Neurodiverse Teams: The Key to Innovation and Inclusion in AI and Automation
As we progress into an era increasingly dominated by digital technology, automation, AI and analytics, businesses must evolve their workforce strategies. To keep pace, companies are forced to rethink not only their technology but the talent who innovates with them. This evolution is twofold (1) navigating towards diverse thinking skills and (2) ensuring technological maturity to future-proofing your business. Cecile Arsan, an operational leader at UiPath, an AI Automation company, and Dave Friedman, founder of a tech professional services company that employs adults with autism, have seen firsthand how this transformation takes shape in HR departments and company-wide through the lens of neurodiversity.
Learning Objectives:
- Common AI Automation use cases in HR, showcasing the art of the possible
- The diverse skills needed in AI Automation company-wide
- Results from a recent case study on the impact of adults with autism in helping build Automation programs where they performed 150% better than neurotypical teams
- Best practices when attracting, recruiting, onboarding, and managing neurdiverse talent
Dave Friedman
Cecile Arsan
Cecile Arsan heads operations for the Americas Sales Engineering team at the AI Automation company UiPath. She also leads the company's Neurodiversity Council (Employee Resource Group) whose mission is to make UiPath a place where we celebrate all the ways our brains think and help neurodiverse talent find meaningful work in AI & Automation. Prior to UiPath, Cecile worked 10 years in ops, product marketing, and solution consulting at various technology companies. She holds a degree in Finance from McGill University. Based in Austin, Texas, she enjoys playing with her 3 kids, tending to her bees, and dancing the night away with her husband.