Tiffany Sunday

Best-Selling Author | Poet | TEDx Presenter

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Announcing the Release of Insatiable Consumption of Being: A Collection of Poems, Writings, and Micro Stories by Tiffany Sunday

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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Tiffany Sunday’s anticipated fourth book, Insatiable Consumption of Being: A Collection of Poems, Writings, and Micro Stories, is available at Barnes & Noble, independent book stores, Amazon and other online retailers.

The book represents a new direction for Tiffany. Her three previous books focused on technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

In a recent interview, Tiffany shared, “Most of my readers and followers are surprised to learn that I write poetry. And that I have been writing since third grade. Poetry is very natural to me as the words tumble out easily and often unexpectedly. The book includes several of my favorite poems that I wrote in high school.”

Tiffany is scheduling poetry readings and author visits. Insatiable Consumption of Being is now available wherever books and ebooks are sold from Tilton House Press.

Making Every Word Count

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Tiffany Sunday 2017

With the abundance of digital communication, we can write millions of words a day. In my day job, I average around 30,000 words a week.

In our firehouse style of content generation should we curate to make sure every word counts? To look upon each word, to determine if it has real meaning in the sentence or has the word been delegated as a space holder.

I am challenging myself, to think about the words I select at work and in my personal novels and books. Each word should count and not be digitally typed as if we had millions of them to spare. I believe the human brain only gives attention to the words that matter.

Announcing the Release of How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future by Tiffany Sunday

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Creativity is the Last Competitive Edge Against the Machines

Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming every aspect of our world. Tiffany Sunday’s, ground-breaking new book, How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future, asserts the last competitive edge against the machines is human creativity.

In the book, Sunday examines the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on employment, the global economy, and society. Sunday condenses research and dozens of interviews into a convincing narrative about the future of work and new job opportunities for creative, problem-solving professionals.

Advanced digital systems and platforms are creating a homogenous mindset. Companies are seeking professionals, who are dyslexic and neurodiverse, to utilize their natural problem-solving, spatial reasoning and pattern finding abilities. Many of the challenges encountered by individuals who think differently are mitigated by software applications and tech devices designed to assist with reading and writing. With all of these advances in technology, bias and obsolete perceptions remain in the workplace.

Sunday challenges readers to embrace a paradigm shift in a new way of thinking about neurodiversity and creativity while shattering the definition of literacy.

Filled with thought-provoking insights about AI and automation, workplace strategies, and lifestyle insights, this book is a must-read for dyslexic professionals, especially HR teams and hiring managers.

Do We Need Famous People to Generate Dyslexia Awareness?

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An email conversation was the inspiration for this post. A friend of mine in the U.K. is developing a presentation for dyslexia awareness week and included a slide of famous dyslexics.

In the past, the slide would have slipped by without a thought as I have included images of famous dyslexics in my presentations.

Today, was different.  I could not get past the slide as I thought about our presentations and how we include famous dyslexics to generate awareness.

I am forever grateful for the famous individuals who have spoken about their dyslexia. Their voice was critically important five or ten years ago, to help build awareness. We needed them to educate the world about our intelligence, and that dyslexics could succeed.

Something was different today, as I kept thinking about all the dozens of professionals with dyslexia I have interviewed or who have sent emails asking for advice.

Conversations from conferences in the U.S. and U.K floated through my mind as I recalled their job success stories and workplace frustrations.

As I prepare for the release of my next book, How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future, I made a decision.

Starting today, in all my presentations going forward, I will talk about the unsung dyslexia heroes who in their jobs, develop on-the-fly workarounds, adapt to the ever-changing work environment, while using their dyslexia talents to solve complex problems or create something new.

I think about the chemist who uses his visual-spatial skills to develop new methods for refining crude oil, to the researcher who uses her big-picture thinking to solve problems for clients, or the micro-entrepreneur in Afraid who is starting a school for dyslexic students.  I think about my friend Skip Howard, who is a co-founder of Spacee, an amazing startup that designs spatial spaces.

There are millions of dyslexics, every day, in every profession, in every corner of the world, doing amazing work.  Quietly, often without help and support.

As you are preparing October Awareness blog posts, articles and social media posts, here are a couple of thoughts to keep in mind.

As a community, let’s focus first on our strengths, especially in the areas of creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, and spatial reasoning.  By 2020 these will be four of the most in demand skills.  I added spatial reasoning for the accelerated growth of augmented and virtual reality technology.

For educators, think about the future and incorporate innovative learning techniques and assistive technology to help all dyslexics students.  Instead of attempting to fix us, provide tools, software apps, and strategies to mitigate our dyslexia pain points.

For HR team members and managers, think of how you can support your dyslexic employees.  Generally, our request list is short, here are five of the most frequently mentioned request items.

  1. Laptop loaded with accessibility features including audio software to read documents or audio dictate text.
  2. Grammarly!! I’ve exchanged messages with one of the co-founders of Grammarly, and there are workarounds for using the software outside company firewalls.
  3. Quiet space to work with whiteboard access and flat space or work cubbie for folders.
  4. Unlimited supply of Post-It Notes, Sharpies, and Journals.
  5. Mentor and support. It’s 2018; dyslexic employees should, without fear, be able to ask for tech and management support. (All employees should have the freedom to ask for support.)

October will arrive in 19 days.  Let’s think about where we really need to focus our efforts.

Our dyslexia roadblocks, challenges, and struggles make us stronger as we gained three of the most valued human traits – tenacity, perseverance, and determination. These traits cannot be taught.

Our talents, creativity, and different way of viewing the world is a competitive edge.

What defines us, is not our challenges.  Instead, I ask the world to defined dyslexics by how we use our talents and strengths, each, and every day.

This post is dedicated to the global dyslexic community.

Tiffany Sunday Featured Interview on the Codpast

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This past April, I spoke at the British Dyslexia Association International Conference and met Sean Douglas the creator of The Codpast.  Sean and I discussed how the rapid acceleration of advanced technologies are creating new job opportunities for dyslexics.

The video created by Sean, Bitzy, and the CodPast team is amazing and summaries many aspects of my new book How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future. 

Again, a million thanks to Sean, Bitzy and the CodPast team!

Tiffany Sunday, Quoted in Forbes Magazine

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Tiffany Sunday, author, speaker, and consultant at Dillon 5 was quoted in Forbes by Denise Brodey discussing how to be more productive at the office. She consults with companies on how to develop programs to encourage creativity and utilizes many of the innovative strengths of individuals who naturally think differently.