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Malak Atut

Cofounder, Yalla Now AI, and Lecturer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Malak Atut connects healthcare, AI and business transformation. Her work combines global digital health operations, entrepreneurial communication and leadership development.

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Malak Atut
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Practical AI, leadership communication and healthcare innovation
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Venture capital firms and their portfolio companies, executive leadership teams, senior executives and founders
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One-on-One: Reima & Malak Conversations

Podcast conversation · 22:25 · Yalla Now AI

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Keynote and workshops

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The Courage Thesis

How great leaders bet before the data arrives

When decisions are due before the data is complete, leaders need to assess people as well as dashboards. Malak explores how agency, courage and curiosity inform those decisions.

Every attendee pitches. Every attendee decides. In three short rounds, pairs act as each other’s investment committee: one pitches, the other decides whether to back it.

Audience takeaways

  • Evaluate people and decisions when the available data is incomplete.
  • Consider agency, courage and curiosity when deciding whom to back.
  • Practice pitching and investment decisions in three paired rounds.

35 to 40 minutes, including 10 to 12 minutes of interactive participation. Add 7 to 10 minutes for Q&A when the schedule allows.

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The Presence Premium

Being the human signal in an AI saturated room. When AI can draft the memo and summarize the meeting, presence becomes the differentiator. Leaders learn to command trust, read the room, and carry authority that no copilot can replicate.

Interactive workshop, 30 to 180 minutes.

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Communicating with Impact

Turning what you know into what others act on. In a world drowning in AI generated content, clarity is the scarcest signal. Leaders learn to cut through the noise, frame decisions for augmented teams, and get people to act.

Interactive workshop, 30 to 180 minutes.

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Appreciating Assets

The skills that gain value as AI gets better. As AI automates technical tasks, judgment, persuasion, and adaptability compound. Participants map their toolkit, find what’s at risk of commoditizing, and build the human skills that make them more valuable alongside AI, not replaceable by it.

Interactive workshop, 30 to 180 minutes.

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Courage Conversation

Saying the hard thing in a world of AI drafted everything. AI can write the email, but it can’t sit across the table. Leaders practice the high stakes conversations about performance, change, and AI driven restructuring with clarity and courage.

Interactive workshop, 30 to 180 minutes.

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Panels and fireside chats: 20 to 60 minutes. Confirm the format and schedule for your event.

About Malak

Turning complex ideas into clear decisions

Malak Atut is a founder, operator, investor and advisor working at the intersection of healthcare, AI and business transformation. She leads the strategic evolution of global digital health platforms and builds teams across continents. Her career spans hospitality, luxury goods, finance and strategic sourcing at EY. In 2025, she was named one of New Jersey’s Innovate100 Most Innovative Business Leaders.

She designs immersive, experiential workshops and leadership development programs that help executives communicate strategy and lead through uncertainty. She works with venture capital firms and their portfolio companies, executive leadership teams, senior executives and founders.

Malak teaches Entrepreneurial and Business Communication at Wharton, where she is also an Advising Entrepreneur to MBA students. She is cofounder of Yalla Now AI, a boutique advisory firm and podcast making AI accessible to everyone.

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What does Malak Atut speak about?
Topics include The Courage Thesis; The Presence Premium; Communicating with Impact; Appreciating Assets; Courage Conversation.
Which formats does Malak Atut offer?
Keynote: 35 to 40 minutes, including 10 to 12 minutes of interactive participation, plus optional 7 to 10 minutes for Q&A. Workshops: 30 to 180 minutes. Panels and fireside chats: 20 to 60 minutes.
How do I book Malak Atut?
Use the Signal & Stage inquiry form; Harvey Castro, MD replies within one business day.
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