Environments are disabling, not people

September 2
41 mins

Episode Description

Zahra Hedges on choosing values over money, designing for neurodiversity, building better teams.

📚What You'll Learn

  1. Why pattern recognition in your own career is more reliable than external validation or "shoulds"

  2. How neurodiversity shows up differently in every person, and why diagnosis is about removing shame, not changing who you are

  3. The practical difference between designing for inclusion versus designing "reasonable adjustments"

✍️ Some Takeaways

  1. Your wanting to leave is reason enough.

  2. Values only matter when they cost you something.

  3. High-functioning is masking, not capability.

  4. Lower the floor, raise the ceiling; don't force people into your box.

Where to find Zahra Hedges

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrahedges/

Where to find Milly

https://www.linkedin.com/in/milly-tamati/

Generalist World Resources:

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qbGzMU...

The Generalist Quiz: https://www.generalistquiz.com/

Essays: https://www.generalistcareer.com/

Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/generalist.events

Positioning Guidebook: https://www.generalist.world/positioning

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