Lessons In Dyslexic Thinking

Mackenzie Thorpe is one of Britain's bestselling artists. Hiswork has been collected by everyone from JK Rowling to Tom Hardy and even Queen Elizabeth II. He describes dyslexia as a double-edged sword and reveals how it doesn’t just help him to SEE things differently – but FEEL things differently – and this helps him use it like a samurai! He talks to Kate about what it’s like to have campaigned for dyslexia for over 20 years and reveals the secret to success every parent, grandparent or teacher of a dyslexic should know.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Oliver is Britain’s best-selling non-fiction author - selling over 50 million books worldwide. He’s taught the world to cook and used his Dyslexic Thinking to make complex recipes simple and easy and create powerful change. First with school dinners. Next by training disadvantaged kids to become top chefs. Now, he’s tackling dyslexia and the education system. As his Channel 4 documentary airs, Jamie tells Kate how cooking saved him, why his cook books are covered in ‘dyslexic code’ and reveals that so many of his Dyslexic Thinking skills have played an instrumental role in his groundbreaking campaigning and ability to communicate, simplify and steer powerful teams. Whether it’s as a communicator, an imaginer or an entrepreneur… dyslexics like Jamie are brilliant at spotting what no one else is doing and using their creativity to imagine solutions that make everyone’s lives better.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are 700 varieties of olives on the planet. And Daniel Singer has tried 230 of them, in his search for the perfect cocktail olive. His company, Filthy Foods, revolutionised the cocktail market by providing an alternative to chemically cured, poor quality, cocktail garnishes. He offers naturally cured, lip-smackingly good, olives and cherries along with mixes for cocktails like Martinis, Bloody Marys and Margaritas which are served in the best bars, restaurants and hotels in the world. He tells Kate why empathy and curiosity (both Dyslexic Thinking skills) are a dyslexic’s secret superpower in the world of business and why Dyslexic Thinking gives an entrepreneur a competitive advantage.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexics Thank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Premier League player and pundit, Joleon Lescott, has won almost every major honour in English football, including two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and the League Cup with Manchester City. He’s also played for England 26 times and coached the England Under 21s to win the Euros. But it’s his Dyslexic Thinking that has given him the edge on the pitch - and as a pundit. He tells Kate how his visual processing, spatial awareness and intuition - which all stem from the Dyslexic Thinking skill of Visualisation - helped him throughout his career and reveals that, of all the glory photos, trophies and medals, it’s his graduation photo that has pride of place on his mum’s wall. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to the news, 80% of people stop reading after 250 words. So why do newspapers continue to produce 1000 word articles? Dyslexic Thinker, Roy Schwartz, and his co-founders, used his Dyslexic Thinking superpower of keeping it simple to create a whole new way to consume today’s news. They went on to write the definitive guide to communicating simple and clearly - ‘Smart Brevity’. He tells Kate why spelling is no barrier to communicating powerfully and reveals his top 3 tips anyone can use to improve the way they communicate. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Manchester United Talent Scout, Tom Vernon, started global football academy Right To Dream in Ghana to address the problems he saw in the football talent system. What started as an under 12s football team in the suburbs of Ghana’s capital city became a global training academy that creates incredible social impact and finds the football stars of tomorrow’s Premier League and World Cup. He tells Kate how his Dyslexic Thinking helped him reimagine the Football Academy model, think big and realise his dream.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexics Thank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humanitarian, maternal and newborn health activist, HRH Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan joins Kate to share her moving and personal dyslexia story. She tells us how thinking differently can be an advantage in tackling some of the world’s trickiest issues and how she’s used her Dyslexic Thinking to become a powerful voice for maternal and newborn issues in refugee and humanitarian settings. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexics This podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-Demo Thank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can socks change the world? Dyslexic entrepreneur, Josh Turner, thinks so. He used his Dyslexic Thinking to set up the phenomenal social impact business, Stand4Socks, which donates a pair of socks, for every pair bought. So far, he has donated half a million pairs of socks to homeless people in the UK, Europe and vulnerable people in the Ukraine. He tells Kate how his Dyslexic Thinking skills help him to solve problems creatively and how they took him from ‘bottom of the class’ to creating a ‘best-in-class’ social impact business that’s good for people and the planet.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexics This podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-Demo Thank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Globally renowned dyslexic changemaker, Jean Oelwang, helped found entrepreneurial charity, Virgin Unite, along with Richard Branson in 2003. She went on to help Richard, Peter Gabriel and Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to create the Elders. Jean tells Kate how she and Richard use their Dyslexic Thinking skills to think big and drive change – at speed – with what she calls ‘radical impatience’ and gives her 3 top tips on how you can use Dyslexic Thinking to change the world. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dogged. Determined. Persistent. Intuitive. All Dyslexic Thinking traits that helped inspirational activist, Erin Brockovich (a single mum and file clerk secretary at an American law firm) to take on the might of a utility company, PG&E. Their use of carcinogenic chemicals was poisoning residents of Hinkley. Even when she was told to drop the case by a powerful US law firm, her determination to challenge the status quo and right a wrong, drove her to persist and win a settlement of $333million for more than 600 residents. It was the largest direct action lawsuit in U.S. history. She went on to become a world-leading environmental activist. She tells Kate how her Dyslexic Thinking helped her uncover one of the US’s biggest health scandals and what it was like to have Julia Roberts play her in the Oscar award-winning film of her life. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

