Sara Kedge- Blogs

My Journey to the Great British Businesswoman Awards

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:28:00 GMT

My Journey to the Great British Businesswoman Awards as a Neurodiversity Business Coach

Feeling elated is an understatement!

Being shortlisted among a sea of talent for the Great British Businesswoman Awards brings forth a torrent of emotions.

As a business coach , I've always been tenacious in my approach to creating a transformative business. One that resonates deeply with change.

This nomination isn't just a personal achievement; it’s a nod to the countless hours spent championing for neurodiversity in the workplace.

My mission has always been straightforward: uplift individuals, evolve workplaces, and restructure businesses to be better than they were. It’s here that my role as a neurodiversity coach plays a pivotal part.

Through each client I work with, I promote the importance of critical thinking skills . It’s essential in crafting a world where people approach their personal and professional lives with insight, nuance, and a touch of humanity.

Encouraging neurodiverse individuals to tap into their unique strengths is a cornerstone of my coaching.

To see me nominated for role model of the year and entrepreneurial business woman aren’t just accolades. They symbolize the dedication and the strides made in fostering neurodiversity in businesses.

I have been shortlisted in the role model of the year award with some other fantastic people and can not wait for the ceremony on 22nd of November, it will not just be a gathering but a celebration of the shared passion of finalists, judges, partners, and many other industry stalwarts.

You can find a full and more information here .

I really, really mean it

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:54:58 GMT

I really, really mean it!

Hey gorgeous.

How are you?

No, really: how are you?

If you’re in a space to do it, I’d love you to hit reply and tell me how you are. What’s going well for you, what’s challenging right now? Tell me all the things, one neurospicy person to another..

Maybe you’ve discovered a new hack which is paying dividends to you… I wanna celebrate that with you!

Maybe you are having a proper mare of a time and getting it out of your head will help?

Maybe you simply want to be seen and heard.

I got you, and pretty soon my fingers will be hovering over the keyboard, ready to answer your message.

I may not have a magic wand… but I might have a suggestion that could help you find a solution that fits you.

Because you matter to me as a person, (name).

Oh, one more thing: email is great’n’all, but there’s nothing that I love more than chatting with gorgeous humans like you face-to-digital-face.

If you’re like me, how about we have coffee together and turn this into a proper conversation? You can do that by clicking here. Can’t wait to see you.

https://bookme.name/sarakedge

Confidential: not for sharing

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:50:41 GMT

Hey gorgeous human:

I am gonna drop the Tea on you today.

I can’t believe I am saying this…

“I spend too much time focusing on other people’s needs to the detriment of my own.”

There. I said it.

Deep breaths.

I won’t be saying it anywhere else… it’s too damn embarrassing.

It’s a habit I’ve had for a long time and is proving hard to break. Not least because I get a stack of happy brain chemicals from being helpful. And I like me a whole heap of those.

But.

I know that keeping this habit has limited me from consistently living the life I truly desire…

To me this looks like having financial freedom. Having a healthy balance between work and pleasure. To be able to relax and enjoy the amazing people I have in my life.

I am not giving up.

There are habits I am developing that are working… and I want to share one them with you.

Pressing the pause button. (also knowns as the “Shut the F Up” button)

When someone makes a request of me, my previous behaviour was to say ‘yes’. To all and any things. Because I am nice. Because I like to be helpful. Because someone trusted me enough to ask.

And...

After saying yes, I often got a pang of frustration, irritation or resentment. I would still follow through because I am nice, helpful and someone trusted me enough to ask. This then ate a whole packet of energy biscuits even before I got to do the thing I agreed to…

And...

There is another way.

It is okay when someone asks you to do a thing… to not answer straight away.

Here a couple of stock sentences I find useful

“thank you for asking, I will need to look at my commitments and will come back to you in a couple of days”

“It is so kind of you to ask. I am not sure I have capacity at the moment. Let me have a think and I will get back to you”

Now this is a bit of a shocker…

It is okay not to reply to a DM or email instantly. It’s actually okay not to reply to them at all…

If someone is asking for your time and attention, you have a choice on whether to give it to them, or not.

Now, if it is a client or an order or the tax office… you probably do want to deal with that…

Everything else is optional for replying to.

It’s not rude. It is taking care of your energy biscuits. And we both know that these are often in short supply.

I would like to invite you to come along with me on my journey… of growing habits that help us live in a way that brings us joy.

How are your energy biscuits?

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:47:27 GMT

How are your energy biscuits?

What are energy biscuits? Well, it’s a bit like spoon theory, but I like biscuits better than spoons. They’re more tasty and flexible- just as long as you don’t dunk them.

Every day you start with a certain number of energy biscuits.

Throughout the day you munch through your biscuits… depending on what you have to do and who we have to offer you can have some left in the bottom of the barrel.

Woo hoo!

This means you have some in reserve for tomorrow.

Other times you will whack through your biscuits and are left with crumbs, or borrow biscuits from tomorrow.

You can be mindful of who you want to give your biscuits to. (managing your energy and attention).

Some days you will burn your biscuits. (those days that tire you out)

Others you will wake with extra choccy-chip biccies (when you had a great night sleep and are feeling awesome…)

You can bake more biccies through self-care, rest and having fun.

Spoon theory is awesome… I prefer biscuits…

Much of what I do with my coaching clients is helping them understand what is in their barrel, how they are eating them and how they can manage their biscuits better.

If you feel your biscuits are burnt, or just crumbs at the bottom of the barrel, how about we set up a time to make a brew and bake some new ones for you?

And until the next time my lovely… have an awesome day.

I believe in you.

What works for you?

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:40:32 GMT

What works for you?

Most of the time my first response to this is “I have no idea”. And at that moment in time this is absolutely true. It is my default response…

You too? Huh. Good news: we aren’t alone then.

A little while ago I did a longform post on socials about procrastination. Top and bottom of it was that procrastination is a sign that you are missing support.

Now, that support may be human support…

Someone to help you navigate through the technicalities of a task or a little reassurance that it will be okay. It might be that you need someone to hold you to this first step, and not to worry about the million potential outcomes for it.

It might be physical support…

Do you need another bit of technology to get you through? It is you need to move into another space to get the environment you need to concentrate? Or do you need some parallel play/ body doubling (Sitting with other people who are also working on their own thing) to help you focus?

