Lisa speaks from the inside — as someone who is AuDHD, who has spent 13 years in recruitment, and who builds the tools that don't exist. That's exactly what makes her worth listening to.
The story of building tech at 40+ with AuDHD — why the gaps exist, what it takes to fill them, and what neurodivergent entrepreneurship actually looks like from the inside.
Drawing on 13 years in recruitment, Lisa unpacks how workplaces consistently misread neurodivergent talent — and what leaders, teams, and individuals can do differently.
Designing products, tools, and platforms for cognitive diversity — what it means to build with neurodivergent minds in mind, not as an afterthought.
Captivate Group · Zetland House, Scrutton Street, London EC2A · In-person panel talk
jobs.ac.uk / Warwick Employment Group · 45–60 minute webinar including Q&A · International audience in higher education
Lisa Gills is an AuDHD entrepreneur, coach, and app builder on a mission to make the world more navigable for neurodivergent people. As founder of Harness the Spark, she works with neurodivergent professionals in creative industries, helping them understand their brains, own their strengths, and move through careers with more clarity and less friction. She's also the creator of Dave, a free mental wellness companion app built specifically for neurodivergent minds. Lisa speaks from lived experience, not theory, and that's exactly what makes her worth listening to. She is based in South London and lives with four fluffy Persian cats.
Lisa Gills is an AuDHD entrepreneur, coach, and digital product builder whose work sits at the intersection of neurodiversity, career development, and accessible technology.
As founder of Harness the Spark Ltd, Lisa coaches neurodivergent professionals, particularly those in creative industries, helping them decode how their brains work, build on their strengths, and navigate careers in workplaces that weren't designed with them in mind. Her coaching methodology is grounded in lived experience: Lisa is autistic and ADHD, and spent 13 years in advertising recruitment before her own journey of discovery led her to completely reimagine her career.
Alongside her coaching practice, Lisa is the creator of Dave, a free mental wellness companion app designed specifically for neurodivergent people. Built with low cognitive load, warm non-clinical UX, and neurodivergent-affirming language, Dave is available on iOS and Android and reflects Lisa's belief that support tools should actually feel good to use.
Lisa is known for her directness, her authenticity, and her refusal to soften the edges of what it actually means to be neurodivergent in professional life. She brings that same energy to everything she does, whether she's working one-to-one with a client, building a product, or standing in front of a room.
She is based in South London and lives with four fluffy Persian cats.
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