How We Work (Neurodiversity in the workplace in New Zealand) Season one, Episode Two

How We Work (Neurodiversity in New Zealand workplaces) Season one, Episode Three. Janine Boon ADHD

In the third episode in How We Work's series on neurodiversity in the workplace in New Zealand we chat with the amazing ADHDer Janine Boon, whose career has traversed everything from hairdressing, the fashion industry, administration and HR, to their current role as a senior remuneration analyst. We even talked a little bit about the How We Work community at the end! This episode along with the others to follow in this series follows a very straightforward concept. First, Janine discusses when they found out they were neurodivergent. Janine then discusses the impact of school, before discussing how they have navigated the world of work.

How We Work (Neurodiversity in the workplace in New Zealand) Season one, Episode Two

In this episode, of our series about neurodiversity in New Zealand workplaces, I talk with dyslexic hairdresser and entrepreneur Tina Fox who's operated her own hair saloon for the last 17 years, about how she has navigated the world of work with dyslexia. Like half the interviewees for our series she is a migrant. In her case, despite her very English sounding name, English was not her first language, which has added to her experience of dyslexia. This episode along with the others to follow in this series follows a very straightforward concept. First, Tina discusses when she found out she was neurodivergent. She then discusses the impact of school, before discussing how she has navigated the world of work.

How We Work (Neurodiversity in the workplace in New Zealand)

In this episode, the first in a six-part series, David Hammond, the founder of the How We Work social enterprise talks to Nadia Mitchell, an Information Adviser, about her experiences of navigating the world of work in New Zealand as someone who is neurodivergent (specifically ADHD and Autism in her case). This episode along with the others to follow in this series follows a very straightforward concept. First, Nadia discusses when she found out she was neurodivergent. She then discusses the impact of school, before discussing how she has navigated the world of work. It's raw and it's real, but it's also really positive. This episode also has a discussion of the work of How We Work during the middle stages of this podcast.