Design Better Collaborations.
Cultivate Brave Leaders.
Unlock What’s Next.
I help teams reconnect to purpose, values, and each other — and make meaningful progress on what matters most.
Most off-sites, community convenings, and team sessions skim the surface. Or worse, waste people’s time.
My approach to facilitation goes deeper:
Blending strategic clarity and creative planning with human-centered design and authentic reflection.
Every session is grounded in tools from my life design practice: innovation methods and mindsets, storytelling frameworks, guided journaling, and values-based decision-making.
The result?
✔️Clearer priorities.
✔️ More aligned decisions.
✔️ Real progress.
“Ashley expertly facilitated a recent strategy workshop aimed at creating shared definitions and thinking big! While ramping up to a brand new topic area, she designed a session that perfectly addressed our most critical questions, doing so in a fun and new way. We came away from the session energized, united, and excited to build together. I’d highly recommend Ashley for any group navigating or driving big change.”
Let’s Design Your Next Gathering
In the past year I’ve designed, facilitated and hosted events across industries and audiences, including:
A 60-person, two-day practitioner convening for public service leaders across the U.S.
A 50-person, one-day stakeholder convening on Artificial Intelligence for a global philanthropy
An 8-person, two-day executive retreat for leaders at a global nonprofit
A 40-person, two-day gathering of state and federal civic technologists for a U.S. academic institution
A 60-person, three-day design thinking and innovation training for a global marketing team
Recent Clients
Signature Workshop Topics
I also offer Signature Workshop Talks that I can customize for your community, membership or employee resource group. These include:
Designing Our Work, Together
A facilitated session for aligning a team’s purpose, values, and rhythms — especially after change or growth.
The Career You’re Designing (Whether You Know It or Not)
For employee resource groups or team development — explores personal agency and purpose at work.
From Burnout to Bravery
Designed for teams recovering from exhaustion and change. Uses life design + reflection to create sustainable paths forward.
Team Values, Activated
An interactive session to help teams surface, articulate, and live their shared values through action.
Ideal Clients
These workshops are ideal for:
Leaders who want more than a surface-level team event or stakeholder gathering
Companies navigating transitions, growth, or burnout
Teams craving clarity, cohesion, or a reset
ERG and DEI leaders who want brave conversations and personal alignment
My Approach
I bring my own original methods and tools to every engagement — including my 100 Days of Designing My Life journal series, as well as a deep toolkit of creative innovation frameworks from my time at IDEO, The White House, and beyond. These tools help participants go beyond the basics and into real insight, alignment, and next steps.
I have worked with and facilitated groups of 5 - 150 people (in-person and online), from all industries and sectors – corporate, nonprofit, education, civic tech, federal and state government and more.
