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Undo – How history's outliers got stuff doneWhat Sherlock Holmes can teach us about productivity and our brainsHe’s the world’s first and only consulting detective, and his mind has fascinated us for over a hundred and thirty years. His methods are mysterious and complex, but goddammit he gets results.So what can Baker Street’s most famous resident teach us about how we do our most important work?Special thanks to this week's guest, Matthew Bellringer.
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Undo – How history's outliers got stuff doneWhat Sherlock Holmes can teach us about productivity and our brainsHe’s the world’s first and only consulting detective, and his mind has fascinated us for over a hundred and thirty years. His methods are mysterious and complex, but goddammit he gets results.So what can Baker Street’s most famous resident teach us about how we do our most important work?Special thanks to this week's guest, Matthew Bellringer. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-2123 min
You Are Not A FrogHow to Manage Your Energy if You're a Highly Sensitive PersonManaging your energy can be a challenge at the best of times. But if you’re a highly sensitive person, you might be more prone to burning out due to your unique traits and the demands of your work.Being highly sensitive doesn’t mean being touchy, but having a high degree of empathy and a particular way of processing sensory input. That means it might take longer to recover from a tricky situation like a conflict with a colleague, or witnessing something traumatic at work.The key to managing energy as a highly sensitive pers...2023-11-1445 min
The AbilityNet Podcast: Disability. Technology. Inclusion.AN Podcast Ep 21 - Embracing Neurodiversity: Building an Inclusive WorkplaceRobin Christopherson is joined by Matthew Bellringer to discuss neurodiversity, its importance in the workplace, and how organisations can foster an inclusive culture.
Find out more about Matthew by visiting his website: https://www.matthewbellringer.com/links/
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Download a transcript of this session from the AbilityNet website: www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast
Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, ques...2023-11-0243 min
We Not MeSeason 6 review: with a little help from AI! with Dan Hammond and Pia LeeEmbracing diversity, giving people autonomy, and working towards shared values with clarity – those are essential key ingredients for teams in 2023 and beyond.Those are among the insights Dan, Pia and their guests uncovered in season 6 of We Not Me. In this, the first episode of season 6, Squadify’s founding team are here to discuss what they learned, and share a little of what we can expect from the next 12 weeks.LinksWhat will happen when AI joins your team? – Episode 66, with Benjamin DehantSeason 6 review – Episode 72 with Matthew BellringerWhat Simon Sinek could learn about irony in...2023-09-2921 min
Stepping Off Now: Lessons in the Art and Craft of CreativityE129. How Not to Get Stuck in the Doldrums of Almost DoneWhy is it that after all the work you've put into your creative project you hit your biggest resistance when you can finally see the finish line? This is what happened to me this summer when I was trying to finish my novel (which will be done next week!!!). Turns out this is totally normal, and in this episode I talk about why this happens and how to move through it.This episode marks a return to my regular programming after taking the summer to work through the above-mentioned resistance. If you want the full story as...2023-09-2246 min
We Not MeAgreeing to disagree with Matthew BellringerDisagreements can quickly escalate into a fight for survival, triggering a limbic response in the brain that can lead to destructive behaviour. But none of us has privileged access to the truth. We all have different perspectives, and so by engaging with the unpredictability and uncertainty of our environment, we can get to a more precise, accurate, and nuanced understanding.To nurture a culture of healthy disagreement, we need to remember we don't know everything, and that assumptions can be challenged. This takes curiosity and a willingness to change our position and the position of others.2023-08-1836 min
You Are Not A FrogHow to Thrive in a High-Stress Job When You’re NeurodivergentIn the words of today’s podcast guest, “Everyone can benefit from neurodiversity”. But how much do you understand about the way it impacts you and your colleagues?Neurodiversity can be a real strength in high-stress roles like medicine. Different ways of thinking can allow us to cope with high pressure situations, handle complex information, and perform brilliantly in ways that others couldn’t.But it also offers us challenges, both when it comes to managing our own needs but also in supporting those around us. A great example is “masking”, where people try to hide element...2023-07-2556 min
We Not MeWhat your team can learn from neurodiversity with Matthew BellringerEmbracing neurodiversity can bring valuable perspectives, innovation, and organisational endurance to teams. By recognising the strengths that come with neurodivergent conditions, individuals and teams can benefit from a plurality of perspectives and explore new ways of thinking and working together.Matthew Bellringer is a consultant, practitioner, speaker, and author who focuses on systems engineering, human systems, and ecosystems. They have a background in tech engineering but have always been interested in people more than technology. Matthew has ADHD and an adulthood autism diagnoses, and is a strong advocate for neurodiversity within teams. They are the chair of...2023-06-2337 min
The A to Z of HappinessEnergyMost of us are ambiverts and need different kinds of rest and recharging. Spoon Theory teaches us that energy needs to be managed carefully. We should all find our own ways to manage our energy levels and not just rely on one method. Remember that taking time to rest and relax, as it’s essential for sustaining our energy levels.Three promptsWhere are you directing your energy?What gives you energy?How can use our energy to help us navigate?ResourcesQuiz: Are you an extrovert, introvert or ambivert?Spoon TheorySong of My...2023-02-1336 min
The A to Z of HappinessEnergyMost of us are ambiverts and need different kinds of rest and recharging. Spoon Theory teaches us that energy needs to be managed carefully. We should all find our own ways to manage our energy levels and not just rely on one method. Remember that taking time to rest and relax, as it’s essential for sustaining our energy levels.
