It is practical, collaborative support for neurodivergent people who are running a business, developing an idea or considering working for themselves.

We look at the needs of the business and the needs of the person creating it. The aim is to develop approaches that are commercially workable without expecting you to continually override your energy, communication style or way of thinking.

It is for people who identify as neurodivergent, whether formally diagnosed, self-identified or still exploring what neurodivergence means for them.

You might be:

• considering self-employment
• developing your first business idea
• running an established business
• turning a specialist interest into an income
• struggling with a particular part of the business
• reconsidering how your business currently operates

You do not need a diagnosis to take part.

No. We can work with an early idea, several competing ideas or the general wish to create a different way of working.

An early session might help you decide whether an idea is worth developing, what questions still need answering or whether running a business is the right option for you at this point. Deciding not to pursue an idea can be a useful outcome too.

The work is shaped around your particular business or idea. Areas might include:

• clarifying an idea, offer or direction
• choosing between competing opportunities
• understanding who the business is intended to help
• turning complex ideas into manageable actions
• planning, prioritising and completing work
• pricing and becoming more comfortable discussing money
• developing systems that do not rely entirely on memory
• communicating with customers or collaborators
• delegation, automation and asking for help
• managing energy, uncertainty and intense periods of focus
• creating a neurodivergent-friendly workplace
• deciding what a sustainable version of success means to you

Several of these can be explored together.

General coaching can include work, but its focus may be broader: everyday life, identity, relationships, confidence, regulation or personal goals.

Business coaching places the business or business idea at the centre. We consider commercial decisions, customers, systems, priorities and delivery alongside the way your brain works.

The boundary does not have to be rigid. Business decisions are often affected by energy, confidence, relationships and personal circumstances. If the focus moves between the person and the business, that is completely normal.

It has elements in common with consulting and mentoring, but it is not the same as either.

I can contribute relevant business experience, suggest frameworks, share observations and help you examine options. However, I will not arrive with a standard formula and tell you how every business should operate.

Coaching is also not therapy, accounting, legal advice or regulated financial advice. We can identify questions, prepare for conversations with specialist advisers and help you act on their advice, but we will be clear when another professional is needed.

We usually begin by deciding what would make the session useful today. That may be different from what you originally planned to discuss.

We might:

1. map the idea or situation
2. separate facts, assumptions, possibilities and worries
3. identify where progress is getting stuck
4. examine the needs of the business and your own needs
5. develop several possible ways forward
6. choose a manageable next step or experiment

We can use conversation, diagrams, written notes, visual maps or practical business tools.

That is a very common starting point.

We do not have to dismiss most of your ideas. We can first make them visible, explore how they relate to one another and consider their likely demands, value and timing.

Some ideas may combine. Some may become later projects. Others may be interesting but unsuitable as businesses. The aim is to create enough clarity to choose a direction without treating your creativity as the problem.

I will offer honest observations, questions, practical suggestions and different ways of looking at the situation. Where my experience is relevant, I will share it openly rather than pretending to have no opinion.

However, the business remains yours. You decide what fits your goals, values, circumstances and tolerance for risk.

If you want more direct input at a particular moment, you can ask for it. We can distinguish between exploring through coaching and requesting a practical suggestion.

Yes. A business is also an environment in which people need to communicate, understand expectations and get work done.

We might explore:

• roles and responsibilities
• clearer instructions and information
• meetings and communication
• sensory and physical environments
• flexibility and predictability
• delegation and feedback
• supporting different working styles
• reducing systems that unintentionally create unnecessary difficulty

The objective is to create a clearer, more flexible and accessible workplace for everyone.

There is no requirement to present information in a conventional business format.

You can bring rough notes, diagrams, spreadsheets, voice notes, unfinished documents or a complicated explanation that needs untangling. We can work visually, use an interest-based metaphor, take pauses, change the pace or divide a large decision into smaller parts.

Online sessions can include camera preferences, screen sharing, shared diagrams and written chat. Any between-session actions should be realistic and adjustable rather than becoming another source of pressure.

You can begin with a simple message. You do not need to write a formal brief. Something such as “I have a business idea but don’t know where to start” or “My business is working, but the way I am running it isn’t sustainable” is enough.

Our first conversation helps us understand what you need and whether I am a useful fit. Before coaching begins, we will clarify confidentiality, practical arrangements, professional boundaries and what you would like the work to achieve.

Progress might mean:

• making a long-delayed decision
• testing an idea without overcommitting
• reducing confusion or avoidable workload
• creating a system you can actually use
• communicating more confidently
• making the business less dependent on crisis energy
• recognising that your original goal needs to change

We will review this together. You are not locked into a goal simply because it was written down at the beginning.

I’m Nigel, dad of 3 teens, with a background in supporting and running (mostly) high tech companies, while also being an artist, theatre director & actor, and writer. This means I have spent much of my life working alongside a huge range of ‘different’ thinkers – artists, scientists, engineers and other highly analytical and creative people. Different ways of thinking, communicating, concentrating and solving problems have been a fun feature throughout, and were often an important part of what made people good at what they do.

I also have an ADHD diagnosis and have spent most of my life trying out different ways to make the most of the different thinking. My approach to coaching curious, practical and collaborative. I am not here to judge how well you are functioning, make you follow a predetermined programme or turn you into a more neurotypical version of yourself. We begin with what matters to you and work from there.