Topic:  How to Connect with That Person: They're Not Difficult - Just Different
Speaker:  Jeremy Doran, NeuroConversant Leadership

Description:

Every workplace has them: the colleague whose style baffles you, the engineer who won't stop asking "why," the executive who skips the details you consider essential. The problem usually isn't attitude — it's cognitive wiring. You'll leave with a practical toolkit for building connection across vastly different thinking styles.

Participants will leave able to:

▪    Identify cognitive style differences and explain why they create friction

▪    Adapt communication in real time to bridge gaps with people who think differently

▪    Reframe "difficult" colleagues as cognitively different — and leverage that difference

About the speaker:

Jeremy Doran combines an engineering background with deep expertise in communication across the neurodiverse spectrum. As founder of NeuroConversant Leadership, he helps professionals at all levels work more effectively with colleagues who think and process information differently. His systematic, data-driven approach resonates especially with technical audiences — he speaks their language while making the content accessible to everyone. His book NeuroConversant publishes July 2026.