Episode 347-Building A World For Every Mind-Why Organizations Win When They Embrace Cognitive Diversity with Robert Annis
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Robert Annis discusses how organizations can benefit from embracing cognitive diversity and overcoming the alignment trap.
Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest barrier to inclusion isn’t awareness, but the way our systems are built? We sit down with Robert Annis, a London-based founder of NEURO, to unpack how the “alignment trap”—cultures that prize sameness over substance—quietly locks out cognitive diversity and throttles innovation. Instead of chasing badges and box-ticking, Robert lays out a practical path where inclusion becomes a strategic engine for better problem solving, collaboration, and growth. We ex...
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Host: Sara Gullihur-Bradford
Guest: Robert Annis
Topics covered
- cognitive diversity
- inclusion
- organizational culture
- innovation
- problem solving
Keywords
- cognitive diversity
- inclusion
- organizational culture
- innovation
- problem solving
- collaboration
- growth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NEURO
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