Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media 𧊠Decolonize Your Systems & Yourself â Neurodivergence & Notion with Podge Thomas [BEST OF]
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Nov 26, 2025 Podge Thomas, a Notion consultant and operations practitioner, engages in a thought-provoking discussion about decolonizing learning and business practices. She critiques traditional education's coercive nature and its links to colonial structures. Podge emphasizes the importance of self-knowledge, particularly for neurodivergent individuals, as a form of resistance. She also explores how Notion can serve as a liberatory tool for diverse thinking styles. Their conversation touches on the need for flexibility in task management and the significance of rest as resistance against societal pressures.
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Unexpected Career Path To Notion Creativity
- Podge describes a nonlinear path: early motherhood, music degree, nonprofit work, then entrepreneurship.
- Discovering Notion and databases unlocked a way to externalize and connect her thinking visually.
Schooling Reinforces Colonial Learning Norms
- Podge separates education into curriculum and learning style and finds both problematic.
- She links one-size-fits-all schooling to colonial white supremacist structures that marginalize diverse learners.
Grad Class Used My Tribe As A Teaching Prop
- Podge recounts a grad-class exercise where Native stories were presented by a white author and framed as 'tribe' examples.
- As an enrolled tribal member, she felt the curriculum appropriated and misrepresented her culture.