80% of dyslexics leave school unidentified. One of America’s most-loved news hosts is one of them. Stephanie Ruhle, star of MSNBC’s 11th hour, tells Kate how she discovered she was dyslexic when her son was identified. She explains what made her write THAT Instagram post to her son which went viral, (and prompted Gwyneth Paltrow to get in touch), explains why being open about your dyslexia is the way to go and how her advice to every dyslexic is: never give up. A must listen for any parent. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite being told that his company was ‘worthless’ on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, Dyslexic Thinker, Rob Law, inventor of the kids suitcase, Trunki, went on to sell 5 million suitcases in over 100 countries and won 120 design awards. Last year, he sold his company for over £12million. He tells Kate why resilience to key to overcoming challenges in life and how AI is set to turbocharge the ultra-valuable skills dyslexics have. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With 15 million followers globally, and Stormzy as a fan, Andy Cooks has found a recipe for success. As a professional chef, he has cooked in some of the best restaurants in the world. Now he’s creating short, easy-to-follow videos that teach the world to cook (like a pro). Find out which of his recipes has had more than 200 million views across Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and YouTube, what the real secret to cooking truly crispy bacon is and what advice he’d give to any dyslexic considering a career in food. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She may have sold over 16 million copies of her books, but Tom Gates creator and utterly brilliant dyslexic storyteller, Liz Pichon, didn’t start writing til her forties. Now she uses her Dyslexic Thinking to create books that ALL kids – especially dyslexic kids – just ADORE with their mix of pictures, stories, jokes and doodles. Like many dyslexics, she has hundreds of ideas – but how does she get them down on paper? Listen in to find out her tricks and tips for young storytellers, why she’s proud to tell kids she’s dyslexic and hear her tremendous fail – involving the brilliant film, Jaws, and her old English teacher. A brilliant lesson not to bunk off from. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Growing up with a bedroom full of cockroaches, snakes, hamsters, preying mantises and poodles, BBC Wildlife presenter, Zoologist & Made By Dyslexia Ambassador, Megan McCubbin, has always been naturally curious. But it’s her Dyslexic Thinking that helps her to explore and simplify complex science, and help us understand the wonder of the natural world on BBC shows like Springwatch and Animal Park. She tells Kate why TV is a natural habitat for dyslexic minds and why it’s vital to tell people you are dyslexic at work. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By the time he was 12, Omari McQueen had already become CEO of his own company, opened his own pop-up restaurant and had his own BBC TV cooking show, but his teachers told him he wasn’t smart enough to pass his SATs. Made By Dyslexia’s young ambassador tells Kate why his Dyslexic Thinking is the secret ingredient of his success. Plus, he shares his best piece of advice for fellow dyslexics. And reveals his biggest, boldest, scariest dream yet! Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

40% of fruit grown by farmers goes to waste (rejected by supermarkets). But entrepreneur and co-founder of drinks brand, DASH, Alex Wright, saw an opportunity to think differently. Using wonky fruit and fresh spring water, he created a flavoured water, with no sugar or sweetners. Now, they are the UK’s best-selling - with 57% market share and sold in 20 countries. Alex tells us how thinking differently helped him to create a drinks brand that’s not just good for your health, it’s good for the planet and its people too. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For a time, it looked like BBC wildlife presenter and cameraman, (and Strictly winner), Hamza Yassin, would follow in his family’s footsteps to become a dentist. But Mother Nature had other plans for him. Listen, as he tells Kate, how ONE conversation changed his life forever. Find out what gives dyslexics the edge in the natural world. And learn which vital lesson every parent of a dyslexic child needs to know. This episode will help you see your Dyslexic Thinking through an altogether different lens. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hollywood actor, Michael Provost, and star of 5-times Oscar-nominated film, The Holdovers, tells Kate how his Dyslexic Thinking skills of empathy and emotional intelligence are the key to his success. Listen in as he reveals the surprising way he learns his lines. Plus, he explains why he’s passionate about helping more people learn to read and empower their Dyslexic Thinking by raising money for Made By Dyslexia and the Barbara Bush Foundation. Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this very special Lesson In Dyslexic Thinking, Kate talks to Lonnie Ali, wife of the world’s Greatest Champion and Changemaker Of All Time, Muhammad Ali, and an incredible changemaker in her own right. For the first time, she reveals how Muhammad’s Dyslexic Thinking was his real strength in life. His strength and speed in the ring, his wit and way with words, his dedication to fighting for a better world - all stunning gifts of his Dyslexic Thinking. It’s a masterclass from the Greatest Dyslexic of all time on how each of us can find greatness within.Powerful stories | Experts in Dyslexic Thinking | Inspiring dyslexicsThis podcast is sponsored by Microsoft, who like us are passionate about empowering Dyslexic Thinking. Check out their brilliant Immersive Reader, free across several Microsoft 365 apps, which helps Dyslexic Thinkers to fly, here: https://aka.ms/ImmersiveReader-DemoThank you for listening. Website: https://www.madebydyslexia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madebydyslexiaTwitter: https://twitter.com/MadeByDyslexia LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/madebydyslexiaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/madebydyslexia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.