• Do you know what neurodiversity is?
• Why does it matter to your Diversity & Inclusion agenda?
• What first steps can you take to be more inclusive of neurodiverse staff?
• What does it take to become a fully inclusive employer of neurodiverse people?

Join us and learn about types of neurodiversity. Know why employers should take steps to support neuro diversity in the workplace. Learn about the risks of employing neurodiverse people and how you can avoid them.

Find out what you can do to better support people with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other forms of neurodivergence.

Guests

Tanya Lines: Lead for D&I at the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

Tanya joined Dstl in 2012,and has many years of experience working within diversity & inclusion. After graduating from Nottingham University with a Masters in Occupational Psychology in 2004, she began working for the Wiltshire Police as an Equality and Diversity Officer, spearheading an Outreach Officer Programme, helping to attract their first Sikh and Goan Officers. A mother of two, she is now the Lead for D&I at the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), embedding it across the business. Her enthusiasm for the subject and drive to empower has resulted in some unique approaches that cater for Dstl’ s innovative and neuro diverse people. Dstl’s Employee Support Networks - that Tanya embedded - are great examples of this and despite resource challenges, they have been three times finalists in the prestigious Civil Service D&I Awards

Dr Nancy Doyle: Genius Within

Dr Nancy Doyle is a Research Fellow with Birkbeck University having completed her Doctoral Research at City University of London on the effectiveness of coaching used as a disability accommodation. In 2019 she was recognised by the British Psychological Society for her contribution to Policy Impact in Occupational Psychology.

Dr Nancy Doyle is the founder and CEO of Genius Within, an international social enterprise dedicated to developing talent and achieving success with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette Syndrome, Mental Health, using The Organisational Science of Neurodiversity: Evidence-based solutions for individuals, teams and professionals.

Genius Within works with thousands of individual clients and employers every year, with a team of 150 psychologists and coaches. Nancy’s work has contributed to the positive narrative around embracing our cognitive diversity through her professional practice, research, policy influencing, television documentaries, webinars, articles and publications Nancy helped create and featured in both series’ of the award-winning BBC Two series Employable Me, syndicated in 2019 in the USA as ‘The Employables”, where Nancy continued to deliver the trademark positive assessments and Employable Genius group coaching with some extraordinary individuals as they search for work. The show has been incredibly successful in showing that neurodiversity should not be a barrier to employment.

This session is for you if:

• You currently have responsibility for driving Diversity & Inclusion;
• You are a Director in your company;
• Your role sits within Human Resources;
• You are a Diversity & Inclusion practitioner or champion; or
• You have a keen interest in D&I and are keen to ensure all people can thrive in your organisation.

Practical details:

This is a virtual session and it will be run on the Zoom video call platform. When you register you will receive an invite with the link.

For those that would like to join the session but can't make the date, the session will be recorded. Please do register to receive the recording.

What people say about The Big Fish Academy events:

“What a thought provoking and inspiring day. I was truly blown away by the different speakers – they all covered interesting topics and their passion was great! I’m looking forward to the next event!” – Rosie Hutton, HR manager CBRE

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“It has been great to hear honest and practical experience of other D&I practitioners, get new insights and bring greater focus to my work” – Jo Stansfield, Global Lead Diversity & Inclusion at Aveva

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