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Reading between the lines with Nicola Knobel
I read my books out loud for you to have access to!
We are starting with Book 1!
Unmasking Leadership is a subscription-based audiobook podcast written and read by Nicola Knobel, exploring neurodivergent leadership, psychological safety, and the systems that shape who gets to lead at work.
Each episode features a full chapter from the book Unmasking Leadership: Neurodivergent Leaders, Psychological Safety, and the Future of Inclusive Workplaces. Chapters are released regularly and presented exactly as written, without summaries or commentary.
This podcast examines why traditional leadership models often fail neurodivergent people, how masking and burnout become occupational health issues, and why psychological safety frequently exists in policy but not in lived experience. It explores leadership through the lens of risk management, workplace safety, and organisational power, connecting inclusion to systems, not slogans.
Designed for leaders, safety and risk professionals, HR practitioners, and neurodivergent workers, Unmasking Leadership goes beyond awareness to examine how work actually operates, who it protects, and who it excludes.
If you are interested in leadership, neurodiversity at work, psychological safety, workplace safety, burnout, masking, psychosocial risk, and inclusive leadership, this podcast offers depth, clarity, and evidence-based insight.
The first two chapters are available free. Additional chapters can be accessed by purchasing the full audiobook series.
Reading between the lines with Nicola Knobel
Latest Episodes
Book 2: Leading Beyond Labels: Chapter 20: End of an Era
Every generation of leadership inherits its tools. This one inherited personality profiling. The question is whether it will pass them on or put them down.Chapter 20 of Leading Beyond Labels is a closing argument and a call forward. It e...
Book 2: Leading Beyond Labels: Chapter 19: Designing Neuroinclusive Teams Without Labels
Teams are not static structures. They breathe, adapt, and fluctuate based on energy, trust, and purpose. When we design them around personality types, we freeze that movement. When we design them for neuroinclusion, we invite evolution.C...
Book 2: Leading Beyond Labels: Chapter 18: Leading Without Labels
Fit asks whether someone matches the organisation. Flow asks whether the organisation can adapt to how someone works best. That shift, from personality management to environmental design, is what this chapter is about.Chapter 18 of Leadi...
Book 2: Leading Beyond Labels: Chapter 17: Old Versus New Power
The organisation had flat structures, values-driven leadership, and distributed ownership. On paper it looked progressive. In practice it was old power with better branding. And the neurodivergent people in the room felt the difference first.
Book 2: Leading Beyond Labels: Chapter 16: Steps for Inclusive Recruitment: From Job Advert to Offer Letter
Most exclusion begins before a role is ever advertised. The vague competency descriptor. The requirement to thrive in a fast-paced environment. The unexamined assumption that a good communicator looks a particular way. By the time a neurodiverg...
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