Or… It may be you need to support yourself through self-care…

When was the last time you went for a pee? Ate something? Went outside? Had a break? Told yourself that you got this. That you believe in yourself. That it is safe for you to take this next step.

I’d like to offer you an invitation for the next time you procrastinate ask yourself: what do I need?

Then give yourself the permission to take 2 minutes to listen to the answer.

Whether you pay attention to it, is up to you.

I’ve noticed that my clients and I find that we usually know the answer; even if we don’t like it.

If you need me to tell you it is safe to take the next step… drop into my inbox and let’s have a chat. I’m here to help.

Have an awesome day.

I believe in you.

What do you value?

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:26:07 GMT

What do you value?

Did you know my first profession is as a Hairdresser and Master Barber? I started at 13 years old as a Saturday Girl in the village salon. By the time I was 16 I had pretty much done an apprenticeship.

Although this was never my intended profession, it gifted me so much learning about people, life and myself.

You see, you don’t really get much choice on who comes into a village salon.

Anyone and everyone used it.

Which meant I had access to all flavours of people. Listening to their stories, holding space for their struggles and celebrating their successes.

It taught me that underneath it all people just want to be loved and feel safe. Now, how they ask for and offer these two things are as multifarious as people themselves. The desire for love and safety is at the core of all humans.

There was one client many years ago who asked to go from a blonde to redhead. She initially bounced out the salon feeling on top of the world… only to come back the next day in tears. Her initial delight evaporated with each reaction from her loved ones. After a couple of hours in the chair she was back to being blonde, and again went away happy.

Moral of the story?

Sometimes we really want to make changes in our lives for our own happiness. However, the hardest part of any change is managing others reactions.

And this is also true for making life shifts to help us live a more frictionless life, and in line with our neurodivergent needs.

There is nothing wrong with going from blonde to red-head. Some of us revel in this dramatic change… heck… I am all up for radical change (err… hello… have you seen my rainbow of hair colours?).

For some of you… who are already navigating the fringes of burnout most of the time… this would be a road too far.

And I am here to tell you… that it is possible to make radical change over time. Tiny incremental shifts in behaviour and thinking… and that can create monumental change.

Someone once gave me a saying that has stayed with me for many years…

“It’s all about geology… with the right amount of time and pressure you can achieve anything”

And it’s true.

Just as you can wear away a mountain with a nail file… it is also true you can design a life free of burnout one tiny action at a time.

And it doesn’t even matter what the first action is. It may, in hindsight be the most ridiculous place to start… There may be a million options that feel overwhelming… What is more important is that you start. Somewhere. Anywhere… choose one action… and do it…

And if you need external accountability or validation… Reply to this email and lemme know what your starting point is

Have an awesome day.

I believe in you.

I get it. More than you know

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:20:17 GMT

I get it. More than you know

Hey gorgeous human

How has this week been for you?

Bit of up. Bit of down? Some moments of energy. Others when there is none?

Maybe there has been more of one than the other?

Got a to-do list (or many) full of things you really want to do… and yet you find it hard to consistently motivate yourself to do them?

True story- me too.

There is nothing more predictable than the neurodivergent brains ability to have peaks and troughs. And I am no different.

It can be all the flavours of annoying and frustrating.

And this mainly comes from the notion that we have to be ‘consistent’. It started when we were wee things as kids having to be in school paying attention for fixed and prescribed periods of time… and since then we have been squishing ourselves into this notion that we should be able to focus between Monday and Friday from 9am – 5pm

Well this is going to be no newsflash - that just doesn’t work for you.

What if you were able to work with your body and brain? How much easier would your life be if you cultivated even a tiny bit of working when you had focus and energy… and

And I want to be radical here…

What if you were able to give yourself guilt-free permission to rest when you needed it?

Every Wednesday in How 2 Entrepreneuro we have a free peer coaching session. And often there is encouragement for people to experiment with working with, rather than against, what your brain and body needs.

And I am not going to lie.

This takes time.

For most of neurospicy folx we sit in a world where we have to be doing something. All. The. Time. Resting is an alien concept and most people I work with feel like they don’t even have the ability to rest.

Yet, it is possible.

To consciously curate a life that works with you… one tiny action at a time.

For some it has been giving themselves permission to finish drinking their coffee before starting. Others it has been allowing themselves to work at a time when they are most productive- whether that is 10 am, 6pm or midnight. One of my clients it has been doing some crafting between work tasks.

And the benefits are not always immediate…

What I can promise is as you work more in alignment with your energy and attention you will get more energy biscuits, more of the time.

What one tiny thing could you do today to help you work with your energy and attention?

Have an awesome day today.

I believe in you.

It sucks.

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:40:06 GMT

It sucks. All of it. All of the time.

It sucks.

All of it.

All of the time.

Not knowing the first step sucks.

You have this amazing business idea, and you sit there thinking about all the things that might happen between now and the end of time… and that is a lot of very scary shit… so instead you sit there [apparently] doing nothing… well, not nothing… you’re likely creating an infinite mind-map of all the options and solutions before having a lie down through exhaustion of it all.

Market Research sucks

You sit there looking at all your competitors and are so overwhelmed that you don’t know how to make your ‘thing’ into an offer (let alone how much to price it for). And for this reason… you decide you need to become better before you even start… [signs up for another course].

Impostor syndrome sucks

You see them… all those people out there far less skilled than you, making so much more money but you don’t seem to be able to work out how to start ‘being visible’ and putting yourself out there. Because what if someone actually sees me??? [screams] What if they actually buy something... [terrifying].

“what you should do is…” sucks

You’ve done all the courses… followed all the guru’s… and been in all the groups and tried ALL THE THINGS but they don’t work for you… it’s like asking a fish to climb a tree… asking you to do things like “be consistent”… or “time block”… or just do this one simple thing… yeah… if it was that simple… then you would do it, right?

Planning paralysis sucks

You’ve bought all the planning tools or stationary, and they sit there unused while your brain is full of so many ideas and thoughts you don’t know where to start. So you don’t. You have a doom-scroll instead… and then find yourself on amazon buying a new planner which promises to work for you… or maybe a new app… (we’ve all got a hundred of those bad-boys on our phones… all partially used)

The bastard of it all is you know you have potential. To be all the flavours of awesome. If only you could just get going…

And you can.

