Ep3: ADHD:Performance or Excuse? | Ellie Kay

Manufacturing Uncensored: Ep3

No safe answers. No PR.

We want the honest truth from our industry - even if it ruffles a few feathers.

Brought to you by Automate UK and Engineers Insight.

This episode: Neurodiversity at Work - Performance or Excuse?

With it being Neurodiversity Week, we sit down with Ellie Kay to talk about what’s really going on inside businesses and how business leaders can better understand their staff.
Not the corporate messaging - the reality.

We get into:
Why “supporting neurodiversity” often changes nothing
Where leadership is getting it wrong
The gap between wellbeing talk and actual performance
And what happens when businesses label people instead of fixing systems

Plus - a raw moment where James shares his recent ADHD diagnosis.

If you think this is just an HR topic… you’re missing the point.

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Hosts
Tom Flude, Co-Founder Engineers Insight:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-flude-engineersinsight/
James Causebrook, MD Grunwald & Chairman Automate UK:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-causebrook-b8701161/

Guest
Ellie Kay, Neurodiversity Workplace Specialist:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliekayuk/

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