About
Ludmila N. Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, is the winner of Thinkers50 Talent Award (2025) for “The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work” (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2024). She is a Professor of Graduate Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Vanguard University of Southern California and a member of the Thinkers50 Radar 2024 cohort of global management thinkers most likely to impact workplaces. Her peer-reviewed work has been published in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research; Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice; Frontiers in Psychology; Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability; and Assessment Update. She regularly writes for Fast Company, Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today.
Featured Work
The Canary Code: a Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work. Berrett-Koehler.
The Canary Code reorganizes work for thriving, starting with those first impacted by faulty systems, like canaries first sensing toxic air in coal mines. Neurodivergent talent (members of ADHD, autism, Tourette’s syndrome, and learning-differences communities, and others who think and experience life differently) offer unique skills and exceptional work ethics, yet face employment barriers. Their abilities and perspectives are excluded, and their canary warnings about bullying, broken workflows, or ethical drift are ignored.
This practical guide helps CEOs, managers, HR leaders, and changemakers improve work for all.
