AI Foundations
Give employees a practical understanding of AI, large language models, prompting, grounding, agents, limitations, and responsible use.
Founder-led AI consulting
The most powerful use of AI isn’t replacing people. It’s giving them better ways to think, create, decide, and work.
AKW turns rapidly advancing AI into practical human and organizational capability through training, strategy, and implementation grounded in how people actually work.
You don’t need to know where AI fits yet. Start with what’s not working. I’ll help identify where better systems, automation, or AI can make a meaningful difference.
I help organizations identify where AI, automation, and better systems can reduce friction, then turn those opportunities into practical workflows and tools their teams can actually use.
Help employees understand what AI is, recognize where it can improve their own work, and use it with confidence and judgment.
Identify useful opportunities, evaluate tools, and build workflows, assistants, knowledge systems, and guardrails around real business needs.
Work through strategy, positioning, operations, growth, and leadership decisions when technology and business context intersect.
Every engagement starts with the problem, not the platform. You get one accountable partner across training, implementation, and advisory, so strategy never gets separated from the people and details that decide whether it works.
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“These systems are tools. They’re not a magic wand - every single thing an AI produces needs your human review and intelligence.”
Give employees a practical understanding of AI, large language models, prompting, grounding, agents, limitations, and responsible use.
Move from theory into the platforms employees actually use, including Microsoft 365 Copilot and organization-specific AI tools.
Train employees using realistic tasks, documents, processes, and use cases relevant to how their organization actually operates.
I am continuously inside the products: testing what changed, comparing models, challenging assumptions, and applying new capabilities to real business problems.
Experiment before you prescribe.
Explore → Test → Compare → Learn → Apply

I’m Amanda Wion, founder of AKW AI Consulting. I work directly with leaders and employees to understand the business, test what emerging AI can actually do, and turn useful capabilities into training, workflows, systems, and strategy.
Because the work stays founder-led, strategy does not get separated from the people, documents, decisions, and implementation details that determine whether it succeeds.
About AmandaI really enjoyed working with Amanda at Schmitz & Associates and learning from her through our early adopter meetings. She introduced us to different ways AI can be used for marketing and everyday work, and she always made the tools feel approachable and easy to understand.
I especially appreciated how she focused on practical ways we could actually use AI, whether it was for content, marketing ideas, research, or improving our workflow. The early adopter meetings were a great opportunity to try new tools, ask questions, and learn how to use AI more effectively.
Working with Amanda definitely helped me become more comfortable and confident using AI. She is great at explaining new technology in a way that feels simple and useful, and I really appreciated everything I learned from her while working together at Schmitz & Associates.
Mehra Ardeshiri, MPA
Senior Planner
I really enjoyed working with Amanda on setting up my marketing strategy. When I came to her, I was pretty clueless about how to get started and what to focus on. Amanda was patient in walking me through each step and answering all my questions. She started with small, manageable steps so I didn’t get overwhelmed, and she really listened to my ideas and vision for my business.
I appreciated the care Amanda took to ensure my company was accurately portrayed on my website and elsewhere. I could tell she genuinely cared about the purpose behind my business. As a brand new business owner, I felt insecure and unsure about next steps, but Amanda was incredibly encouraging and helped build my confidence along the way.
Thanks to her guidance, I learned how to manage my own website and identify which marketing channels work best for my business. It was an absolute pleasure working with Amanda, and I highly recommend her services!
Patricia Hunkins
Peaceful Heart Counseling
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