Sam Ella

As neurodiverse people, it has been a joy to see the recent rise in awareness and acceptance of how different brains work. In Iriss we have been discussing diversity, including representation, inclusion, accessibility and equity. In recent meetings on professional curiosity, there was a discussion that neurodiverse people might struggle with the topic of professional curiosity and asking those additional questions. Cue us two neurodivergent people (maybe a little too loudly) professing our disagreement with this status, and our love of questions and problem solving.

Learning Week is over at Iriss now. We spent three days in person, eating pastries and chatting about how our year was, things we celebrate and learn, how we keep aligned to our new strategy, using our new evaluation process, showcasing our skills and impact and what the next year could look like for us. 

Last week, we hosted our annual conference - A day working with Iriss. The hopes of this day was for attendees to hear about how Iriss does things (the ins and outs), see some project examples on how our partner created change and work through some of their own challenges. We wanted participants to be able to take away something tangible and practical from the day, a solution or step towards implementing their own change.