadership: Walking in Your Own Shoes

  • Cultivating Calm: Returning to Your Center in a Chaotic World

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  • Monali has strong business acumen and she is able to quickly get to the core of the issue to identify the opportunities and levers for growth and success.

    - Strategic Advising Client

  • I got so much out of the program. I have found the limiting beliefs hard to recognize so this has been helpful to have some of them pointed out and have tools to help me identify them myself in the future.

    - Coaching Client

  • Through this journey I have been reminded of my strengths and learned to view situations in a more constructive way. I have also gained a deeper understanding of my values and developed a vision for myself as I embark on the next step in my career.

    - Coaching Client

  • You kept my attention the entire time. This is rare for me.

    - Keynote & Workshop Participant

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for keynotes and workshops

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Ready to Move Forward?

Whether you’re a leader stepping into your next chapter, an organization navigating complexity, or an audience ready to be inspired, Monali brings the clarity, insight, and energy to get you moving.