The Basics

Name: Ashley

Pronouns: She/Her

Nickname: Just Ashley, please!

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Home-now: Brooklyn, NY

My Style

Concise and direct: I like clear, direct communication.

Socratic: I ask a lot of questions, and might answer your question with a question. I’m usually doing this to make sure I understand what you’re asking, and it helps me give a more thoughtful response.

What’s the best way for you to receive feedback?: Immediately, full and actionable. Tell me what I did and how it was received, whether negative or positive.

What frustrates me

• Interruptions (I lose my train of thought when I’m interrupted)

• Prose where bullet points can be used

• Tardiness

• Goading

• Vagueness

What I value

• Strong information retention

• Open and clear communication

• Good work-life balance

• Efficiency

• Owning and learning from our mistakes

• Self-Awareness

How to communicate with me

• Ping me before coming to my desk, it can take me a long time to recover from disruption.

• Organized info. Declutter facts into bullets or multiple lines.

• Present big ideas in an email or ping so I can think through things fully to give more thoughtful responses. Or if we’re discussing it in a meeting, I might ask for more time to answer or look at other information before forming a solid opinion.

How to help me

• I would prefer to be shown how to do something than to have something done for me.

• Show me your work if you’re asking me a question related to it so I can be more thoughtful about my answer and don’t redo the work you’ve already done.

• Ask me direct questions or the real/bottom-line question rather than a secondary question about something else you’re trying to figure out. We can collaborate on the issue better that way.