A practical manager guide to neurodiversity and workplace conflict, with ways to reduce communication clashes and fix systems, not people.

Practical examples of reasonable adjustments at work for employers and managers, showing how small changes can remove major barriers.

How to make email, chat, and shared documents easier to process with neuro-inclusive digital communication that reduces ambiguity and cognitive load.

Nine practical manager scripts that reduce ambiguity, support neuroinclusive communication, and make everyday workplace conversations more effective.

A practical look at common workplace needs assessment problems, why they happen, and how employers can make the process more useful and inclusive.

One-size-fits-all roles create invisible friction. Tasks arrive in the wrong format, priorities shift without explanation, and good people spend energy working around the job rather than doing it. A better approach is job crafting: giving employees structured permission to align tasks, relationships and sense-making with how they work best—while holding outcomes constant. Done well, crafting reduces executive-function load, surfaces strengths, and improves performance without

Most communication problems at work aren’t about attitude. They’re about ambiguity: unclear asks, missing context, decisions not written down, and priorities that live in someone’s head. That creates cognitive load and rework for everyone—especially neurodivergent colleagues. Below are practical, copy-paste templates you can use in Teams/Slack/email to make work more checkable, more inclusive, and faster to deliver. If you want your managers and teams trained to embed these h

Onboarding sets the tone for everything that follows. If a new starter spends their first weeks trying to decode vague expectations, chase missing information or hide support needs, the organisation is already losing energy it could have invested in confidence, belonging and performance. That is why neuroinclusive onboarding matters so much. It is not a “nice to have” extra after recruitment. It is one of the clearest places where inclusion either becomes real or falls apart.

Practical inclusive communication standards that reduce misunderstanding, cognitive load, rework, and friction across neurodiverse teams.

How neuroinclusive growth strategies help organisations attract different minds, support talent, adapt under pressure, and grow sustainably.

When people “miss easy things”, it’s rarely motivation. It’s executive function load: initiation, prioritisation, working memory, and switching being over-taxed by the way work is designed. Neuro-inclusive teams don’t wait for willpower; they change the conditions so the brain can get started, stay on track, and finish. Executive function, briefly Executive functions are the brain’s control processes—starting tasks, holding steps in mind, sequencing, resisting distraction, sh

Most “focus” advice assumes the problem is personal discipline. In reality, focus is heavily shaped by environment and work design: clarity of priorities interruptions and context switching meeting load cognitive load in communication unrealistic timelines and “always on” culture Neurodivergent people often feel the costs first, but everyone benefits when organisations design for cognitive stamina. This post explains what cognitive stamina is, what drains it, and the practica

A practical guide to Access to Work for neurodivergent people, including what it can fund, who can apply and how to describe workplace barriers clearly.

Neurodiversity often remains an overlooked aspect in many professional environments, especially in Chambers. The fast pace, hierarchical structure, and high-pressure client demands can create hidden barriers for neurodivergent individuals. To address this, a new training module has launched on the ABC training portal, designed specifically for Chambers. This Neurodiversity Foundation Module aims to build a shared understanding and practical skills that improve inclusion and e

This week brought a special moment as Eastleigh College (SHCG) published a feature on Nat Hawley, an alumnus whose path from studying Art, Media and Design to founding Divergent Thinking offers a powerful story about building neuroinclusive workplaces. Nat’s journey shows how creativity and lived experience can shape meaningful work that supports diverse ways of thinking. Discovering a Path at Eastleigh College Nat attended Eastleigh College in 2010–2011, completing a Level 3

Explore how divergent thinking strengthens workplace inclusion by helping teams surface more ideas, reduce bias, and design better support.

This week, Divergent Thinking was featured in the St Albans Times (Issue 164) during Neurodiversity Celebration Week. The article highlighted practical neuroinclusion strategies that local employers can adopt with ease. Neuroinclusion often gets misunderstood as “special treatment,” but it is really about removing unnecessary barriers so everyone can perform at their best. The piece shared three simple, clarity-first tweaks that require no big budget or new policies—just smal

Dyslexia isn’t a sign someone is “bad at words”. It’s a difference in processing that can show up in reading, spelling, speed of written work, and working memory—especially under pressure. The workplace mistake is to treat dyslexia support as either: “Just use Grammarly,” or “They can’t do writing tasks.” Neither is true. The real solution is better work design: clearer briefs, better templates, smarter review cycles, and tools that reduce unnecessary friction. This post is a

Neuroinclusion in Social Care: 5 Practical Adjustments That Strengthen Staff Confidence By Jade Bossman-Yankey, Senior People Manager at Log My Care Working in social care is incredibly rewarding, but it’s also one of the most demanding environments to be part of. The pace is fast, the emotional weight is real, and the responsibility is huge. It asks a lot from every person on the team. Before moving into People & Culture, I actually started my career in social care myself,

Most workplaces still assume people are interchangeable 9–5 machines. They’re not. Human alertness, memory, mood and error-risk all follow circadian patterns—and they vary by chronotype (morningness–eveningness). When work time fights body time, you get “social jetlag”: chronic sleep loss, lower cognitive performance and higher health risks. Align the job with the clock inside the person and you improve sleep, thinking quality and retention—without heroic policies or medical