1049: What Dyslexia Can Teach Us About Creativity, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking with Kate Griggs

We're brilliant at simplifying things, of seeing really complex issues and simplifying them. So they're all skills that we don't test in schools and a psychometric test wouldn't pick up, but they're really vital skills in every workplace now. I think what's frustrating for so many dyslexic people is that we can see opportunities in businesses and things. But often other people can't see those things until we explain how we've got there. And we often can't explain how we've got there.

It's very frustrating and until your teammates understand your strengths and you really understand them yourselves. That's Kate Griggs. She's the award-winning founder of the charity Made by Dyslexia. Her efforts helped introduce the skill of dyslexic thinking to dictionaries and LinkedIn. Aside from that, she's also the author of two books on dyslexia and the host of the Lessons in Dyslexic Thinking podcast.

So you'll learn one, why dyslexia matters for everyone in the workplace, two, the surprising indicators that you may be dyslexic, and three, how anyone can develop dyslexic thinking. skills. And if you want to get a quick summary write-up of the actual takeaways from this conversation, I recommend you sign up for our free golden nugget email newsletter found at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaidis. This is how to be awesome at your job.

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