By Adam Turteltaub

Neurodiversity tends to be spoken of as an issue to be recognized and, quite often, as a barrier to overcome. Katie Roemer, Vice President, Compliance & Privacy Officer at Alta Hospital Systems see it differently: as an asset to your compliance team.

In this podcast she points out that many neurodivergent people excel at pattern recognition and system level thinking, as well as root cause analysis, all of which are of great value to compliance teams.

They can also help us to communicate better. Meeting their needs can help with general workforce training. Some examples include:

Avoiding densely packed slides with light fonts that are hard to read

Breaking the learning up into discreet pieces

Previewing what is going to be learned and the length of training

Letting the audience know what is the most important part of the training

Giving key takeaways and highlighting key points

To leverage the neurodiverse fully, she recommends creating a psychologically  safe environment that encourages everyone to speak up without fear of consequences. This enables the expression of a diverse range of ideas from the entire team.

Listen in to learn more about the how the neurodivergent can be an asset to your compliance efforts.