Leadership for Different Minds

First course in Naming the Signal. Course 07 — 9 lessons across 3 modules.

The course in KCG's curriculum that fixes the interpretive layer of leadership: neurodivergent communication is information-dense, not hostile. The communication is working as intended; what fails is the interpretation applied on top.

Modules

#	Module	Lessons
1	The Misunderstanding	01 The core problem · 02 Three patterns of misinterpretation · 03 The cognitive trap
2	The Translation Key	04 The translation key · 05 Four stops · 06 Information density as strength
3	System Redesign	07 Feedback and meetings · 08 Communication norms and performance evaluation · 09 Hard moments toolkit and commitment

Source: ~/Documents/GitHub/kcg-client-portal-courses/07-leadership-different-minds/

Signature practices

The curriculum is in the source course; this section names the practices and links to the lessons that teach them.

• The Translation Key — three columns — What They Say / What They Mean / What Leaders Hear. Used as a real-time diagnostic habit when something a neurodivergent team member said felt pointed or "off"; most misfires are misalignments between columns one and three because column two was never reached. See Translation key, Cognitive trap; source: lesson 04-module-2-the-translation-key.md.
• The Four Stops — four leadership moves that produce the cognitive trap, paired with their inquiry-based replacements; shared rhythm is pause, ask, separate, address. See Four Stops; source: lesson 05-module-2-four-stops.md.
• The information-density frame — neurodivergent communication strips social scaffolding (softening, team affirmation, emotional hedging) to deliver content; the scaffolding is the wrapper, not the information. See Information density, Translation tax; source: lesson 06-module-2-information-density-as-strength.md.