About Kymm Nelsen
Kymm Nelsen is a leadership strategist, vertical development expert, and the visionary architect behind the Lucid Conscious Intelligence™ System. For more than 25 years, she has guided leaders, founders, and high-performing professionals in mastering the inner dimensions of leadership helping them expand not just what they do, but how they see, decide, and relate.
Kymm’s unique body of work blends evidence-based vertical development frameworks, presence-centered coaching, and relational AI design. She partners with purpose-driven organizations and visionary leaders who are navigating complexity and seeking to evolve their leadership from the inside out.
Kymm brings a rare synthesis of academic rigor and human insight, holding a BS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, an MS in Psychology, and soon to be conferred with her PhD in Social Psychology (August 2025), with a research focus on leader consciousness and adult development. Her work bridges empirical research, real-world leadership practice, indigenous studies, and deep personal development to create meaningful, measurable transformation.
For decades, she has worked at the intersection of adult learning, organizational strategy, and human potential, serving clients such as Nike, Kaiser Permanente, Intel, the University of California system, the U.S. Department of Defense, local government agencies, and hundreds of founders, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders.
A lifelong learner and integrative thinker, Kymm also draws inspiration from over two decades of immersion in Hawaiian cultural perspectives and the values of aloha, pono (integrity and inner alignment), and sacred relationship with ‘aina (the land) and ‘ola (life). Mahalo to the Hawaiian cultural kupuna (elders) and Kumu (culturally recognized teachers) who have shared their mana‘o (wisdom) to help her build a strong foundation in life. Her current studies in Daoist wisdom traditions further deepen and expand this foundation. These lived philosophies infuse her strategic work and the architecture of the Lucid Conscious Intelligence System, and inform her approach to conscious leadership and relational AI-human collaboration.
Kymm is a Certified Trainer in NLP, Hypnosis, and the Mental-Emotional Release® (MER) process, and a dedicated advocate for conscious business and ethical AI development. Her approach to transformation is grounded, multidimensional, and built for the future of leadership.