Why companies need neurodiversity with Neuropool’s Jack Dyrhauge

The Invisible Gift

Episode description

In this week’s episode of The Invisible Gift, Andrew sits down with CEO of Neuropool, Jack Dyrhauge. Neuropool provides training, accessibility to career pathways and employment opportunities for neurodivergents, and they are building the largest pool of Neurodiverse talent in the UK. In the episode, Jack elaborates on his own experience of being medicated from a young age due to his ADHD. Andrew & Jack have a frank conversation on whether you should tell your employer you have a neurodiversity and Jack speaks powerfully on why companies need neurodivergence.

Top quotes

“If you look at the three entrepreneurs that lead the businesses that run this world: Facebook, Google, Tesla. They’re neurodivergent people. So if you want to know the value of neurodivergence - look at the business leaders.” - Jack Dyrhauge

“I’m a big advocate of diversity but in its true sense. So that’s diversity across the board in every single way. All kinds of people from all works of life need to be in your company.” - Andrew Kitley

About the guest

Jack Dyrhauge is an Autistic, ADHD entrepreneur who is also CEO of Neuropool - a company that connects neurodiverse individuals to diverse employers. Jack struggled in school and failed to achieve any GCSEs growing up. In 2019, Jack started Neuropool - a company that aims to provide training, and accessibility to career pathways and employment opportunities to neurodivergents. Jack is also the founder of The Next Steps Foundation: Helping people with autism find a job they want, from building confidence to carving out a career path and landing their first interview. Jack is a neurodiversity & employment guest speaker at the University of Bath

About the host

The Invisible Gift is hosted by entrepreneur and dyslexic, Andrew Kitley. With twenty years experience, Andrew Kitley has worked his way up the metaphorical and literal ladder to become Managing Director of Kitall: an engineering firm. Under Andrew's guidance, Kitall is now one of the most sought after names to complete complex engineering projects in the UK. In each episode of The Invisible Gift, Andrew seeks the advice and inspiration of a fellow trailblazer who has defied the odds to achieve the extraordinary - turning the challenge of neurodiversity into a gift.

Resources

https://www.kitall.co.uk/

https://www.onefineplay.com/

https://neuropool.co/