Navigating Neurodiversity: Designing Spaces for Diverse Thinking

04 Feb 2026
Main Stage

This session explores how neurodiversity is influencing the way workplaces are designed. Bringing together the Head of Workplace Design at Lloyds Bank and specialists in neurodiversity-led design, the discussion examines how environments can better support different ways people think, process information, and work.

Grounded in real workplace experience, the panel will focus on practical design strategies from acoustics and materials to lighting, choice and spatial flexibility that reduce sensory friction, support focus, and improve wellbeing and performance through better choices.

Moderator
Guy Stanley
Guy Stanley, Podcast Host & Creative Director - Space by Stansons_
Panelist
Paula Rowntree
Paula Rowntree, Head of Workplace Design - Lloyd's Banking Group
Tim Hatton
Tim Hatton, Principal - Senior Interior Designer - HOK