Three prompts
Where are you directing your energy?
What gives you energy?
How can use our energy to help us navigate?
Resources
Quiz: Are you an extrovert, introvert or ambivert?
Spoon Theory
Song of My...2023-02-1336 min
The A to Z of HappinessBelongingWhere or when did you last feel like you belonged… or did not belong? What are the differences between belonging and fitting in, and how can you create a greater sense of belonging for yourself?
Join Anya Pearse and Mark Steadman as they unpack the science of happiness, one letter at a time.
Resources
Fit Right In, by Kimiko Glenn, Vanessa Hudgens, James Marsden & My Little Pony
The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brene Brown
Lana Jelenjev, Community Alchemist
The Happy Startup School Summercamp
Big I, Little i CBT exercise (pdf)
If you want to go...2023-01-2338 min
Design FeelingBest of Season 2: Recap and learningsIn this final episode of Season 2, Nirish recaps his top highlights and learnings from the 12 episodes of the season.Share your ideas and suggestions with Nirish at nirish@designfeeling.coShownotesTim Yeo, the Quiet Achieverhttps://www.thequietachievr.com/Courtney Carlsson, Paradym apphttps://theparadym.com/Solve Problems That Matter: Design, Build & Launch Your Social Enterprise Idea by Ben Pecotichhttps://dynamic4.com/solve-problems-that-matter/Human-Powered Book by Trenton Mosshttps://humanpoweredbook.com/...2023-01-0823 min
Knowing When to QuitS2 E2 - What can ADHD teach us about Quitting? w/Matthew BellringerWhat can ADHD teach us about Knowing When to Quit? Today's guest Matthew Bellringer has some ideas...Matthew is a divergent innovation guide, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. They believe that with the right support, unconventional people can make a unique contribution to addressing big, messy problems that affect everyone. Working with (mostly) neurodivergent professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs, Matthew helps establish original approaches to complex issues. They also work with organisations to create the kind of spaces which support this work.In this episode we explore:🧐 Why having a short attention span can be a...2022-12-091h 02
Conversations with my Future SkillsMatthew Bellringer on Skills
Matthew Bellringer
Saskia Listle
Welcome to another conversation with my future skills, the podcast where I talk with interesting people about what skills we have and what skills we need to have to be present in the future.
In this episode I talk to Matthew Bellringer. They are an innovation consultant, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. They work with individuals and organisations to cultivate, develop and support the exceptional abilities that unconventional people offer. They have a background in technology, psychology and social innovation, and use all of those influences and more to help people establish new...2022-12-082h 09
Design FeelingNeurodiversity is great for design and for business with Matthew Bellringer#019 - We are all neurodiverse but we’re encouraged to leave our neurodiversities at the door just so we can “fit in”. However, neurodivergent designers can bring in a lot of lived experiences helpful for innovation, especially when designing for neurodivergent users. In this episode, I chat with Matthew Bellringer, creative innovation consultant, neurodiversity advocate and social entrepreneur. Matthew was diagnosed with ADHD when we was 39 and autism at 42. For Matthew, increasing neurodiversity in organisations is not just a morally right thing to do but also a competitive advantage. In this episode:Neurodivergence in designR...2022-09-151h 12
workshops work172 - Encounters with Uncertainty and: How to Integrate Neurodiversity with Matthew BellringerHow many facilitators dream of a workshop in which everything goes exactly to plan? And how many facilitators have experienced that dream?The nature of our work means we enter a space of uncertainty from the minute we step into the room. For some, this might be a paralysing thought. Our desire for control is powerful and understandable. But for others, like Matthew Bellringer, uncertainty is an opportunity.Matthew’s work in centering and celebrating neurodiversity, problem-solving at scale, and finding new approaches to old challenges is a testament to what can happen when we em...2022-07-061h 31
Ear Brain HeartEmbracing neurodivergence is good businessThe idea that you can be human at work is still not fully realised, and not reflected in the way we communicate online. Matthew Bellringer is someone who helps those who don’t feel like they fall into the mainstream – especially at a neurodiversity level – to do their best work.
