AI Strategy & Training · Chicago, IL

The point where
AI meets
your team.

Applied AI training and consulting for organizations that need more than a tech demo. Every engagement ends with a named workflow owner, a working process, and a team that can build on it tomorrow.

Why it lands differently
30
Years at a Fortune 500 financial institution, ending as SVP / Head of Global Digital Workplace Strategy
6,000+
Employees migrated to Microsoft 365 across 20 countries
501(c)(3)
Founder of a free AI literacy lab serving adult learners in South Holland, IL
MBA
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
30 years enterprise leadership
6,000+ employees trained at scale
20 countries transformation experience
501(c)(3) nonprofit AI lab founder
Booth MBA University of Chicago
Why Sheom

We don't sell AI tools.
We build AI-ready teams.

Most AI programs fail at the same point: the gap between a tool demonstration and actual adoption. We close that gap by treating adoption as the primary variable, not an afterthought.

Who You Are
You need AI capability now, not in a year.
You're an individual, nonprofit, small business, or government agency that needs to embed AI into daily work immediately, without lengthy training cycles, costly enterprise contracts, or consultants who disappear when the real work starts.
How We Help
Hands-on, customized, mapped to your actual work.
We connect AI capabilities directly to your real workflows, job functions, and output goals. Every session produces something your team can use the next day. You leave owning the skills, no recurring dependency on Sheom.
Why It Matters
Not using AI is already costing you.
AI is growing faster than the internet did. The organizations that embed it now will be operating at a fundamentally different speed than those that wait. Lack of AI usage isn't neutral, it's a compounding disadvantage.

"Most consultants deliver plans.
Shaelyn delivers outcomes."

Powered by the Veloci Framework™, a proprietary change methodology built from 30 years of enterprise transformation

The Program

AI Elevate.
Applied training for real teams.

AI Elevate is Sheom Consulting's flagship program for organizations that need more than a tech demo. It is structured, progressive, and grounded in the Veloci Framework™, meaning every session is designed to move your team from confusion to capability, not just awareness.

Delivered by a practitioner who has done it at scale, not a trainer who has studied it. Every session produces a working output your team can use the next day. You leave owning the skills.

Available in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid format. Three tiers to match where your team is and what you can move now.

Methodology
Veloci Framework™
Five Phases. One Direction. Full Velocity. A proprietary change architecture built from 30 years of leading digital transformation at enterprise scale.
Proprietary to Sheom Consulting LLC
Tier 1
Executive Edge
1-on-1 private coaching. Get ahead before group training begins. Private, confidential, zero judgment.
$175/hr
For-profit rate
Nonprofit / Govt: $150/hr
Launch Pricing
  • 1-on-1 private session, any duration
  • Mapped to your specific role and goals
  • AI Prompt Library included
  • Session recap delivered in 3 business days
Tier 3
Workshop
Half-day, up to 10 people. Full structured curriculum for cross-functional teams. Full-day available by custom quote.
$3,500 flat
For-profit rate · Half-day (4 hrs)
Nonprofit / Govt: $3,150 flat
Launch Pricing
  • Up to 10 participants, half-day structured program
  • Current state assessment + gap analysis
  • Hands-on AI workflow build for every participant
  • AI Prompt Library for all participants
  • 1 Office Hour session included (within 3 weeks)
  • Session recap delivered in 3 business days
Launch Pricing is currently available for early AI Elevate engagements and may be changed or discontinued at any time. Nonprofit and government pricing requires qualifying 501(c)(3) documentation or government agency verification. All sessions can be delivered in-person, virtually, or in a hybrid format. Full-day workshops available by custom quote at approximately 2× the half-day rate.
Who We Serve

Built for the organizations
doing the real work.

AI Elevate is designed for the teams that need practical capability fast, not enterprise pilots that take eighteen months to deploy.

Nonprofits
Mission-driven organizations that can't afford enterprise AI consultants, and can't afford to fall further behind on grants, donor communications, and program operations. Nonprofit pricing available.
Small & Mid-Size Businesses
Teams using AI inconsistently or not at all. Leadership groups preparing for broader adoption. Department heads who need to show ROI fast and with real outputs, not slide decks.
Government & Civic Agencies
Public sector organizations beginning their AI readiness journey. Teams that need practical enablement grounded in responsible use, not a vendor pitch. Government pricing available.
What You Walk Away With

Real outputs.
Not slides.

Every engagement includes more than the session itself.

01
A Live Workflow
Built during the session, usable the next day. Mapped to your actual job function, not a generic demo. Every participant leaves with something real.
02
AI Prompt Library
300+ professional-grade prompts across 33 business categories, grant writing, HR, marketing, operations, leadership, and more. Delivered post-engagement at no additional cost.
03
Named Next Steps
A real owner attached to every action item before participants leave the room. No ambiguity about who does what and by when.
04
Office Hours
Post-engagement Q&A sessions (Collective and Workshop tiers) to keep momentum going, for prompt refinement, workflow troubleshooting, and progress questions.
05
Session Recap
A full recap and resource summary delivered within 3 business days of session completion. Everything captured, organized, and ready to share with your team.
06
Owned Capability
You leave owning the skills. No recurring dependency on Sheom. No subscription. No lock-in. That's the point, and it's the standard every engagement is held to.
The Practitioner

Shaelyn
Otikor-Miller

Founder & Principal · Sheom Consulting LLC

Thirty years at a Fortune 500 financial institution, ending as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Digital Workplace Strategy. Led the migration of 6,000+ employees across 20 countries to Microsoft 365. Pioneered the organization's first generative AI rollout, earning regulatory approvals and building practical enablement across front-to-back-office functions.

Also the founder of Beyond Boundaries Without Measures (BBWM), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit running a free AI literacy lab in South Holland, Illinois, teaching the people that technology left behind. These two worlds aren't separate. They're the whole point.

MBA · University of Chicago Booth
Strategic Management · Economics · International Business
Fortune 500 Financial Firm, SVP
30 years, Head of Global Digital Workplace Strategy
BBWM · Founder & President
501(c)(3) · Free AI & computer literacy · South Holland, IL
Cornell University
Diversity & Inclusion Certificate · 2021
Shaelyn Otikor-Miller · Founder

Ready to move your
team forward?

Book a 30-minute discovery call. No pitch deck. No sales cycle. Just a direct conversation about what your team needs and whether AI Elevate is the right fit.