Rules Were Harmed in the Making of this Podcast

business, careers, technology · EN

Rules Were Harmed in the Making of This Podcast is a conversation series about neurodivergent leadership in tech—for people who learned the rules, followed them just long enough to survive, and then started asking better questions. Hosted by neurodivergent leaders who’ve lived inside startups, nonprofits, big tech, open source, and everything in between, this podcast explores what happens when people who don’t think linearly end up responsible for systems that demand they do. Each episode breaks at least one rule: • That leaders must be calm, consistent, and endlessly regulated • That productivity looks the same for everyone • That job descriptions define value • That “professionalism” is neutral Instead, we talk about: • Pattern recognition, foresight, and seeing failure before it’s measurable • The invisible glue work that actually makes teams function • Masking, burnout, and the re