About Jason Bennett, Autism, ADHD and AuDHD Business Coach
Hello, I'm Jason. I help ADHD and autistic professionals advance to senior leadership roles and successful entrepreneurship by working with their neurodivergent strengths, not against them.
My approach comes from 25+ years of executive experience and my own journey as a late-diagnosed neurodivergent leader.
My Journey
From Hidden Struggles to Professional Success
The path from software engineer to tech executive revealed how my neurodivergent mind became both my greatest challenge and asset.
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Undiagnosed Autism & ADHD
Career Evolution: I began my professional life as a software engineer, where my mind found a home in logic and problem-solving. My analytical curiosity became my compass. Driven by a need to prove myself, I discovered I thrived under pressure. My brain's unique wiring – the pattern recognition, conceptual thinking, ability to hyperfocus, and perspective that sometimes saw around corners – became assets that propelled me forward. What started as coding evolved into leadership roles in technology, product development, and operations across global organisations.
My Early Journey: I began my professional journey in the corporate world, where my then-undiagnosed neurodivergence (ADHD and Autism) became both my greatest challenge and asset. It shaped how I viewed the world, how I solved problems, and how I connected with others – though I didn't understand that at the time.
Software Engineer to Tech Executive
Transformation Amid Tension
The Hidden Struggle: What wasn't visible was the energy it took to navigate workplace expectations that didn't align with how my brain naturally worked. Each day required careful adaptation – monitoring my approach, managing different communication styles, adapting to social norms that never came naturally. I was achieving professional success while feeling fundamentally misaligned with how I was expected to operate. This experience taught me there had to be a better way.
Finding My Path
Diagnosis, Discovery, and a New Mission
A mid-career diagnosis rewrote my understanding of myself, revealing that what I'd seen as challenges were actually my greatest strengths waiting to be unleashed..
Coaching Discovery
A Break Through: My first breakthrough came through integrating coaching principles into my leadership approach. The transformation was remarkable – not just in my effectiveness as a leader, but in my own sense of wellbeing. I developed communication skills that could bridge the gap between different neurological styles. For the first time, I felt I was building authentic connections rather than merely performing them.
Late-Diagnosed Autism & ADHD
A Turning Point: Then came the moment that reframed everything – my diagnosis with autism and ADHD in the middle of my executive career. Suddenly, my entire professional story made sense. All those "quirks" and "challenges" – my intense focus, my systems thinking, my fluctuating energy levels, my instinct to question workplace norms – they weren't flaws to overcome. They were powerful strengths when properly understood and channelled.
Identifying the Support Gap
The Missing Piece: As I sought to navigate this new understanding of myself, I encountered a frustrating reality – there was almost no one who combined senior leadership experience with a genuine understanding of ADHD and Autism. I couldn't find guides who truly understood the complex interplay between these neurological traits and the demands of leadership positions.
That realisation became my calling. I made the decision to step away from my executive position and become the resource I wished I'd had during my own journey.
Discovering Your Potential
From Personal Journey to Professional Mission
I bring a unique perspective to neurodivergent coaching—blending executive experience, technical expertise, and the lived reality of navigating corporate life with ADHD and autism.
Current Focus
What I Bring: Today, I work with neurodivergent tech professionals who are navigating the complex terrain between their extraordinary capabilities and the sometimes constraining expectations of traditional workplaces. My clients advance to senior leadership roles, launch successful ventures, and build sustainable career systems that align with their neurological strengths.
What Sets Me Apart
Lived Experience: When you work with me, you're getting more than coaching theories or textbook approaches. You're getting someone who brings together technical expertise from years in the trenches, leadership lessons from guiding teams through complex challenges, specialised neurodivergent coaching credentials, and most importantly – someone who has walked this path before.
I've personally weathered the storms you may be facing. I've developed adaptations that work in real-world scenarios. I've discovered breakthroughs that transformed my own life. And I've learned how to translate these experiences into practical guidance for others.
My Coaching Philosophy
At its heart, my approach centres on a powerful belief: your neurodivergence isn't a limitation to overcome—it's your competitive edge in a world that needs innovative thinking.
The three pillars: Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy
At its heart, my approach is beautifully simple: I believe your journey forward unfolds through self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-advocacy.
Authenticity as the Path to Success
I've seen the transformation that happens when neurodivergent individuals stop trying to hide or minimise their uniqueness and instead weave it intentionally into the tapestry of their lives. The result isn't just professional success – it's a sense of alignment and authenticity that brings profound fulfilment.
I don't believe in forcing square pegs into round holes. Instead, I help you discover professional paths that genuinely align with your neurological makeup – honouring your distinctive abilities, values, and perspectives rather than fighting against them.
Professional Experience & Credibility
Insights that go beyond theory
My 25+ year career across global organisations means I've been where you are and have navigated the challenges you're facing.
Leadership Across Industries
Beyond the textbook: Beyond the textbook: My 25+ year leadership journey has taken me across publishing houses, cybersecurity firms, and technology innovators. I've led transformative initiatives that fundamentally changed how organisations operate and deliver value. The path from software engineer to Vice President of Product and Program Operations taught me lessons no textbook could provide.
Leadership across cultures: Now based in Oxfordshire, England, I've guided multinational teams across three continents – Asia, Europe, and North America – through periods of complex change and uncertainty. While directing digital transformations for global enterprises, I discovered that integrating coaching methodologies into leadership created remarkable outcomes for both people and business results.
Global Team Leadership
Executive Perspective
I've sat in the decision-maker's chair: I've navigated corporate politics, led teams through uncertainty, and championed talent development when others focused solely on immediate deliverables. These experiences now inform how I guide ADHD, autistic, and AuDHD professionals through similar landscapes – not by asking them to conform, but by helping them leverage their unique strengths.
Your Neurodivergent Edge
Unlocking Your Potential: When properly understood and channelled, the very traits that may have been labelled as "difficult" become drivers of innovation, success, and meaningful impact. My mission is to help you work with your unique neurological wiring rather than exhausting yourself fighting against it.
Building a Better Future Together
If you've read this far, perhaps something in my story resonates with yours. I'd be honoured to connect and explore how we might work together.
I truly believe that together, we can navigate the complexities of the professional world while championing a more inclusive, understanding, and neurodiverse future – not just for ourselves, but for all those who will follow in our footsteps.
Contact Us to discuss your career advancement goals.
Sometimes the most profound insights come from unexpected places. Recently, working with a client navigating an invisible condition opened my eyes to workplace dynamics I hadn't fully appreciated before—and fundamentally changed how I think about neurodivergent professional success.