Matthew understands the struggles that many people who experience the world differently go through. Whether it be masking, code-switching, or being asked to be a domain expert on your brain chemistry, Matthew helps turn many of the gifts labeled as deficiencies into strengths.
This episode talks...2022-05-1551 min
The Gem of all MechanismsThink different: the home for the neurodiverseMatthew Bellringer, Chair of the newly formed NeurodiverseIT Specialist Group speaks to Brian Runciman about the unique talents of the neurodiverse. The group's design philosophy of 'nothing about us without us', and the importance of deciding explicit use cases for products. He also stresses the value of co-design and co-development whilst acknowledging that, whilst there can be no best practise, there is great wider value to taking neurodiversity into account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-05-0928 min
The Happy EntrepreneurThinking differently in business"Think Different" is the famous slogan used by Apple to differentiate themselves from the grey PC boxes that IBM were churning out in the 80s and 90s.However, what if you think differently at a fundamental level? You see the world differently. You process the world differently. And you engage with the world differently.On this episode, Carlos and Laurence talk with Matthew Bellringer - coach, consultant, speaker and divergent pathfinder.They learn from him and guests about neurodivergence and why the conventional ways of working and being in business aren't suited to...2022-05-0955 min
Better Bolder BraverConscious Marketing with Matthew BellringerMatthew Bellringer describes himself as a “Divergent Pathfinder - Taking a curious step into the uncharted with people who can't do "more of the same" as well as "supporting divergent individuals and the organisations which value them.”
On this Marketing Masterclass, we talk to someone who has made it their business to give permission - to themselves and to others who may be struggling with navigating the world as it is.
So much of the marketing that we practice as part of the Better Bolder Braver community is around giving ourselves permission - permission to ask...2022-03-161h 00Stepping Off Now: Lessons in the Art and Craft of CreativityE62. Interview! Matthew Bellringer on Neurodiversity (ADHD & HSP) and CreativityIn this episode Matthew Bellringer and I flip the script on neurodiversity, exploring it from a generative and validating perspective. Matthew is one of the most eloquent speakers I've come across on the subjects of neurodiversity and what it looks like and feels like for a neurodiverse person. As someone with ADHD and who also identifies as an HSP, Matthew speaks to both. His perspective is science-informed yet anchored in the subjective individual experience, which matches very well with my own way of seeing the world. We discuss different kinds of creativity, its links to neurodiversity, seeking accommodation at...2022-02-181h 17
Reuben Recommends#11: The Impact Of Change On Relationships, Why We Should Want To Change OthersHi everyone, I have decided to share my live appearance on the Delightful Dissent Podcast with Matthew Bellringer. In this podcast we discuss the accusation of 'you've changed' and also how we should desire people to change. We also cover how we should be using the eastern view of compassion and acceptance to bring about positive change. I hope you enjoy the conversation!2022-01-0159 min
Delightful DissentDoing it wrong? - Kendra PattersonHave you ever struggled to do things the same way as everyone else? Even when you know your way works for you, and works well, people insist you do it "properly". You might even start to doubt yourself, and to worry that there's something fundamentally wrong with you.
Join Kendra Patterson and I as we "do it wrong". We'll explore the relationship between what we do and what happens. We'll look at they way privileging one experience of the world limits us all. We'll share our own experiences of doing things right for us even when we're...2021-11-161h 04Stepping Off Now: Lessons in the Art and Craft of CreativityE49. Interview! Jas Hothi Talks the Empowerment of Self-Publication and Taking the Downtime You Need as an Empath/HSPJas Hothi is a writer following his dream. He started blogging in 2015 when he left his corporate job, and he is passionate about ‘writing freely’ and making an income from doing so. He recently published his debut book, The Indie Author, sharing the raw and honest stories of writers all over the world who have self-published books. Jas is an INFP, cares a lot about ‘freedom’, and enjoys coffee shops, mini-adventures, and sunny days.In this interview we discuss the self-publication process, why he's an advocate for self-publication, being an empath, justifying our downtime needs (we both need sig...2021-11-121h 10Stepping Off Now: Lessons in the Art and Craft of CreativityE48. Dealing With Creative Rejection as an HSP Part 2In part 2 of my miniseries on creative rejection I tell you all about my coping techniques, the ones that worked and didn't work (but were still useful!) during my recent experience with creative rejection, and what I learned from it all. Whether or not you are an HSP, this episode will be useful to you! Here are some of the things I cover:Why it's so important that you actually enjoy your creative practice.How to accept the truth that the creative life will always include rejection no matter how successful you are.The 100% / 0% rule.My favorite of...2021-11-0540 min