About Ashley
I teach adults how to do their jobs better.
I bring 20+ years of experience in human-centred design, facilitation, and strategy. I:
- Design and lead training sessions and programs focused on management skills, leadership development, and innovation
- Design + run design sprints to help teams develop new ideas to complex problems
- Lead strategic planning projects to help teams create strategic vision, objectives, and metrics
- Lead teams through change management programs
I work as a self-employed individual in the UK, collaborating with clients and delivery partners across the globe.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Conversational
Spanish
Basic
Can work on-site
Maidenhead (up to 50km)
Experience
- THE SMALLWOOD GROUP (formerly Looking Glass Strategy),FounderNovember 2013 - Today (12 years and 7 months)Maidenhead SL6, UK
- Design and lead development programs and training sessions for early stage managers and high-potential leaders across sectors
- Work with consultancies The Group Forward (US) and People Playbook (UK) to deliver facilitation and training to global partners across education, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors
- Partner with Fortune 500 leadership, including Google and Squarespace, to design scalable innovation and training framework
- Lead human-centred strategic planning projects for cultural institutions, charity organizations, and small to medium businesses
- Facilitate high-stakes design sprints for C-suite executives to bridge the gap between abstract strategy and operational execution
- Relationship management for C- and VP-level executives at partner organizations
- IDEO UTeaching AssistantJanuary 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)San Francisco, CA, USA
- Facilitate weekly Community Conversations, design learning experiences, and support global learners in IDEO U's 5-week online courses for adult learners for courses including Leading for Creativity, Designing for Change, and Critical Thinking and Complex Problem-Solving
- TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYDirector, TC NEXTAugust 2020 - August 2022 (2 years)New York, NY, USADepartment Lead for a new Career Services office, one of TC's Presidential Priorities, at Columbia's graduate school of Education, Healthcare, Psychology and Leadership. Charged with establishing and executing a strategic vision for TC NEXT that effectively serves the community of students and alumni.
- Defined and implemented strategic vision and measurable objectives for the future of TC NEXT
- Representative of the Teachers College Division of Student Affairs Leadership Committee; partnered with Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Director of Graduate Student Life to develop a strategic plan for Student Affairs at Teachers College
- Led a departmental turnaround for a Presidential Priority initiative, establishing a strategic roadmap that increased engagement by 22% as well as relationships with over 350 new employers
- Led change management work to shift TC NEXT’s internal and external partnership models
- Collaborated with the Office of Institutional Research to establish more accurate placement outcome processes and measures, resulting in a 2021 graduate placement rate of 92% for all respondents
- Built and led a department of seven employees
- Managed departmental budget
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Education
- Master's in EducationHarvard University, Graduate School of Education2015Master's in Education
- Bachelor of ArtsGeorgetown University, College of Arts and Sciences2004Bachelor of Arts
Certifications
- Human-Centered Systems DesignIDEO U2024