Articles written by Mark Woodward

Thinking Inside the Box

Workplace Adjustments at Scale: Why Assessments Still Belong in Your Strategy

There’s growing debate about whether traditional Workplace Needs Assessments (WNAs) are still the best way to support disabled and neurodivergent employees. With rising pressures on HR and ED&I budgets, and an influx of off-the-shelf solutions claiming to ‘streamline adjustments’, it’s easy to see why the question is being asked....

Good Intentions – 5 strategies to help manage your time

As a workplace coach supporting neurodifferent clients in their work environment, it’s almost a given that, at some point, the challenges of managing the workload, juggling competing priorities, and staying present in a task for long enough, will be raised by the client. In a world dominated by apps...

Creating Inclusive Workspace

Caption.Ed – New Licence Structure

What is Caption.Ed? For those of us familiar with Caption.Ed it needs no introduction, for those of us who are unfamiliar with it, Caption.Ed (from CareScribe) is a captioning and transcription tool – but also a whole lot more! Caption.Ed can generate a live, real-time, transcript of any audio...

Spotlight on: Mark Woodward

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

neurobox Coaching Supervision

I have been a Coach for many years (more than I want to work out!), specializing in coaching people with neurodiversities like dyslexia, ADHD, and autism, at work. My work is diverse and interesting, plus I’m passionate about it.

Unveiling the Power of Captions in Glean

This month Glean released Glean Notes + Live Captions for the Workplace! Head of Occupational Delivery Mark Woodward provides his review of the new features and shares his thoughts on why Captions are a valuable addition for users seeking a richer and more accessible experience!  

The Digitalisation of Access to Work: Easier Support Claims

Caption.Ed – New Licensing Structure

What is Caption.Ed? For those of us familiar with Caption.Ed it needs no introduction, for those of us who are unfamiliar with it, Caption.Ed (from CareScribe) is a captioning and transcription tool – but also a whole lot more! Caption.Ed can generate a live, real-time, transcript of any audio...

Can AI make our neurodifferent lives a little easier?

It would probably be fair to assume that most people have now heard of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the debates around whether it’s the answer to everything or the beginning of world domination by robots! All that aside, AI does present some interesting potential around ways of supporting disability...

Dragon Professional V16 vs Dragon Professional Individual

Dragon Professional v16 is the latest version of Nuance's speech recognition software, and it promises to deliver faster and more accurate dictation than its predecessor, Dragon Professional Individual. But is it worth upgrading to the new version? In this article, we'll compare the two versions and see what the differences...

Supporting your disabled employees with a Workplace Needs Assessment

Small changes to procedures, working methods, or even an extra piece of equipment can frequently make a world of difference for a disabled person who is having trouble with some area of their function or work.

ADHD and Motivation Bridges

No matter how carefully we schedule and manage our time and duties, many of us still fail because we're unable to concentrate on what needs to be done at that moment. Often, the reason for this is motivation. Head of Occupational Delivery, Mark Woodward explores motivation bridges and how this...

Let’s talk about stress

Very simply, stress is a result of our brain trying to keep us alive. Our brain’s most important job is to look after us – and it’s had hundreds of thousands of years to get really good at this. It does this is by being extremely quick and efficient...