Workplace Dynamics & Self-Trust
Explore pattern recognition, boundaries, and self-trust when neurodivergent ways of working are misread in workplace power dynamics.
Conversations for people who lead differently at work
The Divergent Leader is a neurodiversity podcast for people who feel misread at work and leaders questioning the rules around them. Hear candid conversations about what individuals carry and what organizations can change.
All episodes
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Self Accountability and the Reset Blueprint Matrix
Explore self-accountability, self-regulation, task paralysis, masking, and practical reset strategies for protecting energy and sustaining leadership.
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How Advanced Pattern Recognition Predicts the Future
Explore how advanced pattern recognition shapes relationships, community, and careers for neurodivergent leaders who process the world in high detail.
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Zero-Mask Environments: Helping Our Kids Find 'Safe Friends'
A parent reflects on quiet exclusion, masking, and helping children find friendships where they can feel safe without changing who they are.
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The Divergent Advantage: How I Outsmart Executive Paralysis
Jesse Flores explores executive paralysis, cognitive overload, and how to work with a freeze response rather than treating it as a personal failure.
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Field Notes: The Cognitive Cost of Data Surcharge & Burnout
Wendy Rochon reflects on mental processing capacity, sensory exhaustion, decompression routines, and the cognitive cost of a high-load workweek.
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Field Notes: How Empathy and HCD Show Up at home and in the field.
Jesse explores how empathy and human-centered design thinking appear across personal experiences, workplace reflection, and everyday leadership.
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Hyper-Empathy & Human-Centered Design (Part 2)
Wendy and Jesse explore hyper-empathy and human-centered design, turning emotional insight into practical approaches to leadership and strategy.
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Live from a high sensory corporate environment
Jesse and Wendy debrief from a high-sensory corporate event, discussing networking expectations, sensory fatigue, micro-breaks, and energy management.
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