Date: |
24 Mar 2026, 12.00PM – 1.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Location: |
Online |
Cost: |
Free event |
You’re invited to a practical lunchtime webinar: Neurodiversity at Work.
Led by experienced facilitators with lived and professional expertise, it offers immediately usable tools for working effectively with diverse thinking styles.
What you’ll gain:
• A practical understanding of neurodiversity, why you're hearing more about it, and why it matters in everyday work, even if you don’t identify as neurodivergent
• Better approaches for communication and collaborating with a wide range of thinking and working styles
• Simple ways to get the best out of your team - reducing misunderstandings and rework
• More confidence having respectful conversations
• Practical strategies you can use immediately to strengthen psychological safety, teamwork, and performance
• Small, high-impact leadership adjustments that support engagement, wellbeing, and staff retention
• Tools to help you communicate with your team, whānau or contractors
Facilitators
Jenny Turner is a neurodiversity and leadership consultant and coach, and founder of Human Fabric. After discovering her ADHD in her 40s, Jenny left her corporate career to support organisations and individuals to better understand and embrace neurodiversity. She brings over 20 years’ experience in professional services, including senior roles at Beca, and combines deep leadership expertise, lived experience, and current global best practice in neuroinclusion. Jenny holds an MBA and is a parent to two neurodivergent children.
Craig Watson is the DEI Lead for The Diversity Agenda. Growing up with ADHD and other learning challenges, Craig has led complex projects including the London 2012 Olympic Games and rescue and recovery engineering teams following the Christchurch earthquakes. The Diversity Agenda is a cross‑industry programme supporting improved diversity across New Zealand’s infrastructure sector.
A practical lunchtime webinar on Neurodiversity at Work, focused on improving communication, collaboration, and leadership through simple, high‑impact strategies that strengthen psychological safety, performance, and wellbeing.
You’re invited to a practical lunchtime webinar: Neurodiversity at Work.
Led by experienced facilitators with lived and professional expertise, it offers immediately usable tools for working effectively with diverse thinking styles.
What you’ll gain:
• A practical understanding of neurodiversity, why you're hearing more about it, and why it matters in everyday work, even if you don’t identify as neurodivergent
• Better approaches for communication and collaborating with a wide range of thinking and working styles
• Simple ways to get the best out of your team - reducing misunderstandings and rework
• More confidence having respectful conversations
• Practical strategies you can use immediately to strengthen psychological safety, teamwork, and performance
• Small, high-impact leadership adjustments that support engagement, wellbeing, and staff retention
• Tools to help you communicate with your team, whānau or contractors
Facilitators
Jenny Turner is a neurodiversity and leadership consultant and coach, and founder of Human Fabric. After discovering her ADHD in her 40s, Jenny left her corporate career to support organisations and individuals to better understand and embrace neurodiversity. She brings over 20 years’ experience in professional services, including senior roles at Beca, and combines deep leadership expertise, lived experience, and current global best practice in neuroinclusion. Jenny holds an MBA and is a parent to two neurodivergent children.
Craig Watson is the DEI Lead for The Diversity Agenda. Growing up with ADHD and other learning challenges, Craig has led complex projects including the London 2012 Olympic Games and rescue and recovery engineering teams following the Christchurch earthquakes. The Diversity Agenda is a cross‑industry programme supporting improved diversity across New Zealand’s infrastructure sector.