I promise.

The headline is simple: design your business in a way that works for you and your brain.

It’s likely you have spent years (decades for me- ahem) trying to get your brain to do things in the ‘normal’ way.

Probably you ended up exhausted, frustrated and ready to chuck the towel in (maybe you did that too).

If I told you there was another way… would you believe me?

That it is possible to build strategies and systems that actually reduce overwhelm and burnout?

You could create a business that helps you be the person you truly want to be, and create the life you dream of?

I know business is not cookie cutter approaches. You are different, so how you work needs to be tailored to you and your amazing brain.

Working with me is like coming into my forest of knowledge… we get to decide which trees you want to climb… and that’s where the fun starts… because together we will;

• Unlearn a LOT about what 'normal' businesses look like

• Cultivate habits and rhythms that work for your brain and your world

• Build a business that solves a problem, and that people will want to buy

Right now I have space to work with two people over three months. In that time you will get… ABC

Unlearning normal ways of running a business.

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:38:42 GMT

New Title

It boils my proverbial…

The identikit course mentality.

The “buy my identikit model for success”.

You aren’t identikit. If you were- you would most likely still be in a suit and tie, working for that corporate, taking your 28 days leave a year, arguing over who used your mug and stealing stationery.

But that corporate chewed you up. So much so that you vowed never to go back.

Which is why you are setting up your own business.

For the freedom to do things the way that works for you. To get the financial independence you crave. To create the life you dream of- and know you deserve.

And I get it.

The promise of a guaranteed model for success is alluring. It takes out all the guess-work, trial and error. It feels safe.

But. (ain’t there always a but)

You aren’t identikit. Your brain doesn’t work in the same way other people. Traditional models of working don’t work for you…

So why are you trying to design your business to traditional, neurotypical models? You cannot get something different if you keep on doing the same.

You know this.

To free yourself from the cycle of overworking and burnout you need to do something different.

And that means;

• Unlearning a LOT about what ‘normal’ businesses look like

• Cultivating habits and rhythms that work for your brain and your world

• Building a business that solves a problem and people want to buy from you

Contact me today to see how working with me can help you in a different way!

There are no rules on how your business should run.

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:37:41 GMT

(other than what works for you and your customer)

Business set-up pop quiz?

1. You post daily on socials

2. You are consistent in showing up and working

3. You have a website

4. You have learned copyrighting/ info graphic design

5. You have a clear ideal client picture

6. You have all the motivation and attention all the time

7. You have a mailing list bursting with ideal clients

8. You have a comprehensive business plan

9. Your branding is on point

10. You bought and did all the courses and know how to run a business

How did you score?

5-10? You are either wayyyyy down the track and have no neuro-spicyness orrrr have defo been drinking the Kool Aid. Put down the cup kitten… go take a break- you deserve it.

1-5? Welcome to the club.

Which club?

The one where we’re out here figuring it out, trying to get some money in the bank and not loose our minds in the process. Fighting the battle of “why don’t you just get a real job”. And being totally overwhelmed by the sheer volume of ALL the things you are told you must have RIGHT NOW to be successful in business.

Now, I am in no way throwing shade on people selling courses, services and products telling you to get all these things in place… they all have their place…

Lemme give you all the tea…

THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS.

Full stop.

You do not need all the things right now. No doubt there are things that will help a business establish and grow faster… there are things that will make getting going harder… There is still NO RIGHT WAY.

There is no must have. No need to have. Cannot start until…

All you need to start a business is something to sell, and someone to buy it.

Yet there is so much pressure to get all your ducks in a row before you start. And this is so overwhelming that you are likely stuck sitting in the mud and grub unable to do, well, anything.

And that is hard.

Really hard.

What if you had permission to put this list of ‘must haves’ down and start running your business in a way that works for you and your unique brain?

Contact me today to see how working with me can help you run your business the way that works for your unique brain!

Stop trying to develop an NT business if you are ND

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:36:16 GMT

What do I mean?

Well, your brain is spicy.

You may have curious attention.

You may have different ways of taking in and processing information.

You may have energy spurts and dips.

You may have different ways of communicating with others.

Yet the received wisdom on how to run a business means you cannot have any of these.

Which means to run a business in the ‘normal’ way you need to squish your brilliant self into expectation on how you ‘should be’. And that takes a lot of emotional and intellectual heavy lifting.

True story— nobody has the energy biscuits to do that.

And even if you did… you would use all your energy biscuits squishing yourself into NT boxes and have nothing left to put your amazing out into the world.

What if there was a way to set your business up that worked with, not against, your unique brain?

[your thought] Excuse me? Hello? What is this wizardry of which you speak?

What if doing that you were able to make more money?

[your thought] Now you are talking silly…

What if working with you, rather than against you had more energy biscuits and time to spend on living a life?

[your thought] mind blown Radical thought eh?

It is possible.

And my clients who navigate into working with their brilliant brains do have more time, more business and more happiness.

Start with the first next step.

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:31:16 GMT

You can be a champion or a victim - it's your choice

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:28:47 GMT

There.

I said it.

It is unlikely to be a popular view.

Social media is full to the brim of how hard being ADHD/ Autistic/ Dyslexic/ Dyspraxic/ Dyscalculic is. Just go to reels and there are hours and hours of content highlighting all the ways life is hard for us.

That in itself is disabling. As if there is no way of changing it… we just have to accept our lot and sit in our pool of hard.

And that is crap.

Yes it is hard.

Yes there are things you will always find difficult.

Yes you are already exhausted by life.

And here is the tea, no shade… There are ways of making your life easier that don’t require you to life in a constant state of burnout and exhaustion.

It is possible to remove the frictions being a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world creates.

It is possible to develop habits that support you to be your best and most successful self.

It is possible to be brilliantly successful and neurodivergent.

Now, I am not going to lie.

This does take work.

It takes experimentation (which means failure as well as success). It takes a desire and hunger to do different.

And if you are ready to do the work… an easier, happier and more successful life is possible.

What if it wasn't this hard all the time?

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:26:07 GMT

Seriously… it doesn’t have to be this hard.

I used to feel most weeks like I had been through the wringer… 10 rounds with someone… and climbed a mountain..

