Episode 50: The new leadership playbook: award-winning universal design for ADHD, dyslexia, and autism
Published on 16 September 2025 • Hosted by Dr Lisa Colledge
This 50th episode of Culture by Neurodesign is special: it celebrates both a milestone - fifty episodes - and my recognition as Corporate LiveWire’s Leadership Consultant of the Year 2025.
But what matters most is the message behind that award: that leaders can create high-performing teams by designing for neurodivergence s – such as ADHD, dyslexia and autism - and in doing so unlock the possibility for everyone to be a top performer.
In this episode, I share the five award-winning innovations shaping my work:
Universal inclusion - design for neurodivergence as the cognitive extreme, and you lift performance universally.
Culture over compliance - don’t wait for disclosure of a diagnosis before acting; build an anticipatory, fair system.
Neuro-Inspired Teams™ - the unit of success in our modern workplaces is not the individual star, but connected teams.
Future-Ready Pathway™ - an evidence-based 7-step roadmap combining neurodivergence inclusion in a change management framework.
FIT Framework - Fair, Intentional, and Team-Minded. These Golden Rules help to integrate neuro-inspired inclusion in your daily team operations.
I also tell a story from leading a global marketing transformation, where the team’s choice to move to the agile way of working provided new ways to lead, and helped non-traditional top performers step into their ambition and full potential.
✨ The big idea: performance isn’t fixed - it emerges when leaders shape cultures that allow everyone to thrive.
🚀 To celebrate, I’m launching a new series of free short, sharp presentations with actionable ideas to help you stop wasted effort and refocus your team on impact.
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📖 Prefer to read? Here’s the companion article to this podcast, with links to deep dive if you’d like: Everyone can be a high performer — when leaders shape the right culture.
