DivergenThinking

WHAT WE DO We show New Zealand businesses how to harness the innovative power of a neurodiverse team to increase productivity, agility and staff retention. DivergenThinking is itself a neurodiverse team, consisting of a psychologist, online publisher, business consultant, marketeer, and administrator. Some of us are neuro-atypical and many of us have neurodiverse children. Throughout our varied professions weve noticed how businesses are consistently failing to make the most of their neurodiverse people, as they were not aware of each person's individual brain styles, and how best to support these. WHAT IS NEURODIVERSITY? For starters , great minds dont think alike. Theres no one else in the universe who thinks or processes information quite like you do. And generally speaking, you probably get along with, and can collaborate with like-minded individuals despite having a very different background, talents and influences. We all have strengths and challenges which come from how our brains are wired. However, some people, the neuro atypical or neurodiverse, have brains that are wired particularly differently, creating even more remarkable talents. And its these people who can be an incredible asset to businesses, precisely because of their unique way of processing information and problem solving. If a team understands, respects and embraces everybodys differences, they can bring out the best in both the individual and the entire team - and this is the first stage in working in a truly neurodiverse way . However, if your information processing style and behaviour is more pronounced, or atypical, you could be could be diagnosed as clinically neurodiverse, being on the ADHD/ADD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder) spectrum, Autism spectrum, or dyslexia spectrum to name a few.