Business & Design Leadership
Shel integrates strategy, culture transformation, and design leadership to help organizations scale movements. With a bias toward action, she simplifies complexity and empowers teams to create bold, enduring impact—blending human-centered design, executive advising, and stellar storytelling.
Bring Shel in to lead bold initiatives, grow creative teams, and guide organizations through meaningful transformation.
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Shel Kimen is a seasoned executive in human-centered design and business strategy. She’s known for building high-performing teams, scaling design culture across global organizations, and shaping systems that empower people while delivering results that matter. Think: Less jargon, more momentum. Less stress, more enjoy.
From startups to Fortune 50 companies, Shel helps leaders and teams align on vision, move with clarity, and bring bold ideas to life. Her approach blends strategic foresight, creative talent development, and culture change to support long-term success—not just quick wins.
Past projects have included:
Scaling design thinking across 180,000 employees at Ford
Co-creating cross-functional initiatives in culture, creative talent, inclusivity, learning and development, and internal communications
Growing market share, increasing tourism revenue, and shaping global wellness efforts
Exploring the future of technology with early pioneers in VR/3D
When you need a leader who can hold the big picture, technology, and the human side of change, let’s make it so.
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Detroit, MI / Tampa, FL / Everywhere
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