Offering practical tips for leading neurodiverse teams. Whether you’re neurodiverse or neurotypical – helping you to lead with confidence and support your colleagues to create a more inclusive environment.
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If you’re in Software Engineering – statistically the chances are you, a colleague or one of your team members has some form of Neurodiversity. Most of us already know that diverse teams are more productive and build better tech products. But Neurodiversity can create challenges or barriers to a person doing their best work.
Do you feel confident leading those with Neurodiversity? Do you feel you have the skills to help someone navigate their struggles within the workplace? Do you want ideas and tips on things you might be able to implement to help yourself, your colleagues or your team?
In this talk I will reframe thinking around Neurodiversity and Reasonable Adjustments in a way you are probably more familiar with – Accessibility. Talk about the tools you already use in software development that can be applied to solve struggles. And some of the barriers you may encounter and what you can practically do to help make a difference in the inclusivity of your workplace.
Key takeaways
- Reframed thinking around Neurodiversity and Reasonable Adjustments that is more akin to what leaders are used to (ie. Accessibility requirements) so they feel more confident in tackling it.
- A way of applying existing software development approaches to solving struggles (for yourself and others)
- A number of tools and approaches I use or we use at CapitalOne to support and include Neurodiverse Associates
- Recognising that if you’re privileged you can do a lot to pave to way for others who are more vulnerable than yourselves
