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Senior HR & Finance Event: Neurodiversity, Performance & The Future Workplace
Join senior HR, finance, and business leaders for a live discussion exploring neurodiversity, workplace performance, burnout, leadership, and evolving workplace expectations. Featuring keynote insights from ADHD specialist; Alex Partridge and employment law perspective from Paris Smiths's; Claire Merritt.
Thursday 10 September 2026
9:30am - 11:30am
Village Hotel, Portsmouth
How do progressive organisations unlock better performance from different thinking styles?
Neurodiversity already exists within every organisation.
But many businesses are still operating around traditional expectations of: performance, communication, productivity, leadership and workplace behaviour.
As workplace expectations continue to evolve, senior leaders are increasingly asking:
Are current business structures supporting performance; or contributing to burnout?
What does an inclusive, high-performing workplace actually look like?
How should organisations respond to changing expectations around flexibility, wellbeing, and support?
And how can businesses create environments where different thinking styles can perform at their best?
This senior-level event brings together HR, people, and business leaders to explore the growing relationship between neurodiversity, workplace performance, organisational culture, leadership, employment practices and, the future of work.
Speakers & topics
Alex Partridge
Keynote Speaker
Entrepreneur, Sunday Times bestselling author, former founder of UNILAD, and leading voice on ADHD and neurodiversity in the workplace. Alex speaks openly about his own late ADHD diagnosis and explores how different thinking styles influence: performance creativity leadership burnout and workplace behaviour
Claire Merritt
Partner - Employment & Education, Paris Smith
Claire Merritt; Partner at Paris Smith LLP specialising in employment law and workplace relations. Claire will bring practical insight into how progressive organisations are navigating: workplace expectations employee support flexibility performance management and evolving employment considerations through a neurodiversity lens
Hayley
Head of People and Operations, CMA Recruitment Group
Host and Facillitator
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