Why is inclusion failing?

Being an autistic ADHDer with dyslexia, I am acutely aware how businesses fail when it comes to accommodating the neurodivergent.

I am also self-aware enough and have enough emotional intelligence that I can see businesses fail to meet the needs of virtually everyone.

Why?

If the workplace works for you and you are in a position of power, you won't change anything. You will also employ other managers in your image. Humans are biologically lazy; it's in our DNA.  Most can't see the challenges of others unless you have also experienced them. That would take expending expensive calories.

It's not Machiavellian, it’s not sinister; it's human nature.

High levels of emotional intelligence are rarer than people think.  So the accommodations every individual needs, the vast majority of which are free, simply don't happen.

It boils down to we don't understand each other; we think everyone thinks like us, so we don't put the effort in to change.

To reduce it even further, we don't listen to things that go against what we understand and experience.

We don't listen to differences.

We can do as much neurodiversity training as we like, and it won't solve this problem as it doesn't explain why we don't listen and what to do about it.

Don't get me wrong, neurodiversity is essential; the knowledge it passes on is invaluable.  It's just not going to solve the problem alone.

Presently, businesses 'perform' diversity, even though many understand the value. Finding the value in their workforce is something they are spectacularly failing at.

So I created EVT.

To enable inclusion for all, as that is the only answer. Inclusion for everyone, not just the neurodivergent, is how we solve this challenging problem.  Everyone feels seen and no group is viewed as 'special', as we all are.

Complex problems will remain unsolved, products will continue to fail and startups will run out of money unless we do this. The status quo is not always desirable.