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How a Neurodivergent-Friendly Workplace Creates a Competitive Edge
Innovation comes from people who think and experience the world differently. This is true whether we are talking about volunteer organizations, the government, or large corporations. Unfortunately,...
Workplace Strategies for Managing Neurodiverse Employees
For neurodiverse employees, the modern workplace can be a tough place to excel. Some struggle with workplace interaction and socialization. Workers with ADHD can have trouble prioritizing...
How to Lead Effective Meetings for Neurodiverse Employees
So often, managers call a meeting, share information, then end the session expecting employees to understand, assimilate, and implement the new information into their work endeavors. When this does...
Why the Neurodiversity Mindset Needs to Evolve
Historically, people have viewed neurodivergence from a deficit model point of view. Unfortunately, I’d say that this is the prevailing view. The world is still very much neurotypical-centric....
How Apprenticeships Support Neurodiverse Hiring and Workforce Development
There’s one approach to neurodiverse hiring that has not received much notice in the United States: apprenticeships. Data from the United Kingdom (UK)(HM Government, 2020), where renewed interest in...
Stereotypes in Neurodivergent Hiring: When “Exceptional” Becomes the Expectation
For all the acceptance that neurodivergence has been receiving, including workplace initiatives to recruit and train neurodivergent talent, we still have a long way to go to achieve equity and full...
What Employers Still Get Wrong About Neurodiversity and Return-to-Office Policies
We survived a global crisis only to voluntarily drag our best talent back into environments guaranteed to break them. Think about that for a second. For a brief period during the pandemic lockdowns,...
Understanding Your Learning Strengths: How You Process Information and Learn More Effectively
Students Friends Meeting Discussion Studying Concept The Big Shift in Learning Have you ever taken a course and did everything you were told to do and yet still didn’t get it? It is not because you...
How to Learn Faster: 5 Brain-Based Strategies That Work
Much of my work is helping professionals see that they’re not “bad at learning”; they’re simply trying to learn in a way that doesn’t work for their brains. While my work naturally helps many...
How to Build Neurodiverse Workplace Teams That Thrive
Why Neurodiversity in the Workplace Matters Many leaders say they value diversity, but they often overlook one of the most important forms of difference on a team - neurodiversity. When...
Sensory Rooms and Stimming: Practical Supports for Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Needs
What is Stimming? Stimming is short for self-stimulatory behavior. It includes repetitive movements or repeated use of objects, and it shows up in autistic people, people with ADHD, people with...
Unlocking the Hidden Productivity Gap: How “Brain-Friendly Workplaces” Boost Performance
Are your teams struggling with communication roadblocks or rigid processes that stifle brilliant, unconventional solutions? Many organizations unintentionally create a "hidden productivity gap" when...