Dyslexic thinking

I'm not dyslexic (I think?!) but yesterday's NYC launch of DyslexicU, led by the brilliant teams at Virgin Unite and Made By Dyslexia, made me wish I were!

The intelligence we need to thrive is evolving. Standardized tests perpetuate push standardized thinking—and AI has already surpassed us there. What’s next? It looks a lot like Dyslexic Thinking. 💡 (Fun fact: Richard Branson and Kate Griggs convinced LinkedIn to add it as a skill!)

Neurodivergence, long stigmatized as a problem is actually a solution hiding in plain sight. Many of our most inspired artists and innovators were dyslexic —from Steve Jobs and Whoopi Goldberg, Pablo Picasso Muhammad Ali.

Thinking differently isn't a "hard skill", it's a regenerative one -- it helps us with pattern recognition, spacial reasoning, lateral thinking and interpersonal communication. These are exactly the HUMAN skills we'll need to shape leadership, innovation and impact in an age of AI.

At The Flight School, we're on a mission to unlock human potential at scale—and we’re making sure divergent thinking is central to that future. Check out this (wildly unusual) DyslexicU video and their new report Intelligence 5.0

.👉 What other "limitations" might actually be hidden superpowers?