2026 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 32nd Annual Conference

Neurodivergent, Neurotypical, Neurodiverse – These terms keep popping up in social media as a rapidly increasing contingent of the public self identifies as having an atypical neurotype. What does this mean for those of us working in Safety, Quality, and Organization Learning roles? How do we make the most of this new awareness to raise our social Intelligence Quotients and foster both deeper understanding and greater team efficiency.


Disclaimer: I am not a clinician. I am not a neuroscientist. What I am is a Late diagnosed Autistic with ADHD who has become a consumer of content put out by the neurodivergent community, both scientific and social. Everything I take in is carefully curated and catalogued in the ever-curious, correlation-based, content management system in my brain. However, frequently this data is repackaged in a way that people have found relatable, meaningful, and informative, so I keep building binders and developing abstracts.   In this 50 minute breakout I will provide some social context for Understanding the differences in Communications and Processing styles for our Neurodivergent teammates and start a dialogue about how to better integrate their unique perspectives into our learning teams.