Transformation and Program Manager
Ashley Slee is a transformation and program director with 20+ years’ experience delivering enterprise change across utilities, transport, telco and government. Ashley has led multi‑year programs up to $40M, restored program profitability, and delivered measurable outcomes including omni‑channel re‑architecture, CRM integrations and operating model redesigns.
The hardest part of transformation isn’t the launch or the finish line; it’s the messy middle, where complexity, competing priorities and stakeholder fatigue stall progress. Drawing on 20+ years of enterprise transformation and three recovery engagements, this session diagnoses the common failure modes that trap programs mid‑flight and presents a practical, repeatable recovery playbook. Through a focused case study of a Local Council (omni‑channel re‑architecture that delivered $10M savings and cut service times from weeks to seconds) and integrate examples from an Airline and an Aged Care Provider, I’ll share three rapid recovery patterns: governance reset, operating‑model simplification and adoption sprints. The session combines a concise, evidence‑based presentation with a facilitated roundtable where attendees workshop a current “messy middle” challenge and leave with a 30–90 day action checklist to restore momentum and realise benefits.
