Barb Carr
NEURODIVERSITY | PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY | WORK SYSTEMS
Book in Progress
Humans at Work
When people struggle at work, we often look first at their skills, attention, or motivation. What might we discover if we examined the work itself?
In Humans at Work, I explore how neurodiversity helps us understand the ways people think, learn, communicate, and perform. Drawing on my experience in incident investigation and my own experience with ADHD, I examine how we can design clearer, safer, more supportive workplaces from the start.
The book connects everyday workplace experiences with practical opportunities for better work systems. Humans at Work is currently in progress, with a release planned in the Spring of 2027.
My Framework
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Understanding
Human Variability
How Work System
Shape Performance
Designing Work Where
More People Can Succeed
Who are we designing for?
Neuroinclusive environments recognize that people think, communicate, learn, and process information differently. Designing for cognitive diversity helps more people contribute successfully while improving the experience for everyone.
What are we designing?
Human-centered work design looks at how tasks, tools, technology, procedures, communication, training, workload, and the work environment shape human performance. The goal is to design work around how people actually think, learn, communicate, and perform.
How can we design work that helps people and organizations succeed?
Better work design accounts for human differences through clear expectations, usable tools and procedures, effective training, and manageable workloads. It also supports psychological safety so people can ask questions and raise concerns.
Neuroinclusive Work Systems
My article in Incident Prevention Magazine explains why designing neuroinclusive work systems is one of the most effective ways to build psychologically safe, high-performing organizations.
Read: Designing Safe and Inclusive Work Systems for a Neurodiverse Workforce
I was invited by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals to present a webcast on designing work systems that support safety and neurodiverse talent.
Watch: Designing Work Systems That Support Safety and Neurodiverse Talent
