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Neuroconvergence: An Untapped Strategy for Reducing Communication Mismatches and Enhancing Creativity in Frontline Encounters

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Abstract

Traditional inclusion narratives can unintentionally reinforce an us-versus-them logic by positioning neurodivergent individuals as outsiders who must be invited into established systems. This conceptual paper positions neuroconvergenceas an underexamined facilitator of creativity in the customer experience (CX). The neuroconvergence paradigm offers a more inclusive alternative, acknowledging difference without “othering” and framing the organizational frontline as a democratic space where richer experiences can emerge between customers and employees. We argue creative capacity of mixed-neurotype customer-employee dyads can be enhanced through cognitive flexibility, information elaboration, and conflict, but only when communication supports minimize mismatches. This framework extends CX management to explicitly include communication support at the organizational frontline. The authors position communication accessibility as inclusion that enhances frontline creativity, and present a research agenda comprised of policy implications and testing of boundary conditions that inform policy for fostering neuroconvergence.


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Author(s): Sirianni N, Greenslade K, Koseoglu G, Go Jefferies J, Satornino C

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Year: 2026

Volume: 45

Issue: 3

Pages: 231-234

Print publication date: 01/07/2026

Online publication date: 10/06/2026

Acceptance date: 05/03/2026

Date deposited: 22/05/2026

ISSN (print): 0743-9156

ISSN (electronic): 1547-7207

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/07439156261435454

DOI: 10.1177/07439156261435454

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/r477-6g51

Data Access Statement: No data were created or analyzed for this article.


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