It's 30 to 40% of the population. That's one and three people. So if you're in a room with 10 people, three of those people are probably neurodivergent, whether they've been diagnosed or not, because 85% of us are not. It's life changing knowing oh my

gosh it's not me I'm not alone I'm not broken this is a thing it's brain

chemistry there's no magic wand there's there's no light switch even whether or not you want that.

And once you understand it, now that knowledge is what we can use to do our lives better.

Welcome to GeekWire.

I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. We are coming to you from

Seattle where we get to report each day on what happens around us in

business, technology, and innovation. What happens here matters everywhere and

every week on this show?

We get to talk about some of the most interesting stories and trends in the news.

This week we're going to dive into a trend that underlies the news, or at least the larger

trends in the tech industry, just based on the number of people

who are impacted by it. I'm joined at GeekWire by Brett Green, many of you in the community and I know him as the founder and CEO of New Tech Northwest.

That's a startup community and tech community here in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

But he's been developing a specialty over the past few years as an executive

coach and specifically an ADHD coach.

Brett, it's great to have you here.

Todd, it is amazing to be here here so especially our journey of knowing each other

for 11 or 12 years and loving you John GeekWire and everything you guys do for the

community and people so thank you for

graciously giving me time to be here with you absolutely well first off this is just an

interesting topic I think your journey is interesting let's start with just a few basics. ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity

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