Biography
Nurturing adoption skilling for individuals and businesses from Employee Experience, Engagment to ChatGPT, Copilot to Claude, and Gemini. Lesley is a seasoned expert in adoption and change management, employee experience, and engagement. Led impactful Champion programs across Yammer, Teams, Microsoft Viva, and M365 with Copilot.
As the founder of MVP Viva Explorers, created Viva Origami, a visual framework to demonstrate how Viva’s components interconnect, simplifying complex concepts for diverse audiences. A recognized innovator, architected a Microsoft-endorsed new hire onboarding process using the Viva Suite, leveraging her proprietary Viva Wayfinder solution. Her expertise extends to co-authoring the Microsoft Teams Administration Cookbook and speaking at numerous Microsoft events, where she shares her insights and best practices.
With over two decades at GSK in roles spanning digital comms and collaboration strategy, Lesley bridges the gap between technology and communication. She proudly describes herself as “the commsiest person in tech and the techiest person in comms,” reflecting her unique ability to blend technical innovation with human-centric storytelling - and even more with AI!
Speaker's Sessions
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Adoption & Change Management Lead at Freelance
Viva Wayfinder, for a thriving guiding new hire journey
Is your Hiring Process well… overwhelming? A convoluted hiring process can cost businesses time, money, and the perfect hire. Let's face it – these processes don’t only impact HR anymore, either. Modern work significa...
Is your Hiring Process well… overwhelming? A convoluted hiring process can cost busin...