Burnout isn’t a personal failure, it’s a design flaw. In this episode, energy coach Rich Ellis and Lisa Colledge explore how leaders can manage energy, not time, to prevent burnout and boost team performance. Learn practical steps to build sustainable energy rhythms, reduce stress, and design neuro-inclusive, high-performing teams.

Innovation often leaks in volatile times—not because teams lack ideas, but because energy is drained by systems that don’t fit how different brains work. In this episode of Culture by Neurodesign, New York entrepreneur and bestselling author Peter Shankman shares how reframing his ADHD traits transformed distraction into an innovation engine. From founding HARO to building multiple startups, Peter shows how action, novelty, and speed fuel creativity and growth when environments are designed for neurodiverse thinkers. Leaders can learn three vital lessons: design for focus over control, reward momentum over perfection, and connect diverse brains with trust and clarity. The future of entrepreneurship isn’t about conformity—it’s about leveraging ADHD, neurodiversity, and cognitive inclusion to unlock resilience, innovation, and sustainable performance.

Discover how to turn hidden performance drains into measurable impact with neuro-inspired leadership. In today’s volatile workplace shaped by AI disruption, shifting regulations, and generational change, traditional leadership playbooks fail—slowing innovation, draining employee engagement, and reducing productivity. This blog explores how defensive cultures waste energy, why teams fall into the traps of being too “safe” or too “disconnected,” and how leaders can design neurodiversity-inspired cultures that boost resilience, creativity, and performance. By applying cognitive inclusion strategies rooted in autism, ADHD, and dyslexia research, leaders can build future-ready teams where curiosity and care, courage and connection, creativity and structure coexist. Learn how to identify and fix hidden energy leaks, improve employee engagement, and create a high-performing team culture that thrives under change.

Rigid communication styles drain energy and reduce impact, especially in today’s fast-paced workplaces. Learn practical strategies for leaders to improve team productivity and employee engagement through neurodiversity-inclusive communication. Learn how the FIT Framework helps reduce hidden energy drains, support autistic, ADHD, and dyslexic team members, and create cognitively inclusive communication systems that boost collaboration and performance.

Neurodiversity in the workplace isn’t just about inclusion, it’s about productivity. Small shifts in communication can reduce hidden energy leaks, improve employee engagement, and boost team productivity. Learn how cognitive inclusion helps teams adapt, innovate, and thrive without burnout.

Celebrate 50 episodes of Culture by Neurodesign with award-winning leadership consultant Dr. Lisa Colledge, named Leadership Consultant of the Year 2025. Discover five innovations for building high-performing teams: neurodivergence inclusion, culture over compliance, Neuro-Inspired Teams™, the Future-Ready Pathway™, and the FIT Framework. Learn how neuro-inclusive leadership boosts performance, resilience, and innovation.

Academy Award–winning producer turned tech leader Steven Puri reveals productivity hacks to unlock the flow state, improve focus, and finish high-value work. From Hollywood discipline to startup innovation, he shares how leaders and teams can reduce distractions, boost workplace performance, and build sustainable success. Learn how neuro-inclusive leadership and flow design fuel innovation, resilience, and growth.

Dr. Lisa Colledge explores why neurodiversity should be at the heart of every inclusion strategy. From ADHD creativity and autistic pattern recognition to dyslexic big-picture thinking, she shows how neuro-inclusive design boosts innovation, retention, and performance without relying on disclosure. Practical, scalable, and future-ready.

UX specialist Nick Cawthon shares how his “fast brain” finds creativity in flow states, why burning mental bridges fuels innovation, and how working with structured thinkers turns ideas into impact. This conversation explores the power of neurodiverse teams, combining rapid idea generation with precision and detail, to build adaptability, resilience, and high performance in design, AI, and beyond.

What does real autism inclusion at work actually look like? Will Savell spotlights two East Tennessee restaurants quietly leading the way. Without using buzzwords or formal programs, they model neuro-inclusive workplaces through clarity, consistency, and strengths-based design. From calm kitchens to flexible roles and emotionally safe leadership, these businesses show how everyday decisions can create lasting impact for employees, customers, and communities.

Discover why neuro-inclusive design isn’t just good ethics, it’s smart business. By enabling every neurostyle to thrive, teams unlock innovation, adaptability, and wellbeing. If you want to build high-performing teams where inclusion drives results, this is the insight you need.

Discover how neuro-inclusive leadership transforms team trust, engagement, and performance. In this interview with Kay Suthar, Dr. Lisa Colledge shares real-world strategies, the personal story behind her business, and practical tips leaders can use today without requiring a diagnosis.

What does true inclusion look like beyond checkboxes and buzzwords? Will Savell shares his powerful journey through ADD, burnout, masking, and personal reinvention. From being labeled “learning disabled” to rising into executive leadership, his story reveals the hidden toll of success built on suppression and the freedom that comes from embracing neurodivergence. This candid conversation explores what it really takes to feel seen and supported at work, and offers a practical, human-centered approach for leaders who want to respond with empathy and build truly neuro-inclusive teams.

Discover how neurodivergent talent like autistic thinkers drives innovation, cognitive diversity, and competitive advantage. Dr Lisa Colledge and psychologist Robert Annis explore neuro-inclusion, leadership strategy, and how diverse brains fuel growth, resilience, and long-term business success.

Most brainstorms are designed for extroverts and fast talkers, excluding introverts, autistic, and ADHD thinkers. Dr Lisa Colledge shares a neuro-inclusive brainstorm strategy to unlock every team member’s ideas before, during, and after the session to fuel innovation and diverse thinking.

Discover how neuroinclusive team design can resolve friction and burnout without relying on diagnosis or labels. When ADHD traits clash with team expectations, the problem is not personality but a lack of shared norms. This blog explores how the FIT Framework—Fair, Intentional, Team-minded—helps teams align communication, manage different neurostyles, and create a high performing inclusive team culture for everyone.

What if leadership and parenting weren’t separate skills—but reflections of the same mindset? In this episode of Culture by Neurodesign, coach Sharon Lim shares how leadership tools like clarity, flexibility, and trust helped her raise three sons and lead high-performing, neuro-inclusive teams. Learn why adaptive leadership, emotional intelligence, and individualised support are essential for building psychological safety, improving team performance, and supporting cognitive diversity at work and at home.

Discover how neurodivergent leadership is reshaping tech culture. In this powerful episode of Culture by Neurodesign, Lee September—Software Engineering Manager and Neurodivergence BRG Lead at Bol.com—shares how embracing his high sensitivity and autistic traits transformed his leadership style. From building psychological safety to preventing BRG burnout, this conversation explores the power of emotional intelligence, authenticity, and neuro-inclusive leadership in engineering. Essential listening for new team leads, BRG/ERG leaders, and inclusive workplace champions looking to turn neurodiversity into a strategic performance edge.

Inclusive design rooted in clarity, predictability, and psychological safety unlocks hidden potential in neurodivergent teams. Drawing from a powerful classroom example, this post explores how high expectations, structured support, and sensory-aware environments lead to engagement, trust, and performance.

Defense and cybersecurity agencies like GCHQ and Unit 9900 recruit autistic and dyslexic talent for elite roles in visual thinking, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection. This episode explores why neurodivergent professionals are key to high performance, innovation, and cognitive diversity—no diagnosis required.