Designing Work for ADHD Brains in a Distracted World + guest Kit Slocum

Описание: Julie Legg is joined by Kit Slocum, neurodiversity lead and learning experience designer at Flown. With a background in psychology and behavioural neuroscience, and lived experience of ADHD, Kit brings both science and compassion to the conversation about focus, productivity, and nervous system regulation.

From going from failing grades to straight A’s after receiving accommodations, to questioning the systems that label distraction as a personal flaw, Kit reframes ADHD through the lens of nervous system science and the neurodiversity paradigm. She explains why modern environments are fundamentally overstimulating, why burnout is often the predictable result, and how small, intentional shifts can radically change how ADHDers experience work and life.

This episode offers insight into body doubling, nervous system check-ins, structured flexibility, and how leaders can design workplaces that actually support neurodivergent brains rather than forcing them to adapt.

00:00 Introducing Kit Slocum:
04:49 Accommodations That Changed Everything
08:24 Why ADHD Feels Like Life on Hard Mode
10:16 The Neurodiversity Paradigm Shift
11:33 Why Productivity Tools Often Fail ADHDers
14:39 Distraction & the Nervous System
19:48 Nervous System-Based Focus Strategies
22:33 Designing Neurodivergent-Friendly Workplaces
27:45 Body Doubling Explained
32:13 ADHD Mastery Program
35:53 Language, Superpowers & Community

Key Points from the Episode:

Kit’s journey from academic struggle to thriving with accommodations
The shift from the pathology paradigm to the neurodiversity paradigm
Why distraction is often a dysregulated nervous system, not laziness
How modern over-stimulation keeps ADHD brains in “on” mode
Burnout as the end result of chronic nervous system activation
Nervous system check-ins and micro-regulation strategies
Why many productivity apps fail ADHDers
Creating a personalised “toolbox” through experimentation
Designing workplaces around curiosity and structured flexibility
The Neural Passport: communicating how you work best
Body doubling as a powerful focus strategy
The importance of language — disability, difference, or superpower?
Community as the most powerful ADHD tool of all

Links:

WEBSITE: https://flown.com/
INSTAGRAM:   / flownspace  
LINKEDIN:   / flown  
ADHD MASTERY PROGRAM: https://flown.com/adhd-focus-program