Every.

Single.

Week.

Most of the time I pushed through and got on with ‘it’. Didn’t complain. Just pulled up my big brave pants and carried on.

Though periodically I could go no further. Brain and body just said “nope”. And in these moments I took a couple of days out. No internet. No telly. Nothing. Detached from life completely.

It was often is inconvenient as sometimes these came when I was supposed to be at work, or doing something with my loved ones. Pfft life. And sometimes I pushed through even harder… being miserable, fed up and not really enjoying life.

I thought this was what everyone did.

Apparently not.

It seems this is something quite unique (though other people do burnout too…) to neurodivergent people. Of all flavours.

As I leaned into the patterns and rhythms of my neurodivergence something started to change.

The times between ‘nope’ moments grew.

I feel less worn out all the time.

The further I leaned in… the better my mental wellbeing became.

I feel happier.

The more I designed my world for how I worked… more energy biscuits I had available for the unexpected BS that came as part of life.

I have space and capacity to breath through the good and hard.

And this is what I do with my coaching clients.

I help them find ways to grow capacity.

I support them to experiment with new ways of being that work with, not against their unique brains.

I empower them to be unapologetically themselves and ask for the support they need to be themselves and live their best lives.

Make your bed.

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:19:46 GMT

Every day.

Make. Your. Bed.

Doesn’t matter if it isn’t when you roll out of it. After your morning constitutionals. Or half way through the day. Or even just before you flop into it at the end of the day.

Make. Your. Bed.

Why?

Because it is the thin end of the wedge… the end of the ball of string… the starting point for building bigger habits that improve your life and wellbeing.

It isn’t just me who says it- there is a stack of research to back me up on this.

Many ND’s find themselves in a pool of overwhelm most of the time.

I know the drill:

Too much to do, not enough time.

Brain is sooo full of things it cannot focus on one thing.

It’s a wonder I get out the house on time… and most of the time I don’t (or have to leave so early so as not to be late… I arrive way earlier than I need to be anywhere)

Doing this one tiny thing is enough to shift something in your brain. Even if you don’t manage to remember to do it every day to begin with.

It helps.

It starts a shift.

That is all you need to change your life.

A starting point.

For my clients it may not be making the bed. It might be something completely different and seemingly unimportant- like changing the loo roll when it runs out. It doesn’t matter. It is a starting point.

What reasonable adjustments do you have already?

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:14:45 GMT

Tell me!

What tips and tricks do you have to make your life easier…

Here are the first three that come to mind I have;

• I make my bed every day.

• I have keyless entry to all doors I need to get in.

• I brain dump every week.

Thing is, all of us neurodivergent humans have amazing ways of hacking the hard things in life. We have had to develop them to be able to function (mostly) and get through life.

But all hacks are not made equal.

Some of them create more work, not less.

Take the brain dump as an example. I used to have lists. A work list, a home list, a life list… lists lists lists. Everywhere. I even had a list of all the lists.

Because my brain released the things I wanted to do and needed at inopportune times. When I wasn’t near my ‘list’ that thing should go on. So I grabbed what was closest to me and started. A. New. List.

Getting the thought out my head was a great hack- if I didn’t it would disappear under the wasps nest of things I had to try and remember… and if there is one thing about my brain… it is good at hiding things in the wasps nest.

Then I started a habit of brain dumping each week.

It was hard work to begin with.

There were times I couldn’t be arsed.

There were other days when my brain just refused to play ball. And I persisted.

Each week.

I committed to sitting down for an hour. To bring all of my lists together in one place. To allow all of the thoughts and tasks and to-do’s out of my head.

And gradually…

As I decanted the wasps nest into one place…

My brain started to enjoy it.

It now even likes the brain dump. Saves things up for it…

I don't have the answer. What I do have is solutions.

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:06:19 GMT

Soz, but I don’t.

I have some ideas.

I know techniques.

I know methods.

I even know the research and the theory.

What I don’t have is the simple hack to make your life and your business better.

I just don’t.

Because you aren’t like me or any other person I have worked with.

Sure, there will be cross-overs.

Yep, there are similarities.

No doubt there will be ubiquitous things.

But you are you.

Where you are.

Right now.

And that is different to every single person I work with.

Which is why my clients stay with me.

I don’t offer a generic approach to coaching. I simply do not have a one-size-fits all programme.

I work with the person in front of me.

With what is most pressing for them.

Right there.

Right then.

Each session I stand with my client at the gate to my forest of knowledge and experience (and I have a bunch of it)… Together we decide which tree (or trees) we are going to climb together. We create our own adventure.

And at the end… they take away something personal and unique for them.

Sometimes it is a way of thinking.

Other times it is something to try.

And often, there is a reminder they are lovely humans already.

Why work with me?

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:03:08 GMT

There are a thousand neurodivergent coaches out there.

Every time I turn on my socials someone else is out there shouting about how they are neurodiversity specialists…

They are everywhere.

Literally.

And I am not going to lie.

I am not for everyone.

There are many people who have met me and decided I am not for them. And I wish them all well on finding the person who does work for them.

But for those who do stay (and they do stay)…

They get to access not just my own life experience of neurodivergence… because that is just one bit of the picture…

They get to access my decades of experience in supporting change in people. (yep… I have been doing this a VERY long time).

They get access to the experience I have built up on running multiple businesses (both service and product based) … and being a consultant for companies to set up, grow and transform businesses.

They get access to my academic knowledge- I have a very expensive wall of certificates, accolades and awards (yes, I am an award-winning business owner).

They also get access to the experience and understanding I have gathered from my neurodivergent entrepreneurs community, and decades of working in the neurodivergent field.

I don’t just talk the talk.

You see, I am not just some overnight specialist I have weight (and not just badonkadonk).

And that, my friends is why people work with me.

How important is employee retention?

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:13:51 GMT

This week I had a conversation with a client about changing workforce patterns.

I am the last generation who held the idea of a job-for-life. Actually... even we didn't want a job for life... but we still held onto some flavour of a notion of getting into a job and staying for a while.

However... this is not true for the generations who followed me.

Our millennial and post millennials are willing to change jobs if they aren't having their needs met.

This can be career progression... and also the environment they work in.

And this is a good thing.

