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Susan ‘s Articles for
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How Mind Mapping Can Help You Connect with Neurodivergent Employees
Oh! and all your other employees, too! Neurodivergent employees approach work a little differently than their neurotypical colleagues. Depending on their specific challenge, whether they’re on...
Helping Workers Manage their own Cognitive Differences in the Workplace
Strategies to Help Neurodivergent Workers Help Themselves Now, more than ever before, businesses are embracing innovation and flexibility when it comes to meeting the needs of their workforce. If...
The Language of Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity Terms and Definitions in the Age of Inclusivity In my work to help businesses and educational organizations develop and implement strategies that optimize learning and productivity...
HRMs’ Keys to Success for Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Top Tips for Employment Equity in the Neurodiversity Space There’s a crucial difference between equality and equity in the workplace. This difference represents the evolution in thinking that has...
Are Workplace Accommodations for Neurodivergent Employees Favoritism?
Why Does This Question About Workplace Accommodations Exist? Consider these statements overheard by my client at a ‘typical tech company’: “Yeah, she gets a cubicle on the quiet side of the...
Creating Safe Spaces for Neurodivergence in the Workplace
Why this starts with company culture! I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Ken Blackwell for an episode of his Insight at Work podcast. It’s so exciting to me that more and more...
Ditch Conformity and Hire Divergent Thinkers
Neurodivergence: an Underrated Asset in the Workplace Have you ever wondered why distinct cultures seem to approach situations differently? If you have ever been frustrated while trying to...
Neurodiversity and Psychological Safety at Work
Workplace bullying exists Although there are laws in place to protect employees, the dark side of human nature often prevails. Unfortunately, workplace bullying may go unreported out of fear of...
How to Incentivize Learning in the Workplace
Here’s a scenario you may be facing as an executive or HR professional: You want to establish a learning culture within your company. You encourage employees to spend part of their working hours...
How Quarantine Accommodations Benefit Neurodivergent People
Breaking Free from the “Culture of Normal” For divergent thinkers, the pandemic provided an unexpected and unprecedented opportunity to thrive. Radical changes on campus and in the workplace were...
Neurodiversity at Work: How to Promote Inclusivity
And Avoid Stigma, Labels and Discrimination Students Friends Meeting Discussion Studying Concept Fostering diversity and promoting inclusion is an essential component of organizational culture....
How to Create a Company Culture that Embraces Different Thinkers in the Workplace
Different Thinkers Can Include Dyslexic, Autism, ADHD, etc. “Neurodiversity is the diversity of human brains and minds the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species”...