To educate the audience on the concept of Neurodiversity and the Atypical brain

  • To be informative and entertaining while breaking down society’s stereotypes

  • To help participants understand the skills and perspectives that the neurodiverse mind has to offer

  • To help management, colleagues and the company as a whole recognize the true potential of the Neurodiverse/Atypical community

  • To challenge the status quo

  • Both the diagnosed and undiagnosed Neurodiverse (atypical)

  • If you work with, manage or are Atypical or Neurodiverse

  • The leadership group

Rick Brennan is a retired executive, leadership consultant, author and podcaster whose battle with learning disabilities, anxiety and a host of other neurodiverse conditions leads him to a developing unique perspective and way of doing business.

Following academic struggles in his early years.  Rick began to uncover skills emerging from within the very limitations he was told would be his demise.  Skills that would ultimately shape his success.

He spent 35 years occupying top executive positions in the Canadian healthcare and pharmacy industry and at one time was responsible for up to 4.5 billion in annual sales across 2500 pharmacies.

He is recognized as an outstanding leader, possessing an out-of-the-box management style and an expert team builder.  Many of the people Rick has coached and worked with over the years have achieved considerable success.

By the end of his corporate career, Rick’s teams would secure some of the highest employee engagement scores in the world.

During the presentation:

  • I’ll Introduce myself as a real live, walking, talking example of a successful neurodivergent

  • Explain what atypical, neurodivergent, and the spectrum mean

  • Discuss how I uncovered skills hidden within the cracks of what others called my limitations

  • Review the most common neuro conditions

  • Discuss the concept of our individual mental footprint and the brain

  • To learn how to maximize the talents of the Atypical/neurodiverse community

  • Thank you so much for such an incredible session with the SickKids team. Rick, your stories about your lived experience, how you were able to drive home key messaging and resonate with the audience (and sprinkle a few laughs in there) are exactly what we were hoping for! It has been the catalyst for further learning and discussion, and we couldn’t have done it without you.Rick joined the team at SickKids to talk about Neurodiversity in October, 2023. He did an excellent job describing various conditions within the area of Neurodiversity and helped to establish a deeper level of understanding for our team. Rick shared his own story and journey as a neurodiverse individual, and the importance of understanding and embracing his atypical mind. His charismatic personality and authenticity resonated strongly with the audience.

  • This email to sincerely thank you for your wonderful and informative talk on August 16, will suffice. Last night the group got together for a social event and I heard great feedback about your talk from many. You helped members to not only see value in seeking out and entrusting atypical people in their businesses, but also gave a goodly number a fresh perspective on the functions of their own atypical brains. I know your description of the full plate, and the inability to do tasks you are thoroughly familiar with on certain days, definitely resonated with me, and made me realize I was not crazy or alone. As you said, innovation has always come from the atypical mind, and certainly many small business entrepreneurs are innovators by nature and necessity. Like you, many SJXA members have spoken about their struggles in school, only to have their abilities shine through later in a successful business life. The various COVID business survival tactics and innovations among the group are really interesting examples.

  • I have had a number of colleagues reach out to express their gratitude for such an authentic, impactful discussion.

  • Thank you again – you did a fabulous job, and your perspective was much needed and refreshing.

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