It means people have the confidence and fortitude to move when things aren't right. Leaning into work being joyful, rather than something to be endured. Yet it is a challenge for the workplace.

These are also the generations who are more aware than anyone before them of their neurodivergence. This translated into awareness of what they need to perform at their optimum. And they aren't afraid of asking for their needs to be met- or moving to where they are.

Most of the time our senior management are my generation (and earlier). We were brought up on creating systems that catered for the business needs. That are designed to serve a homogeneous population.

Because a one-size-fits-all is easier to manage.

?? What if that weren't the case??

??What if it were possible to design workplaces that met individual needs??

??What if, in doing this you improve productivity and increase retention??

Curious notion, for sure. But it is possible. Especially for those who are willing to develop a new way of thinking and doing that creates a happier and more productive workforce?

It is possible and I can help.

Drop into my DM's and let's start your journey.

#DesignThinking #millennials #WorkplaceDesign

Working with me

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:07:40 GMT

I'm not gonna lie... working with me also comes with a healthy dose of uncomfortable.
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That is an essential part of making change... particularly when it involves shifting workplace cultures.
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However... on the other side of that uncomfortable hump... is a world of possibility.
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The hard work is investing time in developing your critical thinking skills. Once you have those... you are able to bake inclusion into everything you do...
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And that, my friends... is when the magic happens.

#inclusion #change #investing

You're definitely not a cookie cutter

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:04:32 GMT

It takes confidence to allow people to develop workplaces that work for them, because the people in workplaces often know better than you do.

This can be a hard thing to grasp.

Especially when there is a temptation towards cookie-cutter inclusion or reasonable adjustments.

I get it.

Cookie-cutter approaches are controllable, familiar, known.

It helps you be able to say 'we have XQZ approaches to make our workplace inclusive'.

And they work in some instances for some people, some of the time.

The cookie cutter, or 'inclusion in a box' approach is nudging towards performative allyship (doing what you think you should to look like you are doing something).

But you aren't like this, are you?

Because you have a range of approaches, tools and support mechanisms as a starter for 10. It is a baseline from which you work with the employee to find the right exact thing that works for them.

You invest time, effort and resources to hold experiments with the employee until you do find the right combination of tools. Even if they aren't what you usually do.

It is done with compassion, collaboration and communication with the employee. Making them feel safe to undertake this experiment with you.

And you do this because you know that this is time and money well spent.

It is done as the investment gets the absolute best out of your employee. And because they are able to work in ways that support them, they deliver brilliance into the world, helping your business achieve its mission as a result.

You rock!

And for any cookie-cutters out there (and people who don't even have an 'inclusion in a box' option)... I can help you dare to do better...

Drop me a DM and lets get started

#ConsciousLeadership #TailoredSolutions #InclusiveDesign

What if you designed your business for people not process

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:01:40 GMT

It peeves me that so many employees are burnt out, frazzled and feel there’s something wrong with them. In fact it is the systems, structure and culture in the workplace that breaks them.

I've been there. Trying super hard to do well, never quite thriving to my full potential. It was like I hadn't been given the manual of how to be an employee.

No matter how hard I tried, I never quite got it right.

In hindsight, it wasn't me at the root of the problem. The workplace hadn't been designed with pepople in mind.

And I am not alone.

Poor business design and culture hinders growth and limits potential.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

Inclusion isn’t actually that hard, if only leaders developed the muscle of critical thinking and the daring to do better.

If you are interested in inclusive business design that works for everyone, then we should talk.

Dare to do better

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:57:36 GMT

I have been knocking about for a while now.

And for the last few months I have been working with the incredible Anne D. Ferguson on my brand voice and messaging. Getting myself to a point where I can clearly communicate what it is I do and for whom.

It has been a super journey, of clarification and reflection.

And I am now ready to share the outcome of this work with the world.

What is it I do?

"I help corporate leaders with complex people problems to make meaningful change that goes beyond box-ticking so they can create inclusive, healthy and more productive workplaces".

And that is it.

In a nutshell.

Why beyond box-ticking? Becasue I cannot stand the off-the-shelf solutions out there which are trying to solve complex people problems with a one-size-fits-all approach. It doesn't work.

You know what does work?

Having conversations and debates. Challenging ideas and creating fresh perspectives.

ND inclusion is a starting point for getting it more right for everyone. There is no off-the-shelf package for a unique situation or problem.

Personalised services and solutions work for unique problems for you and your business environment.

I am now planting my flag in the sand.

I am about deep meaningful change that comes from a #DesignThinking perspective.

If you are interested in inclusive business design that works for everyone, then we should talk.

#Neurodiversity #inclusiveworkplace

Flip it over

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:54:47 GMT

We hear every day how businesses are losing brilliant people; the workforce is changing, and employees are voting with their feet more than ever before. This is because the traditional identikit workplace design is fundamentally hostile to neurodivergent folk.

Every business ultimately serves humans, yet we design businesses around systems.

Flip it over

What if your business was designed for people instead of the output you want them to generate.

What if you designed systems and processes that are simple, clear and frictionless, removing as many human barriers as possible using tech and systems.

The result would be baked-in business practices that are inherently neuro-inclusive.

#neurodiversity #DesignThinking #BusinessDesign

What if every human in your business carried the antidote to discrimination?

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:49:33 GMT

Training with me is being invited to play in my forest of knowledge. We get to decide together which tree to climb together...

I'll turn up with some slides and information to share with the room... but... this is the basis from which we go on a unique learning journey together.

Your participants will absolutely come away with foundational knowledge about neurodiversity and intersectional inclusion approaches...

They get way more than that. Each training group gets permission to explore their personal learning needs...

I do this on purpose...

Absolutely you get to access my specialist and nuanced knowledge and experience...

On top of this I help develop the thinking skills needed to be intentionally inclusive. The result of this is empowering every human in your business to become the antidote to discrimination.

#training #experience #inclusion

What if The Equality Act wasn't your starting point for inclusion

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:43:37 GMT

A couple of weeks ago I was accused of avoiding answering a question...

"What about our legal obligation to the Equalities Act"

And in some senses, I was.

You see, they are right. There is a legal obligation in the UK for us to remove unlawful discrimination, harrassment and victimisation.

That shouldn't be your driver for inclusion.

