Did you ever look at a cave painting and wonder who was the first human to decide “I’m going to mix ash and bone into a paste and wipe it on the walls of my home to represent my tribe and the animals I chase”?
Presumably, this wasn’t a normal thought at the time. Indeed, it would have meant thinking in a very different way to the norm. A divergent way, you might say.
Yet you’ll also have heard someone saying “We never had any of this neurodiversity nonsense in my day …”
And this may be true. But we didn’t know anything about the surface of Mars until we sent a probe up there. It didn’t mean it didn’t exist. And we couldn’t see bacteria until we invented the microscope in 1683 … but it didn’t mean they weren’t there …
Evolution favours the restless, the unsatisfied, the novelty cravers tormented by visions of more
Yet we’re being pushed towards a society of homogonous boxes. Where those who don’t fit are labelled as disordered
(think about the D’s in ADHD, ASD, OCD, RSD … )
A community with only one way of thinking will quickly stagnate and become unable to react to adversity.
A business, a company, an organisation with diversity at its core will develop, cross-pollinate and thrive. So what are you doing to ensure an inclusive workplace?