Dr Nancy Doyle
CEO and Founder, Genius Within CIC
Dr Nancy Doyle is an Organisational Psychologist and the CEO/Founder of the social enterprise Genius Within CIC which facilitates successful inclusion through consultancy, workshops and coaching for businesses, employees and people who are unemployed or incarcerated.
Dr Nancy Doyle has pioneered the work on Positive Assessment and is passionate about working towards a future where all neurominorities will be able to maximise their potential and work to their strengths using The Organisational Science of Neurodiversity: Evidence-based solutions for individuals, teams and professionals. Work is such an important part of society and identity, and with the challenges the world faces, we need the full range of human capability focused and included.
Nancy helped create and featured in both series of the award-winning BBC Two series ‘Employable Me’, where she supported a group of extraordinary job seekers to unlock their own unique talents and abilities to secure employment. Syndicated in 2019 in the USA as ‘The Employables’. This programme has contributed to a sea change in the way we view neurodiversity, advancing the narrative of strengths and purposeful difference, as advocated by the founder of the movement, Judy Singer.
Nancy is a Research Fellow with Birkbeck University having completed her Doctoral Research at City University of London on the effectiveness of coaching used as a disability accommodation. Nancy regularly advises ministers and civil servants on neurodiversity inclusion through select committees and expert references groups, as well as writing extensively in business and human resources press to increase awareness. In 2019 she was recognised by the British Psychological Society for her contribution to Policy Impact in Occupational Psychology.
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“I stand on the intersection of ADHD, cis femaleness and whiteness. I’ve very aware that the difficulties I experienced at school would have led to more damaging social exclusion had I been born in a different family. I’ve been determined to use my privilege to go where there is no path and leave a trail, so that other people with hidden disabilities are more empowered, more valued and more able to fulfil their potential in society. Inclusion is a social, moral and economic imperative. We all lose when human potential is squandered.”