Finding Harmony With Neurodivergence, Christopher Neff, Global Chief AI Officer at Anomaly
About the Talk
Neurodivergence often creates noise that clouds readiness. For Chris Neff, that noise showed up in the difficulty of starting, of facing what felt like a wall before momentum could take hold. Generative AI was already in his life, and it had drastically changed what he could do. Supercharging how capable he felt. But it wasn’t until his ADHD diagnosis that he began to understand why. His clinician was not surprised. But this had him asking why? He had never considered the relationship between the two — why these tools felt so natural, or why they lowered friction in ways nothing else had. That realization raised a flood of new questions.
The answers began in the way GenAI scaffolds. It holds working memory when mine flickers, compresses feedback loops so motivation does not leak, and transforms raw ideas into tangible first steps. It lowers the noise, making the “first brick” movable so the threshold is no longer the hardest part.
To him, AI workflows are blank canvases, the futurespaces where tools connect, wire, and experiment together. They give neurodivergent minds, or at least his, the ability to propel forward into a subject or idea instead of stalling in the hum of uncertainty. This talk shares how one diagnosis and GenAI converged, and how the answers he found may help others discover new ways to thrive.
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About our Speaker
Christopher Neff is the Global Chief AI Officer at Anomaly and a 2025 Adweek AI Trailblazer Power 100 honoree. He leads the agency’s integration of Generative AI, having educated over 900 employees through “Rewire” and established a global GenAI council. His team developed Social Portals, AI Agents that grow TikTok audiences from scratch while extracting insights. He also launched Classify, Anomaly’s emerging tech incubator, guiding brands like Ally, LVMH, and Diageo through next-gen innovation—from Web3 creator programs to hands-on GenAI applications. Neff’s work bridges experimentation with tangible business value, providing workshops, tools, and strategies that future-proof brands. Outside Anomaly, he advises Million Marker, a Y-Combinator-backed health-tech company. He’s also a founding member and co-chair of the Ad Council’s Emerging Tech & Media Committee, where he helps shape the industry’s responsible approach to new technologies.
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