Many (many) years ago I had a job as an Equalities Manager for a public body. I was able to support them to meet all of their public duties. We systematically worked through the agreed action plan. Nationally they became a top performer. Seriously, we got recognised for it!

Woo hoo! you might think.

Taking an organisation which is regularly lambasted for not being inclusive to being able to evidence the journey they had travelled. In some senses this was a real win!

Yet, there was still something missing.

We were focused on the targets.

We weren't developing a culture of designing the business around the needs of the people.

That may seem to be one in the same, but they are different.

If you set targets- you will hit them... after all, what gets monitored, get's managed, right?

In doing that you become myopic. You get so focused on the 'what' you are not supporting people to consider the 'why'.

When you embed the 'why' you are naturally supporting people to design business systems and processes that natually meet the needs of the humans in them.

You become inclusive by design.

You meet your Equality Act duties as a consequence of having an organisation designed around and for your people.

You bake in a culture of people thinking about how they work and how this impacts on people.

And that, my friends is how you become truly inclusive.

I intentionally didn't answer the question directly.

Because this is not how I work.

I won't train businesses to meet a legal duty.

I work with businesses who want to become more than performative- doing what you *have* to do.

My clients bring me in to actually make a difference to the people in their businesses, and for the people they serve.

What if you managed people not systems

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:40:58 GMT

You train them to manage to people, not systems.

In my management training programs I am asked 'how do I manage poor performance of a neurodivergent employee'

What they really mean to ask is

"How do I get the process right, so I don't end up in a tribunal"

The answer is simple...

You support the person to meet the expectations of the role.

In doing this, you naturally meet the process.

More than that... most often you then avoid perfromance management processes...

And that is the ultimate goal- because these are time, money and energy intensive.

Training your managers in how to support people not only reduces this unwanted burden, it makes your teams perform better.

Are you ready to help your managers be better at supporting inclusion in the workplace?

Developing inclusive managers

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:34:27 GMT

Quick answer: You develop them to manage to people, not systems.

In my Inclusive Management 101 training program I am often asked 'how do I manage poor performance of a neurodivergent employee'

What they really mean to ask is:

"How do I get the process right, so I don't end up in a tribunal"

The answer is simple...

You support the person to meet the expectations of the role.

In doing this, you naturally meet the process.

More than that... most often you then avoid performance management processes...

And that is the ultimate goal- because these are time, money, and energy intensive. (not to mention properly horrible for the employee).

Training your managers in how to support people as opposed to processes not only reduces this unwanted burden, it makes your teams perform better.

Are you ready to help your managers be better at supporting inclusion in the workplace?

Drop me a DM today and let's talk about training your people to support people.

#DesignThinking #InclusiveLeadership #ManagementTraining

Inclusive performance management

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:29:37 GMT

What if your business was designed for people, instead of the output you want to generate?

Seems counter-intuitive, right?

Yet when you think about it- your people are your biggest asset. It is your people who are delivering your services/ products.

All too often we get sucked into process and making sure things are by-the-book. In doing this thinking about how they will work for people often gets forgotten. (and quite frankly, this is the root of most problems in the first place... )

Take performance management as a starter for 10

What you want from this is a way to help people to perform in the roles they have been employed in. And whatever your driver, you want your people to excel. Make money. Deliver the change in the world you want to see. All of that good stuff.

The question is whether it is designed with this end in mind.

Or has it been designed defensively- to provide evidence and meet a process need?

What if you started with the end purpose in mind- to have a consistent, reliable way to have a business full of people who are enthusiastic at their job, and do it really super well and that meets the wide variety of needs they have?

What would that look like?

Maybe a business that is full of people doing what you need and want them to do... with happiness and enthusiasm...?

Performance management starts at the point an employee walks through your door the first time...

And if you get that right... you are inclusive by design.

#InclusiveDesign #PerformanceManagement #ManagementDevelopment

Developing inclusive workspaces

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:24:11 GMT

Quick answer: you make it safe to develop knowledge.

Training with me is more than just giving your people knowledge.

I create learning spaces where people are allowed to explore their understanding.

It's something special to get people in a room and acknowledge they don't know something. Even moreso when you are talking about inclusion... I mean, we are all supposed to be totally on point with this stuff...

People come into Neurodiversity Inclusion training with a fear.

A fear of getting it wrong.
Saying the wrong thing.
Doing the wrong thing.

Most of the time this is beacuse people care about other people. They don't want to cause harm- even if unintentionally.

They are also scared as sticks to receivea butt-whooping - the like we have all seen somewhere on the internet- for exploring where they currently are.

Being able to help people feel safe to acknolwedge this fear is an important step in learning.

It helps people feel safe to engage.

When people engage they take away information that makes sense to them, and to know what their next steps are.

This is why businesses bring me in to train their people.

Your next step is dropping into my DM's so we can talk about your training needs.

#InclusionTraining #DesignThinking #CultureDevelopment

I don't just do training...

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:43:08 GMT

When you come to me you are likely to say "I want some training to raise the awareness of neurodiveristy in the workplace".

Which is cool. I totes can do that.

It is not likely to be the thing you actually need though.

Good news is that when I come in to do training... you always get more than you asked for... Because every single training programme is tailored to the people in the room. That means adjusting my content to the understanding in the room... Drawing on my experience and expertise to craft examples and exercises to best illustrate points... Raiding my brain-library to pull out anecdotes and academic studies to support and back up our conversations.

You see, I don't just do training...

I develop trust...

I cultivate conversations...

I hold discomfort...

And open the door to the possibility of change.

