Unlocking the Power of Neurodiversity in Workplaces
Unlocking the Power of Neurodiversity in Workplaces
UK
BBC Presenter and award-winning entrepreneur Sonya Barlow speaks on gender equality, neurodiversity, and the future of work, helping businesses foster innovation and inclusivity.
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I have supported many employers to deliver presentation evenings and panel events and without a doubt the way in which Sonya Barlow hosted the conversation is by far the best I have seen. She was engaging, understood her audience and involved the students throughout the discussion.
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Keynote Speaker Sonya Barlow is celebrated for her profound impact on diversity, inclusion, and the future of work. As a motivational speaker, she specializes in delivering transformative keynotes on critical topics such as AI, neurodiversity, gender equality, mental health, and resilience. Sonya’s expertise helps organizations tackle the complexities of today’s business landscape, offering actionable strategies to drive innovation, enhance employee engagement, and build a more inclusive and dynamic workplace.
We know that inclusive practises can generate 33% more profit for businesses, but in practice what does this mean? Sonya is a thought leader on all things diversity and inclusion, covering topics from introduction to diversity to inclusive allyship, leaderships styles, to hiring best practices and retention of staff. She knows mentoring, knowledge sharing and networks support inclusive practises which workplaces leverage to build our profitable organisations.
Failure is a common trait which very few of us want to touch on, given that everything online looks pretty and perfect. Sonya is honest about her failure journey, from being fired in the workplace to facing rejections along the way. All these experiences have given her the resilience to develop her career as a public figure. As well as resilience, Sonya covers recovery, failure, imposter syndrome and confidence.
According to recent stats, the future of work and shortage of soft skills is costing £22bn. The topics Sonya can cover on the future of work include AI and digital transformation, soft and professional skills, mentorship, remote working, ed tech and alternative education, as well as gender equality, accessibility and workplace flexibility.
Sonya is a Pakistani woman open about her struggles with mental health, ADHD and chronic migraines which has brought on levels of loneliness and determination. Recgonising that few brown woman represent the neurodiversity space, Sonya is keen to contribute to this ongoing discussion with her lived and learnt experiences, cultural context and neuro conditions, which seem to be trending but very few understand.
I have supported many employers to deliver presentation evenings and panel events and without a doubt the way in which Sonya Barlow hosted the conversation is by far the best I have seen. She was engaging, understood her audience and involved the students throughout the discussion.
Sonya is a great keynote speaker. We've had a lot of positive feedback and want to extend a big thank you to Sonya. She set the scene for the event really well. It was a perfect balance of delivering a quite challenging topic to make people think and at the same time allow people to be vulnerable enough to express themselves, be thoughtful and engage in discussions.
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