Celebrating Neurodiversity Acceptance Month

In honor of Neurodiversity Acceptance Month, we are pleased to welcome Natalia Lyckowski back to the podcast! Nat is the Global Neurodiversity Advancement Leader, and Supply Chain Inventory Transformation Lead at IBM and she joined us previously on season two of the podcast. We are happy to have her back to share more about neurodiversity and answer a few questions that came in from supply chain students at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.

About

Proudly neurodivergent (ND) and parent of an autistic IT Professional, Nat enables businesses to see the value in embracing ND talent to attain highly skilled and dedicated professionals that may otherwise be overlooked. 1:20 individuals are ND and 1:50 are autistic. This talent pool brings 32% new skills, 66% higher job loyalty, and more, improving corporate citizenship and revenue.

Nat has driven culture change, improving trust and allyship through:

• Global Acceptance Training across >30 Countries
• Speaking Engagements >10,000 Audience
• Youth Self-Advocacy Initiatives > 2,500 Audience
• Safe-spaceThink Tanks to ensure representation >300 Members

Nat is also experienced with intersectionality across PWD/PWDA, LGBT+, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and other identity groups. Nat is also a Business Transformation Leader with IBM for over 25 years.