Sensai, a teacher of AI
Lesley’s visionary focus spans user adoption, change management, employee experience, and engagement. She now teaches humane AI through Sensai, an ethical approach to technology and its impact on people.
- Led Champion programs and workshops on Yammer, Teams, Microsoft Viva, M365 with Copilot and teaches ChatGPT, Copilot Edge, Claude, Google Gemini and more.
- Actively contributes to the Microsoft MVP community as a speaker and blogger.
- Describes herself as “the commsiest person in tech, and the techiest person in comms!”
- Won CRN Women & Diversity Award 2024 for Entrepreneur.
- Led an HR related hack with 6 technology professionals, including 2 HR leaders in Microsoft Global Hackathon 2024.
- Spotlights the significance of digital literacy upskilling for everyone at work that uses M365 or Google Workspace.
- Architected a new hire journey with the Viva Suite, branded Viva Wayfinder endorsed by two Microsoft senior leaders. Founder of MVP Viva Explorers. Created Viva Origami to help explain the complexity of Viva to a ten year old.
- Contributed to Microsoft Teams Administration Cookbook.
- Before consulting, Lesley spent over twenty years at GSK in various roles, including the Digital Corporate Communications Team.
Mindful Teams prompt
A few years ago, a line manager taught me a simple but powerful habit, by the end of my workday, I should have zero red‑triangle alerts cluttering my Teams left rail. Those pesky icons might seem harmless, but they can quickly snowball into nagging mental noise. The rule was straightforward: if there’s an Activity or…
Copilot Peer Coaches Illuminate!
Greetings! The photo is of the stunning setting sun in November 2025 in Dubai Desert with my colleague Sherina, on a fun packed church choir community outing with hundreds of people. And, as I write this on Christmas Eve many are thinking of The Star of Bethlehem religious symbolism. The bright huge sun reminds me…
Nature & Nurture with AI
Following a thought-provoking article by my colleague, Dima Wadjih | LinkedIn, I have been inspired to write this blog. Dima’s article sits in AI philosophical academia and gave me another opportunity to grow intellectually and learn about new areas that build on my passion for teaching sensory experiences. Personal proof AI is not making me…
50% MCT. Done!
During my visit to Japan in October I was a speaker at an MCT event held at Microsoft HQ. I also took the two-day Microsoft Instructor Led Training course facilitated by Microsoft Partner, Voltedge Learning based in Tokyo. I passed and reached the halfway point to becoming a coveted MCT. However, I’ve chosen not to…
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