Missed the event? Read our Summary and Key Takeaways—now available online. No recording due to Chatham House Rules.
This in-person event brought together individuals working in the DEI sector to explore, connect, and champion inclusion in the workplace through the lens of neurodiversity and disability.
If you missed it—or want to revisit the conversations from the day—we’ve added a summary and key takeaways from the event. Please note that, in line with Chatham House Rules and to respect the open nature of the discussions, no recording is available.
Highlights and takeaways
During this session, the following topics were discussed:
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Inclusive Culture
- Intersectionality
- Measuring Impact
- Everyday Allyship & Management
- Neurodiversity
Who were our panellists?
Esi Hardy, Managing Director, Celebrating Disability
Esi is a trainer, disability inclusion expert, public speaker, podcaster, and writer.
Celebrating Disability is a user-led organisation that provides tailored support to help workplaces develop a disability-inclusive culture. Esi believes all organisations can create environments where disabled employees and customers feel valued. Through training sessions and consultations, this goal is achievable.
As part of her work to advocate and champion equality for disabled people, Esi is a keynote speaker, speaking at conferences and away days on disability inclusion and equality in every cornerstone of life.
Matthew Jones, Workplace Assistive Technology Lead, Matchware
Matthew helps organisations understand how MindView can make a real difference in the way their teams work. Whether it’s supporting neurodivergent staff, making project planning easier, or helping individuals organise their ideas more clearly, Matthew is passionate about showing how the right tools can remove barriers and boost productivity.
Mark Woodward, Head of Workplace Adjustments, Neurobox
For more than a decade, Mark has been working with organisations, managers, and employees to support neurodiversity and disability. Working with clients to design and implement neurodiversity and disability policies, through to working with individual managers and employees as an assessor, coach and coach supervisor.
Mark has also been fortunate to have had considerable experience in commercial senior management and operational roles, which has given him a significant understanding and awareness of not just how to support individuals, but their managers and the organisation too.
Questions?
If you have any questions about enei events, please contact events@enei.org.uk
This event was presented and moderated by Hugh O’Keeffe from the enei team on 13 May 2025.