Environments are disabling, not people

The Generalist World Pod · Sep 2, 2026 · 41m · transcript

Zahra Hedges on choosing values over money, designing for neurodiversity, building better teams.

📚What You'll Learn

Why pattern recognition in your own career is more reliable than external validation or "shoulds"

How neurodiversity shows up differently in every person, and why diagnosis is about removing shame, not changing who you are

The practical difference between designing for inclusion versus designing "reasonable adjustments"

✍️ Some Takeaways

Your wanting to leave is reason enough.

Values only matter when they cost you something.

High-functioning is masking, not capability.

Lower the…