Episode 7: Neurodiverse Workplaces

In this episode, we talk with Emily Russo about talent management, and how interruptions in workplace culture are facilitating an increasingly neurodiverse workforce.  Join us as we dig into job crafting, the pros and cons of self-disclosure, and the critical importance of workplace conversations, managing strengths, and training in neurodiversity for managers and team members.  Emily does research in the areas of talent management, neurodiverse talent, organizational gender diversity and talent in multinational corporations.  She brings to this work a wealth of academic and practical experience: a Masters in International Management from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in International Business Strategy from University of Queensland Business School, as well as service as a Director at CEO Forum Group, and work at KPMG Consulting in both Australia and in the USA.  She also serves on the Board of Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). 

Links

To learn more about We Interrupt this Podcast and to suggest people we should talk to and topics you think we should explore, please see our webpage at: https://www.weinterrupthis.com or contact us on twitter at @HaakYak.  You can find more about Emily on LinkedIn and through the work of Autism Spectrum Australia https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/.  Her work on talent management is widely published, including the following articles and broadcasts:

• Autism Spectrum Australia https://www.autismspectrum.org.au/ 

• Emily Russo, Dana L. Ott, Miriam Moeller (2022), "Is There a Place for Neurodiversity in the Talent Pool?", Latukha, M. (Ed.) Diversity in Action, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 265-285.  https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-226-420221014

• Miriam Moeller, Dana L. Ott, Emily Russo (2021). Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it. The Conversation · Sep 8, 2021 https://theconversation.com/neurodiversity-can-be-a-workplace-strength-if-we-make-room-for-it-164859

• Dana L. Ott, Emily Russo, Miriam Moeller (2022) Neurodiversity, Equity, and Inclusion in MNCs. AIB Insights 22(3).  https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.34627

• Emily Russo, Miriam Moeller & Peter Liesch (2022). Philosophies on talent management systems in Australian subsidiaries of foreign MNEs. The International Journal of Human Resource Management https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.2023894

• Neurodiversity - Hear and There, Presented by Nathan Reynolds on 88.3 Southern FM, Melbourne. https://share.descript.com/view/hBC45jYm1h6

• Play to your strengths with a hyperpersonalised workplace – This Working Life, Presented by Lisa Leong on ABC Radio National https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/this-working-life/mt-template/13563264

Credits

• The intro and extro music is Bartok’s "Melody with Interruptions",  Mikrokosmos, Volume 6, played by Dr. Alan Huckleberry, for The University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Video Recording Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3CimYcisU 

• The Podcast photo is a public domain image, obtained from rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/6042493/photo-image-public-domain-abstract-background