#InclusionMatters
#HR
#ReasonableAdjustment
#Neurodiversity

Changing and growing

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:18:46 GMT

Intersectional inclusion means continuously doing the work

Sometimes this means making incremental shifts in what I once held dear
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On Facebook I host an online community for neurodivergent entrepreneurs called How 2 Entrepreneuro. I have been hosting this space for almost three years now, and it is an amazing and supportive community- I love it hard.
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Last week I changed the rules.
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When I wrote the rules for How 2 Entrepreneuro, they felt funny, pithy and well, a bit setting the tone of the community I wanted to create.
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There was one rule- Don't be a d**k.
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Then a while ago I was talking with a friend about gendered language. They had been consciously removing gendered insults.
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Honestly. It had never ever been something I had considered.
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I am a massive Ru Paul fan, so a b***h has been a "Being In Total Control of Herself" for years. It felt more empowering than the gendered slur.
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Yet as the concept of gender neutralised insults sat in my brain for a while, percolating. I started to pay more attention to the language I was using in this space.
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And it did not feel comfortable.
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I did some reading and now I am on a journey to remove gender from this area of my language.
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I am consciously removing gendered insults from my vernacular. This means I have changed the rule for my group.
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There is still only one, and it is now "Don't be an ass".
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Same rule, same intention, now without the gender.
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It took me months and months of thinking and processing for this to be okay in my brain. I liked the rule. I had written it, so it felt personal. Yet this thinking had created a dissonance in myself I could not ignore.
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I am someone who continues to work hard at removing barriers and discrimination. This is evidence for me that I need to continue on this journey and persist in doing the work.
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Because it is important to me that my community is welcoming to all humans.
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I acknowledge I am still getting it wrong. When I see it, I will do the work to understand and make change.
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This works in all cultural shifts- start with small incremental changes. Collectively make change for the better.
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Have an amazing day today people.

#InclusiveLeadership #ConsciousLeadership #GenderDiversity

Paying neurodiversity tax

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:54:22 GMT

Neurodiversity Tax is the additional intellectual, emotional and resource cost for life simply by being ADHD, Autistic, Dyslexic, Dyspraxic, Dyscalculia, or Tourettes.

It's blasted expensive being neurodivergent.

Earlier this week I had booked an appointment with a specialist I needed information from.

I chose my time. Paid my money. Even put it into my diary.

I went about my week quite happily. Until I went into a (different) meeting and got a ping "ready when you are"

Balls.

I'd put the wrong time into my diary- again.

This instance worked out okay. I was able to rearrange. Phew.

Today I went to meet a colleague in real life. So excited! Human interaction. In my mind I knew I was meeting them in a chain coffee shop. I had got it into my brain it was the one in town... got there... no sign of them.

Sinking feeling. checked the messages. nope, it was the one on the edge of town.

Balls.

Dropped a message, said I would be with them in 10 mins. Paid the £2.10 car parking and went on my way.

Nothing bad happened. I got there, had a mediocre coffee and all was well.

I got home to a letter saying a payment had not gone through on
an insurance policy.

Balls.

It seems I set up the payment from a debit card, which had then expired. I didn't think about this when I got the new card. So needed called to give new details.

The insurance was still valid. No-one died or got pregnant. yay!

However, this sort of shizzle consumes the energy biscuits.

Individually they shouldn't even bother a crumb.

But as they happen most days. it is tiring. it really is.

There is the hot panic as the realisation sets in "not again. sigh". Then there is the intellectual work to think about what the options are to get out of the conundrum. Followed by holding in or letting go of the shame as I fess up to messing up and rearrange, negotiate and co-ordinate.

Collectively and cumulatively. It is exhausting.

The additional work needed to be done to function, turn up, be on time, prepared and ready. To look like a functioning adult who is able to do adulty type adulting.

Yet I am thankful these things happened.

You see, I have been chipping away at these energy biscuit consumers.

nom nom nomo. One at a time.

Having these things happen shine a light on areas where the support and systems I have in place have holes... and as I am noticing, I can plug them.

One thing at a time.

And it is not a failure of me, or of my support team. It is iterating and adjusting to continuously get better.

And this is how I (as a profoundly neurodivergent business owner) increase my capacity. It is also how you as a business can shift to become neuro-inclusive.

There is no quick win.

There is no "try these strange 3 tips"

There is no "hack"

It is gradually, systematically and consciously listening and understanding frictions for your people. Asking (and answering) the question: what support do I need. (and here is the hard thing). Responding to the need.

So much as it was a total PIMA (pain in my a) for these things to happen. They are taking steps to living a frictionless life.

#DesignThinking #InclusiveDesign #Frictionless

How important is ADHD diagnosis?

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:45:54 GMT

Or Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia diagnosis for that matter.

Spoiler alert- if it helps you, get one. If it doesn't, don't

I responded to a post about the validity of ADHD self-diagnosis...

Many people do have distractible moments, which are perfectly standard for any human. This in, and of itself doesn't make a person ADHD (and any flavour of NeuroDiversity, for that matter). If this is an enduring, regular experience for someone, which comes alongside other challenges/ difficulties/ experiences of the world... can indicate ADHD.

For some people it is validating to get a diagnosis from a clinician. It helps them make sense of their experience in the world and can support them on their own journey.

For others this is not necessary. Having the self-identified language of ADHD gives them access to a community of people with shared experience. From this they may also gain a whole stack of support on how to build joy, productivity, and all the other good stuff that life has to offer into their world. It is the language and shared experience that is important to the person- not a clinical diagnosis.

Diagnosis is not an end nor is it a solution in, and of itself. It gives confirmation (from a medicalised perspective) of the language used to describe a collection of experiences and traits. It is the work that comes after the diagnosis/ self identification which helps people remove the masks of years of Requests To Modify to hide their neurodivergence. To develop more beneficial strategies and support structures to engage in the world.

It is this work after realisation/ diagnosis where people seek and often find a community of support. Helping become on a journey to become their full, true, and absolute best versions of themselves.

Diagnosis can give access to medication, which some ADHD'ers find really beneficial. And this is one tool in the box of ways to live a happy and full life. For this reason, diagnosis can be really helpful to some people.

However, access to diagnosis is not easy. The NHS (god love it) has a back-log and even through "right to choose" pathway, can have a long lead-in time. This is before you get to the problems of potential self-doubt on whether you should ask a stretched GP for this support... or when you do, you fear being told your experience is wrong... Even when a person does navigate these challenges and it turns into an appointment, there is a whole bunch of difficulty getting TO the appointment, let alone THROUGH it.

And if you don't have the fortuity of getting an NHS diagnosis, private diagnosis is expensive. Really expensive.

So for some people self-identification is less of a choice, and more of a situation they have to manage, on top of living a life with neurodivergent challenges.

Whether self-identified or clinically diagnosed- the process from realisation to making adjustments is a far longer journey than a couple of tik-tok's or an hours meeting with a psych.

So to answer- yes, for some people diagnosis is part of their neurodivergent journey. It is far from the end of it.

