We help organisations read their signals before they’re incidents.
Built for the H&S, HR and people leaders who already know the standard playbook isn’t enough.
What we believe
Stress isn’t a feeling. It’s a system state.
What energises one brain wiring can exhaust another.
Capacity is a system property - not a personality.
The signals your organisation needs to read are already in the building - fines, turnover, engagement, sick leave, near-misses. They just need a frame that makes them legible.
We work from four shared models - the iceberg, little n / Big N, the nQuadrant, and emotional brain states. Together they form the language. Then the psychological safety. Then the system.
Language first. Psychological safety follows.
That’s the pattern.
The Team
Natasya Jones
Co-founder & MD
Grad Dip BBus(Hons) ICC and PEERS accredited
Passionate about normalising differently-wired brains by partnering with individuals and organisations to understand, support and harness the power of ‘true’ diversity.
Developed the nQuadrant framework - a brain-wiring model now embedded in H&S systems, leadership programmes, and psychosocial risk identification across NZ and Australia. Co-designed the nQ Psychosocial Hazards Programme.
Works across construction, local government, healthcare and education - anywhere diverse teams need a shared language for pressure, communication and risk.
Personally neurodiverse - diagnosed ADHD and ASD. This work is lived, not just learned. Parent of two neurodiverse sons (AuDHD and ADD).
Goal: To normalise and celebrate Neurodiversity in New Zealand.
Anton Ashcroft · Co-founder
BSc · MSc · MBPS · MDFP · CPsychol
Psychologist with considerable experience across forensic, clinical, corporate and prison environments.
Researches and develops the programmes that deliver transformative and lasting change to individuals and teams.
Anton identifies as ADD;
Susanne Lorenz - Strategy & Operations
BBA (Accounting) | Accredited Coach
As an integral part of DivergenThinking, Susanne works alongside Natasya to shape and grow the business, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum across strategy and operations.
She plays a key role in translating innovative concepts to ensure that DivergenThinking’s work creates meaningful and lasting impact for individuals and organisations.
Living in a neuro-spicy household, Susanne is self-identified ADHD and has 3 children with varying expressions of ADHD and AuDHD. She brings both lived experience and a grounded understanding of the realities individuals, families, and workplaces face when navigating neurodiversity.
Goal: To help normalise and celebrate neurodiversity by building practical systems and solutions that enable people and organisations to thrive.
Clutha District Council – A Case Study
Eight years. Nearly half a million in fines. Ordinary signals nobody could read.
We helped Jocelyn and her team build the language for what was happening underneath. The H&S risk register, the policy frame, the return-to-work-by-quadrant model — all field-tested at Clutha before they went anywhere else.
That’s where most of what we do has been pressure-tested before it goes anywhere else.
“I’m in high orange brain today.”
That’s what it sounds like when the language is in the building.
