Welcome to the 149th episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month's theme is all about lived experience, how it shapes policy, and our perspectives, and improves the way we do things.

On today’s show* Why I chose to talk about lived experience. [01:07] * What the term lived experience is all about. [02:02] * The meaning of the word co-production. [03:20] * Some gaps we see in workplace policies. [07:11] * How we can use lived experience in the workplace. [09:39]

Quotes

• Lived experience can also be used in academia and research, particularly in relation to health and social care.
• I think lived experience in the workplace should be about engaging a wider audience and range of perspectives to shape workplace practices, changing for the better and taking an intersectional approach.
• The term lived experience provides a unique person-centered approach in terms of knowledge, which can help to present important information that's often missing.
• We don't want people to feel they are trapped in a web of really difficult. Hard to navigate workplace policies.
• Return to work policies sometimes feel quite punitive or not fit for purpose.

Resources* Leave me an anonymous message on my SpeakPipe * Check out my course: The Mentally Healthy Professional * Listen to Episode #79: Neurodivergent Support with Janette Beetham * Check out Episode #119 Universal Design and why it’s so important * Listen to Episode #97: The art of listening to support someone

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