Initial Focus on Neurodiversity provides lessons for embracing and levering all forms of diversity.
What if some of the characteristics we try to ‘correct’ at work are actually valuable professional strengths? What happens when we stop asking people to fit the mould – and start designing organisations that make better use of different minds.
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PETER TOMPKINS is an independent consulting actuary and former editor of The European Actuary. | ||
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MARC HOMMEL is an actuary and business leader, with lived experience both as an autistic person and a parent of neurodivergent children. He is a passionate advocate for and adviser on neuro-inclusion and sits on the Board of the National Autistic Society. |
This article was published in The European Actuary No. 47 – September 2026