#neurodiversity #ADHD

Neurodiversity resilience, or are you talking about capability and capacity?

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:41:07 GMT

Supporting neurodivergent people in the workplace by building capacity and capability.

Do we truly understand what we mean when we say ‘resilience’?

It is a term bandied about the neurodiversity community like confetti. We are resilient people because… That [difficult] situation built resilience in me… This [hard] time is testament to my true resilience.

What we actually are saying is

I have learned to battle through, regardless of the impact this will have on my wellbeing.

This is not the actual meaning of the word.

Resilience is the ability to withstand or recover from hard times, situations and experiences. Not our ability to keep going at all costs.

I for one, have battelled through the shizzle the universe has thrown at me. I have the scars, war-stories and medals to prove it. It makes me a tough cookie, sure. It does not make me resilient.

When we use the word resilience in this sense it is used in honour or celebration of being able to keep going. Through all adversity. We. Just. Struggle. On. Must. Keep. Moving…

There are times when tenacity is necessary. Life throws curve balls and we need to keep going. But for many neurodivergent people this is a life-long slog to “mask up, and keep up”.

Ingrained into every neurodivergent human is the capability to summon up all the power from our energy biscuits and stretch this resource to it’s absolute limits. Even taking biscuits out on loan with the promise of paying them back some day.

We have a learned ability (, a capability) to keep going.

We are not resilient because we rarely give ourselves permission to resile and recover. Until our bodies whack us over the head with a nice bout of burn-out.

And then we stop.

To the outside world this can look like underperformance at work, sick leave or simply putting our resignation in. And that costs businesses both in money, and happiness.

Much written about neurodiversity is from an implied perspective that we are slaves to our difficulty. (I point to the millions of reels and posts “you know you are ND when [insert thing that goes wrong]). There is nothing we can do to alter or effect our lot in life [sighs]. Said through gritted teeth… “It is what it is”.

I disagree.

Lets look at is from a different angle- from capability and capacity. If we understand the inter-play between these two we begin to find a new way of looking at resilience.

Throughout our lives neurodivergent people have developed complex, elaborate and well-developed coping strategies for living in everyday life. For many of us these are so honed we don’t even recognise the additional emotional and intellectual labour done daily. (not least until we talk to other people). It is not even a consideration that other people do not plan conversations in advance of meetings, or turn up 2 hours early for fear of being 1 minute late.

We have an unbelievable capability to overcome almost any hurdle. This muscle is strong because it is well exercised… because we have had to use it every day, for all the days.

The variable in whether these coping strategies are effective is our capacity.

I like to use energy biscuits rather than spoons, as I like biscuits more than spoons. (Except when I am using a spoon to shove biscuits in my face hole.) And I can stretch the analogy further.

Every day we have a number of biccies in the barrel. Energy biscuit capacity depends on how many tasks these biscuits are spread between. Some days (when we have slept well, remembered to eat, and have few tasks demanding our attention) we have a good number to dish out to whatever the day brings… others, (when the cat needs to go to the vet, there is a project due, and you need to go to the supermarket) there are just burnt crumbs.

It is this varying capacity which impacts on our ability to draw on our capability to turn up in the world as we want to. (and as our employers want us to.)

The thing is…

The number of biscuits in the barrel is not set or fixed. We can bake more. We can make a choice not to use biscuits on things that do not bring us joy, or move us forward in our dreams.

We can replenish the barrel.

In doing this we increase our capacity to show up in the world. Giving us greater chance of using that well defined muscle of capability.

But.

This means doing self-care…

Self-care is often a properly neglected tool in our toolbox of capability. We simply have not given ourselves time or the compassion to practice looking after ourselves… after all- we should have the resilience to keep going…

It takes time to develop the capability of self-care. To be able to become truly resilient. Which in turn grows capacity (puts more biscuits in the barrel).

It is possible.

No word of a lie- it takes time, and patience… and support.

A good starting point is to shift our language. To move from talking about resilience of a workforce or person, and to start asking about capacity and capability.

Because any problem in a business comes down to these two things- Do I have the capacity (energy biscuits) to deal with the things required of me, or do I need to develop my capability (tools and resources).

So if you are sitting with a person who is struggling… A good first question is What is needed right now?

Do you need some increased capacity?

Do you need to develop some new capabilities?

This is not a chicken and egg situation. If a person is not sure- give them capacity... space or support to replenish their biscuit barrel.

The result of shifting with this one simple question is that you help people (and therefore your businesses) develop true resilience. Becuase it doesn't matter when're you start... as long as you do.

#Resilience #DesignThinking #Neurodiversity #InclusiveDesign

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How are your energy biscuits?

How are your energy biscuits?

What works for you?

What works for you?

What do you value?

What do you value?

I get it. More than you know

I get it. More than you know

It sucks.

It sucks. All of it. All of the time.

Unlearning normal ways of running a business.

New Title

There are no rules on how your business should run.

Stop trying to develop an NT business if you are ND

Start with the first next step.

You can be a champion or a victim - it's your choice

What if it wasn't this hard all the time?

Make your bed.

What reasonable adjustments do you have already?

I don't have the answer. What I do have is solutions.

Why work with me?

How important is employee retention?

Working with me

You're definitely not a cookie cutter

What if you designed your business for people not process

Dare to do better

Flip it over

What if every human in your business carried the antidote to discrimination?

What if The Equality Act wasn't your starting point for inclusion

What if you managed people not systems

Developing inclusive managers

Inclusive performance management

Developing inclusive workspaces

I don't just do training...

When you come to me you are likely to say "I want some training to raise the awareness of neurodiveristy in the workplace".

﻿ Which is cool. I totes can do that.

Changing and growing

Intersectional inclusion means continuously doing the work

Paying neurodiversity tax

Neurodiversity Tax is the additional intellectual, emotional and resource cost for life simply by being ADHD, Autistic, Dyslexic, Dyspraxic, Dyscalculia, or Tourettes.

How important is ADHD diagnosis?

Or Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia diagnosis for that matter.

Spoiler alert- if it helps you, get one. If it doesn't, don't

Neurodiversity resilience, or are you talking about capability and capacity?

Supporting neurodivergent people in the workplace by building capacity and capability.

Which is cool. I totes can do that.