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HOW INTUITION ACCELERATES RESULTS IN HIGH-STAKES LEADERSHIP
The greatest barrier to transformation is hesitation. We slow down when we need to be speeding up. To do that, we need to strengthen our trust in our internal data- our intuition. We can build it through experience and risk-taking to make better decisions, faster.
This keynote challenges the audience to rebuild trust in their intuition so they can lead transformation with confidence.
Tracey's Signature Keynote
Leading with Intuition
in the Age of AI
Tracey's Signature Keynote
Leading with Intuition
in the Age of AI
Such a powerful way to open up the conference. Her keynote set the tone for everything that followed. Exceptionally well done as she drives impact across the C-suite community.
JAN JAMRICH, CEO, ENTROMY
Audience Takeaways
Learn how to build intuition through risk-taking
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Lead with curiosity to open up possibilities
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Understand how trusting our intuition is critical for growth
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Combine Intuition + AI in partnership
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We Are In A Trust Crisis
Over 30% of CEOs don’t trust their inner decision making.
The Cost Of Decision Paralysis
Margin Erosion
Too many decisions, not enough clarity. Leaders get stuck in analysis paralysis while opportunities slip away.
Stalled Innovation
When data drowns out intuition, teams can miss what the future market is becoming.
Strategic Drift
Without clear decision-making frameworks, teams lose focus on what truly drives enterprise value.
Why Intuition Matters
AI can detect—but only humans can discern. That discernment comes from intuition.
Intuition is our internal data built from our experiences and multiplied by our risk-taking. It shows us pattern recognition we can rely on when external data doesn’t exist yet. Intuition gives us the ability to trust ourselves and discern what is true.
Why Tracey?
From boardrooms to break rooms, Tracey Abbott has led through every stage of business growth.
Now she equips leaders with the intuition that turns hesitation into better, faster decisions.
$450B
AUM PE Fund Operating Partner
28
YRS
International Leadership
5M+
Reached Across
Media Platforms
5X
PE-Backed Board Member
5 Reasons To book Tracey
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She translates power into purpose
Tracey bridges investor precision with intuitive insight. Her keynotes move rooms - and the leaders inside them.
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She delivers transformation through story
Brazil’s analog to digital transformation. Dubai’s transformation from desert to world destination. Stories that reveal how leaders use risk to drive growth through impossible odds.
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She makes the intangible measurable
Intuition, alignment, strategic depth—they're not soft skills. Tracey gives leaders the language and tools to leverage them for competitive advantage.
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She’s the Strategist behind the curtain
Tracey challenges leaders to transform companies by first transforming themselves.
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She shows us the power of Possibilities
She brings us through a playful journey into Alice in Wonderland to identify the white rabbit...and become it.
Feel Tracey’s Energy In action
What People Are Saying
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"Tracey doesn’t just develop better leaders, she develops more grounded, effective humans and reminds us of our role in shaping the future."
Tracey sparks ideas, reflections, and conversations that transform leaders, decision making, and relationships, with a rare ability to integrate insight with practicality.
- SHANNON CARLSON, PRIVATE EQUITY TALENT PARTNER, TSG CONSUMER PARTNERS
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"I loved Tracey's concept of intuition growing in power with experience and exposure to risk."
Everyone was taking pictures of her quotes and were still talking days later about intuition.
- JOSH BAER, FOUNDER & CEO, CAPITAL FACTORY
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"Tracey delivers a speech urgent in the Age of AI. "
It’s critical for people getting disrupted by technology. Deciding “Do I trust technology or do I trust myself.” The reality is its a combination of both. Supremely well done!
- GUY CARTWRIGHT, SENIOR ADVISOR, RAMP
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"Tracey's presentation made everyone in the room wake up, and was quoted again on every panel."
It is intuition that senior leaders bring to the party and that makes the difference. She demonstrated that so authentically with her life story. Especially when data is overwhelming us, Tracey showed a clear path to cut through the noise and develop your voice.
— JULIANNE PRESSMAN, M.D. ALVAREZ & MARSAL
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"Tracey- straight talk, outstanding presentation, effective and efficient messaging."
