Lex Karageorghis in discussion with Sari De, Global DEIB Consultant at PowerToFly. shared insights, strategies, and personal experiences to help create a more inclusive and supportive work environment for neurodivergent individuals.
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📝Key Takeaways
After watching the session, you will gain the following insights and actionable steps:
- Key insight: Neurodivergent people communicate, think, process information, or perceive things differently from what society considers "the norm," including conditions like ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, and Tourettes.
- Action: Ask specifically: "Are you happy for me to send you Slack messages with questions? Or would you prefer me to send it as an email?"
- Key insight: Many neurodivergent people face workplace trauma and PTSD from non-supportive, toxic work environments, bullying, and being forced to mask their natural behaviors.
- Action: Create a spreadsheet with columns for "access needs for emails," "access needs for meetings," and "non-negotiables" that all employees can fill out when joining.
- Key insight: The law (like ADA) should not be the standard companies aim for - it should be the bare minimum.
- Action: During regular reviews, ask employees "Is the way that we work together working for you? Would you like me to start communicating with you in a different way?"
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