A Different Approach
Great workplaces begin with understanding people.
Traditional workplace design often focuses on efficiency and utilisation. But these measures don't tell us how well an environment supports the diverse ways people think, work and experience their environment. By placing neuroinclusion and human functioning at the centre of workplace decisions, we can create environments that are not only efficient and aesthetically considered, but genuinely inclusive and supportive of the people who use them.
Human Functioning Framework
COGNITIVE. SENSORY. BEHAVIOURAL.
The NeuroHaven Human Functioning Framework provides a structured approach to understanding how workplace environments influence the diverse ways people think, experience, behave and perform. It considers three interconnected dimensions:
Cognitive — How people focus, process information, make decisions and manage mental demands.
Sensory — How people experience, respond to and regulate sensory conditions within their environment.
Behavioural — How people move, interact, work and adapt within their environment.
By understanding these dimensions alongside an organisation's culture, people and ways of working, NeuroHaven identifies environmental barriers, recognises differing needs and translates these insights into practical workplace strategies and design decisions.
Because designing for difference begins with understanding difference.
How we work with you
ASSESS & Understand
ASSESS & Understand
ASSESS & Understand
Understand how people experience their workplace, identify sensory, cognitive and behavioural barriers, and uncover opportunities to better support human functioning.
Workplace Assessment Sprint
Human Functioning Profile/Insights
REVIEW & Advise
ASSESS & Understand
ASSESS & Understand
Translate Human Functioning insights into practical workplace strategies and design decisions through specialist design reviews and strategic advisory.
Human Functioning Design Review Strategic Advisory
INFORM & Educate
ASSESS & Understand
INFORM & Educate
Build understanding and capability through executive briefings, workshops and presentations that challenge conventional thinking and advance neuroinclusive workplace design.
Executive Briefings
Client Workshops
Design Team Workshops
Keynote Presentations
About NeuroHaven
SPECIALIST EXPERTISE. INFORMED BY EXPERIENCE.
NeuroHaven is a specialist neuroinclusive workplace consultancy helping organisations, architects and project teams understand how the built environment influences the diverse ways people think, feel, behave and perform.
Combining workplace strategy, interior architecture and research, we help organisations understand the diverse cognitive, sensory and behavioural needs of their people — and translate that understanding into practical workplace solutions.
Founded by Workplace Strategist and Interior Designer Dr Angela Ferguson, NeuroHaven draws on her more than 25 years of experience shaping workplaces for leading Australian and international organisations.
Angela brings together extensive industry expertise, doctoral research, lived experience of neurodivergence and a specialist focus on neuroinclusion to challenge conventional approaches to workplace design andcreate environments that better support the ways people function.