Critical “Be the rabbit” take that risk mindset is critical because lives will never be less complicated.
- KEVIN WHITE, Co-Founder, Chief Legal Officer NovaSpark
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"We are raving about your message."
We all heard you speak and raving about your message and how it aligns with the future.
- CHONSTEN JENNINGS, CEO, The Purpose Engine
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"Had the pleasure of hearing Tracey Abbott speak recently as she is engaging, inspiring, and refreshingly grounded."
Her point about “trusting your intuition, then coming back to the data” was both smart and humble- a great reminder that AI won’t replace great thinking.
- NAUSHEEN HUSSAIN, Strategic HR Business Partner
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"Such a powerful way to open up the conference."
Tracey is so authentic and down-to-earth in how she delivers excellent content. She shows how relatable leaders are the essence to making change happen. Her keynote set the tone for the panels and conversations that follow. Exceptionally well done as she drives impact across the PE community.
— JAN JAMRICH, CEO, ENTROMY
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"Tracey delivered a powerful and impactful keynote."
Her engaging insights made each of the leaders in the packed room even better. Then she inspired us all leaving not a dry eye as we learned a little about her own journey.
– BEA WRAY, CEO PEER ADVISORY CHAIR, LIBERTY FELLOWS AT ASPEN INSTITUTE
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"Insightful session on Leading With Intuition in the Age of AI."
Your message about rebuilding trust in our own judgment while balancing intuition with data truly resonated with me. As a woman in leadership, I left feeling more grounded and confident, inspired by your perspective that intuition isn’t something to silence but a strength to cultivate as a competitive advantage.
- MICHELLE WILLIAMS, Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Dillas Quesadillas
Additional Speaking formats
WORKSHOPS
Interactive intensives designed to activate high-performing teams.
From founder succession to stakeholder alignment, Tracey facilitates practical, high-trust sessions that unlock clarity, accelerate collaboration, and elevate decision-making.
PANELS & FIRESIDES
Candid insight from the seat behind the strategy. From boardrooms to billion-dollar brands, Tracey brings sharp perspective and unfiltered honesty to conversations that matter.
PODCASTS & MEDIA
Story-led interviews that make the complex personal. Tracey turns abstract leadership ideas into tangible, human experiences—through insight, humor, and depth.
Audiences Tracey serves
Private Equity &
Venture Capital Leaders
Operating Partners
Portfolio Company CEOs and CFOs
Managing Directors & Fund Partners
Talent Partners and Human Capital Executives
Enterprise C-Suite Executives
Fortune 500 Strategy, Growth, and People Leaders
Founders and First-Time CEOs
Executives Navigating M&A, Scaling, or Transformation
Leadership Offsites & Retreat Organizers
Chief People Officers and HR Business Partners
Heads of Culture, Strategy, or Transformation
Leadership Development Firms and Facilitators
Women’s Leadership & Legacy Summits
Female Founders, VPs, and CxOs
Leaders Navigating Career Inflection Points
Organizers Focused on Purpose and Alignment
Institutional Investors & Family Offices
Pension Funds, Endowments, and Sovereign Wealth Funds
Family Office Principals and Executives
Beyond the Bio
As a girl from small-town Alabama with a single mom, I had nothing to lose—so I hitched my wagon to the stars.
I wanted to be an astronaut for the view. Perspective—and data—have always obsessed me.
My dad moved to Florida when I was six to work in aerospace at Cape Canaveral. My mom stayed and taught graduate-level statistics.
"Of course the daughter of a rocket scientist would have to find a way to define intuition in an equation. It isn't rocket science—it's simple and buildable."
No surprise I started as a Kodak analyst, earned my MBA in Finance (in French), and rose to lead strategy and FP&A at the corporate officer level.
For someone in finance, I see risk not just as downside to hedge—but as upside to experience.
Friends say “risk” defines me. I say it’s being an explorer. A decade of living and working internationally sharpened my ability to decode what’s unsaid in rooms of power.
My boldest bet? Marrying my 4th grade sweetheart at nearly 40—a tennis pro living with MS.
I followed my intuition. It drives my I.R.R.—my internal rate of return—exponentially through love every day.
