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I love the idea of building roles around cognitive strengths. It doesn’t have to be about separating people—it’s about honoring different types of intelligence and creating teams where everyone complements each other. The workplace would be more inclusive and more effective that way.
Agree. This is so logical. I had been pleading that different doesn't mean wrong for decades before I knew about ADHD. I think we have to approach from both sides. We do have to advocate for ourselves in trying to shape our jobs and career choices into what we're best at, ask for help, trade tasks with coworkers sometimes. But others understanding that differences are natural vs criticizing and pushing for individuals to be equally good at all things is also critical. If we can start pushing the positive perspectives of our differences, instead of acting as if differences are a detriment (disability), I think it could help the with the backlash against the "label".
As a manager, I'd been able to delegate what I'm less good at to focus on what I'm best at. But I'm still working on how to support others this way. I've realized I need to manage differently than I've been taught, using my own self discovery lessons to recognize and leverage individual strengths...instead of imploring people to change. It's a difficult transition. But it's also why more self aware ND individuals (in tune to the benefits of differences) in management is such a good thing.
For example, I was just having a discussion with someone about how I don't view speed or high volume capacity to be an inherently better skill than someone that can handle fewer projects but is more creative at problem solving. Yet, as a manager, I'm expected to castigate an employee that says they are fully loaded when another employee will always take more work. I won't do it. There is much more to consider. I'm not sure we can write so many customized job descriptions. But, rather, think of the JD as a departmental JD. Then, We have to leverage each team members' strengths to the best of our ability. So that means that 2 people with the same job description may be focused on different aspects of that job. And each is equally valuable.
This is exactly like going to elementary school, if you think about it: kids are expected to go with the flow and schools expect kids to learn at the same pace and in the same way.
It’s why I’m getting a cert as an adhd coach. I want to help us all to learn how to function and thrive in that world we are all forced into at one time or other.
Love your thinking here, wish more people managers were inspired to manage as you do!
I do this organically with my teams. Like many in this bowl I excel at problem-solving and story-telling. But my admin habits are awful. There are plenty of people with the inverse capabilities and we enjoy working together to complement each other. I help them solve problems and they help me make sure things don't get missed.
Yes, love this!!!
And to think how DEI effort could BOOST our understanding and optimization, even start this thinking, education style and focus in grade school (how critical our dept of education could be for this!!!). Early testing could help everyone focus on and STRENGTHEN their core brain superpowers. Helpful in countless, exponential ways in bettering and advancing quality of life, enriching all human endeavor and maximizing work satisfaction.
Shutting down DEI without thought or study into how it could be implemented MORE effectively (and efficiently—I’m talking to you DOGE!) vs stripping it out, is a HUGE and STUPID mistake.
If only the new administration actually took efficiency seriously and applied it in innovative ways…
To think this administration is the MOST powerful EVER in US history, and is squandering that power/opportunity in ridiculous, frivolous, expedient, self-agrandizing, irresponsible and dangerous ways, when it could lead a whole new period of enlightenment and advancement to benefit all of humankind.
It’s catastrophically tragic!
We all have a “condition”—DEI in its most useful, and valuable application makes this clear—we’re on a broad spectrum of all sorts of varying natural ability and propensity.
That’s really the beauty of it, and where we all stand to gain in better self-understanding and where we “fit” best, not because one spot is better than the other, but because we all have natural gifts and experience the joy and satisfaction of different kinds of work in different ways.
Love the idea, but to enable that it means everyone needs to disclose their condition which is probably the hard part
I really don't think so. Regardless of ND or other labels, humans are unique. I think we may be giving the neurotypical too much credit labeling ourselves as disabled, perpetuating this myth that NTs are "good at everything" but we're flawed.
Eg. I never needed a diagnosis to say to people "look. I'm not at my best in the mornings. But I'm on fire in the late afternoon and get lots done when I stay late in a quiet office. I cover late meetings while Bob covers mornings and has to leave early. So please understand when I take morning meetings from home and don't arrive at the office until 10 or 11...I'm getting the job done, putting in the hours+, and bring more value when you support me working how I work best. " I had no idea I had adhd. But I knew that this stereotype of a morning person being better than a night owl was nonsense and I wasn't gonna put up with it.
The point is everyone has their own stuff. So it shouldn't be necessary to cite disability to simply make a case for focusing on your strengths and bartering tasks with coworkers that have complementary strengths. "Manager, you were so brilliant in how you staffed this team with such complementary and diverse individuals. I have some ideas how to further maximize the teams' potential."
Then it frames this strategy as good for EVERYONE!
We need more neuroaffirming companies, period. And while I'm good with admin, I wouldn't mind helping others with the things they want to do as long as that was recognized somehow and not seen as 'not contributing' even when I'm helping ohters.