Reasonable Adjustments at Work: Ryan Hoare on Try Mosaic, Neurodiversity, and Inclusive Workplace Systems

This episode of Career Conversations from Inclusive Change at Work, sponsored by Warburtons, features Ryan Hoare, founder of Try Mosaic, a platform that simplifies how employers and employees manage reasonable adjustments. Ryan shares his personal experience of being given a 22-page occupational health report and left to navigate it alone, which inspired him to build a structured, consistent process for agreeing and implementing support at work. The discussion explores why workplaces struggle with adjustments, how “reasonable” depends on role and safety, and why adjustments should be treated as essential success enablers rather than favours. Celina and Tom add reflections on accessibility, universal design, and tensions between different needs. The conversation also covers AI’s role in inclusion, its benefits and risks in creative fields, and advice for young people requesting adjustments in their first job.

00:00 Podcast intro and sponsor

00:51 Meet Ryan Hoare

03:13 Ryan’s career path

04:35 Origin of Try Mosaic

05:33 What Try Mosaic does

06:49 Making adjustments easier

09:30 A day as a founder

10:19 Why workplaces struggle

12:00 What is reasonable

13:26 Universal design debate

15:47 Founder strengths mindset

18:10 Why it’s called Mosaic

19:48 Rethinking Adjustments

21:26 Fairness and Efficiency

23:08 Gen Z Neurodiversity Shift

26:23 Inclusion Meets AI

28:53 AI in Creative Work

32:08 Ethics and Assistive Use

37:50 Asking for Adjustments

39:13 Where to Find Ryan

39:42 Closing Thanks

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What if workplaces were designed around people?

STEM Careers with the Lightyear Foundation | Future Voices

Future Voices, sponsored by Warburtons, explores how families and professionals can support the career aspirations of neurodivergent and disabled young people. Hosts Celina and Lucy speak with Hannah Ford Tomlinson (they/them), Communities and Partnerships Program Manager at the Lightyear Foundation, a UK charity focused on making STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) more accessible and inclusive for disabled and neurodivergent young people while also partnering with the wider STEM sector. Hannah shares their non-linear career path from studying physics and science communication to museum work and ultimately Lightyear, discussing autism, workplace confidence, and the importance of supportive managers and reasonable adjustments. Celina reflects on barriers in law, including inaccessible assessment processes, long hours, and lack of part-time routes. The episode centers on designing work around people’s needs so they can thrive.

00:00 Welcome and Sponsor

00:51 Episode Preview and Big Question

02:19 Meet the Hosts

05:01 What Lightyear Foundation Does

08:00 What STEM Really Means

10:54 Hannah’s Non-linear Career Path

16:59 If Work Fits People

19:11 Barriers and Reasonable Adjustments

24:10 Supportive Managers and Workplace Safety

27:56 Where to Find Lightyear

28:47 Final Thanks and Subscribe

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Introducing Future Voices from Inclusive Change Sponsored by Warburtons.

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