Awareness Track
From uncertainty to clarity. From good intentions to confident action.
Perhaps you’ve heard the terms neurodiversity and neurodivergence and wonder what the difference is. You’ve seen them on conference agendas, in leadership articles, or mentioned by your team, but you’re not entirely sure what they mean in practice, or why they are relevant to you.
You might be wondering:
What do I do if someone tells me they’re neurodivergent?
How do I respond fairly, and make sure my behavior is legally compliant?
What about everyone else? Won’t they feel left out if I reshape the team around one person?
Or maybe you’re leading an employee resource group (ERG), trying to build understanding quickly and credibly across your organization.
Wherever you’re starting from, you’re not alone. By visiting this page, you’ve already taken your first step towards building clarity and action.
What the Awareness Track is for
This track is for organizations where curiosity and caution coexist – where people are open to learning more, but unsure how to begin.
We’ll explore how constraining neurodiverse – or cognitively diverse – teams silently drains energy, focus, and impact.
You’ll start building shared language and a grounded, evidence-based understanding of what Neuro-Inspired™ Teams look like in practice.
The transformation
From:
A few passionate voices trying to share the message.
Uncertainty, hesitation and fear of “getting it wrong.”
Confusing individual accommodation with systemic neuro-inclusion.
To:
A clear view of where your first opportunities lie.
Confident conversations and shared understanding.
Leadership curiosity and empathy aligned with business priorities.
How we do it
Every engagement is tailored to your context and audience. I might start with a keynote, lead a hands-on session, or explore a process through audit – it depends where you are in your journey.
Presentations and keynotes
I combine evidence-based thought leadership and real-world change, drawing on over 30 years in scientific research, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and lived experience. I’ve presented to executives, ERG membership, researchers, policy leaders, facilitators – always tailoring format, interaction and follow-up to your audience and goals.
Awareness sessions or foundational workshops
Interactive sessions that connect your everyday challenges to the principles of neuro-inclusion, giving teams clarity and simple actions they can apply straight away.
"Such an important, insightful and impactful training. Every company should do this for all managers."
- Mark Jonker, Head of Customer Success, Bynder
Neuro-inclusion audits
Systematic, evidence-based reviews of your team or process. You’ll receive practical, written insights highlighting where your team norms or systems enable or constrain different neurostyles – and the next steps to act on those findings.
These first conversations in the Awareness Track often reveal pockets of readiness in your organization that you might have overlooked – just as they did with The Collective.
The Collective are masters of facilitating high-pressure ideation workshops – bringing together people from different sectors, disciplines, and organizations to solve complex challenges in just a few hours.
Their facilitators face a unique challenge: they rarely know who will be in the room or what cognitive styles they’ll bring.
How do you help a group of complete strangers think, create, and collaborate effectively – without relying on disclosure or icebreakers?
In partnership with The Collective, I reviewed their high-pressure ideation workshops. My focused audit based on materials and facilitator interviews revealed neuro-inspired design shifts that made a big difference by increasing clarity and choice before and during sessions.
Download The Collective Neuro-Inclusion Audit Case Study
Outcome: a real example of how a neuro-inclusion audit identifies strengths, reveals hidden constraints, and uncovers immediate opportunities to improve engagement and performance.
“It was about bringing in expert eyes to take a fresh look at the approach we’ve developed and built over many years. Lisa’s review has highlighted specific strengths that we can build on and suggested opportunities to make our facilitation practice even more inclusive and effective.”
– Caragh Dewis, Director at The Collective
If this case study sparked ideas for your own organization, there are two easy ways to continue the conversation:
Option 1:
Book a Quick Connect (30 minutes)
A flexible discussion how a neuro-inclusion audit could support your team or organization.
Option 2:
Book a free Performance Leaks Audit (45 minutes)
A focused diagnostic session to identify the hidden habits, frictions, and invisible work that may be quietly draining your team’s performance – and how neuro-inspired design can turn them into impact.
What’s next
Your teams are starting to see the potential of neuro-inclusion and you’re ready to move from understanding to action. Your next step is the Foundation Track.
Here, we’ll turn awareness into evidence – testing what works, co-creating a repeatable method, and generating early data and advocates who can lead change from within.