Empower Dyslexic Thinking in the Workplace

Dyslexic Thinking is worth $4.5 Trillion Dollars to the global economy

But $3.2 Trillion Dollars remains untapped, because only 30% of dyslexic thinkers are empowered at work 

Our new report finds Dyslexic Thinking is worth: 

  • $4.5 Trillion Dollars to the global economy 
  • $652 Billion Dollars to the US economy 
  • £98.2 Billion Pounds to the UK economy 

But economies are missing out, because dyslexic thinkers – who have the skills to drive growth and innovation – are not fully empowered at work.

This report outlines – for the first time – the financial imperative to empower Dyslexic Thinking. And poses the $Trillion Dollar Question can we afford not to empower Dyslexic Thinking? 

Every organisation can learn how to empower Dyslexic Thinking for free with our new Workplace Guide and our free training below. 

 

Read the Return on Dyslexic Thinking report

Open the Workplace Guide

Who holds the skills to drive innovation? Dyslexic thinkers

We’ve known the value of Dyslexic Thinking for a long time. In 2018, our first report found that Dyslexic Thinking matched the skills future workplaces needed. Recognising this, LinkedIn added it as a skill in 2022.

Our Intelligence 5.0 report and studies from the World Economic Forum show that Dyslexic Thinking skills are the most in-demand human skills worldwide.

Now this report underlines the financial value of Dyslexic Thinking – by showing the skills dyslexics have are the human skills needed to pair with AI to drive growth and progress. 

 

Return on Dyslexic Thinking – 2025

Intelligence 5.0 – 2024

Value of Dyslexia 2 – 2019

Value of Dyslexia 1 – 2018

How to empower Dyslexic Thinking

By following these four steps, you can empower Dyslexic Thinking and unlock growth:

Step 1: Define dyslexia as a valuable skill 

Step 2: Offer adjustments that enable dyslexics to thrive

Step 3: Tailor recruitment processes for dyslexics

Step 4: Support Dyslexic Thinking communities 

Get started with these 3 resources

Managers and teams can learn how to empower Dyslexic Thinkers at work with our free course on LinkedIn Learning. 

Senior leaders and HR teams can learn how to Hire Dyslexic Thinking Talent with our free training, developed in partnership with Randstad Enterprise, available on DyslexicU. 

Everyone can use our Dyslexic Thinking Workplace Guide – a new, free, comprehensive resource to empower Dyslexic Thinking across the employee lifecycle, including links to training and tools. 

 

Empower Dyslexic Thinking

Hiring Dyslexic Talent

Open the Workplace Guide

Employ Dyslexia Badge

Organisations who train all key employees, AND make the training available company-wide, will be awarded the Employ Dyslexia Badge to show that their organisation values and Empowers Dyslexic Thinking. Here’s what you need to do, and how you will benefit.

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Apply for the Employ Dyslexia Badge

Organisations who have trained all key employees, AND made the training available company-wide, can apply for the Employ Dyslexia Badge below to show that their organisation values and Empowers Dyslexic Thinking

To apply for the badge, your organisation needs to: 

  1. Commit to train all staff in HR, TalentL&D and D&I within the next 12 months.
  2. Actively encourage all People Leaders to take training.
  3. Make training available and promoted to all employees.
  4. Display your Employ Dyslexia badge proudly on your website and on recruitment material.
  5. Promote Made By Dyslexia in your charity giving schemes and Payroll Giving.

If you’re an individual and you have taken the training, ask your whole organisation to take the training, in order to earn the Employ Dyslexia badge.

 

Apply below: 

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Download our FREE resources

Empower Dyslexic Thinking in your workplace with our workplace factsheets for employees and managers. Plus, download our FREE Dyslexic Thinking Skills posters.

Join the #DyslexicThinking movement

Join the movement to show you recognise #DyslexicThinking as a valuable skillset by showing your support on LinkedIn and, if you’re dyslexic, add it as a skill on LinkedIn today. Or encourage those who are dyslexic in your workplace to add it to their profile.

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Dyslexic Thinking Skills

How other workplaces are empowering Dyslexic Thinking

Watch our D.Spot vodcast and see how organisations like GCHQ – the British Intelligence agency are joining the dots and empowering Dyslexic Thinking through their recruitment processes, affinity groups and more.

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia influences as many as 1 in 5 people and is a genetic difference in an individual’s ability to learn and process information. As a result, dyslexic individuals have differing abilities, with strengths in creative, problem-solving and communication skills and challenges with spelling, reading and memorising facts.

Generally, a dyslexic cognitive profile will be uneven when compared to a neurotypical cognitive profile. This means that dyslexic individuals really do think differently. Traditional benchmarking disadvantages dyslexics, measuring them against the very things they find challenging.