Energy, Employment & Flow

Neuro-Diversity and the Demands on Individuals, Families & Societies to do SHORT, MEDIUM & LONG TERM PLANNING to Avoid Burnout & Breakdown

The Healthcare and Criminal Justice Costs of NOT UNDERSTANDING Neuro-Diversity are HUGE ---

• BUT this turns out to be LEGITIMATELY VERY COMPLICATED.
• When it comes to EMPLOYMENT/ENTREPRENEURSHIP --- Individuals, Families & Societies have a BIG INTEREST in figuring this out for the often ASYNCHRONOUS, IDIOSYNCRATIC NEURO-DIVERSE PERSON.

 

• For me personally, I can't wait years or decades for others to keep up with my ABSTRACT THINKING   --
  • and it's not likely to happen.
• On the other hand,  others can't wait years or decades for my EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING to keep up with theirs ---
  • and it's not likely to happen.  

Employment Index

Strengths-Based Approach

Go With the Flow

Oasis:  The Importance of Being Idle

Martin Scorcese on "Citizen Kane"
American Film Institute

"If you use a wider angle lens --- you see the walls speeding past you."

One of the things that you see often in job announcements is a requirement for "ATTENTION TO DETAIL."

• That is very much a matter of NEURO-DIVERSITY.

If we get it in our heads, as we tend to do --- that this "ATTENTION TO DETAIL"  is a fundamental competency or even moral issue ---

• We've erected some BIG BARRIERS for a SEGMENT of the NEURO-DIVERSE population.
• The irony is that the most sanctimonious people on this "ATTENTION TO DETAIL" --
  • can also be quite NEURO-DIVERSE.

I think this issue of "ATTENTION TO DETAIL" that we think is so GENERIC  is actually quite INDIVIDUAL and IDIOSYNCRATIC.

For me personally, I'm interested in understanding enough of the details so I understand the underlying GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

• After that, I'm looking for ANOMALIES that would go to the UNDERLYING GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
• I'm pretty good at understanding a system and even working individually with clients to better understand where that system may be falling apart---- BUT --
• That is generally a DIFFERENT KIND OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL than most Employers are looking for.

 

• Further, some of our traditional "ATTENTION TO DETAIL" is just silly --- BUT SOME OF IT ISN'T.
  

If we understand --- and we generally don't understand --- that not only we ourselves but human beings in general  are only perceiving a small fraction of REALITY ---We start to appreciate the importance of DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATTENTION and SENSORY/INFORMATION PROCESSING.  

I want to thank Scott Durairaj PGC, MBA  with the NHS (National Health Service) England  for posting this on Linkedin.