Build a workplace where neurodivergent talent thrives.
Practical guidance, workshops and speaking for organisations that want to retain, develop and promote ADHD women - rather than quietly burn them out.
The women you're losing are the ones you most need.
They are the senior associates who out-think every brief and burn out by 34. The directors who quietly carry the institutional knowledge. The founders you wish you'd promoted before they left to start a competitor.
The good news: the changes that retain them are small, cheap, and benefit everyone on your team.
What we wish your employer knew about ADHD.
She's not paying attention.
She's processing five things at once - and remembering all of them.
She's disorganised.
She has a different organising logic. Ask her to walk you through it.
She just needs to try harder.
She's already trying harder than you can see. The system, not the effort, is the problem.
She's emotional / reactive.
She feels with intensity. That same intensity is why she catches what others miss.
She doesn't follow process.
Rigid process is a tax on her best thinking. Give her the outcome and let her route to it.
She's not management material.
She's running rings around the brief. She's bored - not unqualified.
Six changes you can make this quarter.
Clear written briefs
Outcome, scope, deadline, decision-maker. In writing. Once.
Async-first defaults
Fewer status meetings. More space to think and ship.
Flexible hours
Trust the output. Stop policing the timesheet.
Quiet environments
Noise-cancelling, focus rooms, or fully remote days - on request, no diagnosis required.
Permission to deep-work
Protected blocks where she's not expected to be reachable.
Direct feedback
Specific, kind, fast. Not couched in three meetings of preamble.
Neurodiversity isn't a wellbeing program. It's a growth strategy.
of entrepreneurs are estimated to have ADHD traits.
more likely to start a business, per recent UK research.
average delay in ADHD diagnosis for women vs. men.
Sources: ADHD Foundation, NICE, Cambridge Centre for Personalised Healthcare, ONS Labour Force Survey. Citations available in our research briefs.
Bring us in.
Workshops. Speaking. Consulting.
We work with HR teams, ERGs, leadership groups and conferences - from 90-minute keynotes to multi-week programmes. Tell us what you're trying to change and we'll come back with how we can help.
- Lunch & learns for line managers
- Half-day workshops for HR / People teams
- Leadership offsites and ERG events
- Conference keynotes