From the Arctic to AI… Curiosity, Design, and Impact

She’s a designer, strategist, creative and collaborative force who helps people and organizations navigate change with clarity, compassion, and a surprising amount of ease.

Her work spans Growth Partnering, Collective Advantage, and executive-level Design Leadership, guiding individuals and teams through transformation, innovation, and human-centered strategy. What lights her up most is seeing people reconnect with their own sense of purpose and possibility.

Shel thrives in complexity and ambiguity, bringing calm, resourcefulness, and deep presence to every engagement. She’s led major change efforts inside global organizations, mentored hundreds of creatives, and built initiatives that have touched millions of lives.

Poetry, meditation, AI-generated art, and early mornings keep her out of trouble. She frequently digs through the archives of history, physics, wisdom and spiritual traditions, and arctic exploration.

Some things she’s learned along the way: Receive to give. Belonging is the foundation of collaboration. Meaning is something we create. Never lose your sense of wonder, gratitude, or humor.

Shel also serves on the Advisory Board of the Design Management Institute (dmi.org) and is a known public speaker, taking the stage at SXSW three times, Next Gen CX/Innovate CX, IXDA, JPL/NASA and multiple talks and workshops with DMI Global Leadership and New Voices conferences.

She splits her time between Detroit and Tampa with her partner and three cats.

SYNC FREQUENCIES WITH SHEL (15 MIN, ZERO PRESSURE, FREE)

Events Coming Up 2025

All events past and present in the events link in the navigation

July 1st, 11am - 12noon: Deep Listening Lounge - Free, AB Ford Community Center in Jefferson Chalmers, 100 Lennox Street, Detroit, MI 48215

Join Shel & Jason for a Sound Bath and Meditation

A serene sound bath experience combined with calming meditation, designed to help you relax and unwind. Essential sounds and guided mindfulness will soothe your mind and body. Take a moment to connect, breathe deeply, and listen. In loving collaboration with musican, artist, Reike II practicioner, and professional sound bath artist, Jason Coile.

June 24th, 11am - 12noon: Deep Listening Lounge - Free, AB Ford Community Center in Jefferson Chalmers, 100 Lennox Street, Detroit, MI 48215

Join Shel & Jason for a Sound Bath and Meditation

A serene sound bath experience combined with calming meditation, designed to help you relax and unwind. Essential sounds and guided mindfulness will soothe your mind and body. Take a moment to connect, breathe deeply, and listen. In loving collaboration with musican, artist, Reike II practicioner, and professional sound bath artist, Jason Coile.

Writing & AI Images

Shel loves Substack and has a home for words about transitions and transformation, the in-between, AI and our relationship with it, the divine feminine, and anything else that helps people cope with this unprecedented era of change at all corners. REMARKABLENEWREALITIES.SUBSTACK.COM