About Open Tabs Network
Built by neurodivergent leaders, for neurodivergent leaders.
Open Tabs Network is a global peer community and leadership development network for people with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other neurodivergent profiles. We started in Glasgow on May 1st 2026. We are a Community Interest Company, and every penny of surplus goes back into our mission.
- May 1st 2026Founded in Glasgow
- GlobalOnline community, members across the world
- CICOpen Tabs CIC, registered in Scotland, SC895482
Our mission
To connect and empower neurodivergent leaders and professionals across the world.
Find your people
A community of people who think like you, lead like you, and get it without explanation.
Harness your talents
Practical learning and peer support, built around how your brain actually works.
Make it happen
Help to bridge the gap between a great idea and getting it done.
Why a Community Interest Company? Our surplus funds projects for neurodivergent children and young people, through our own projects and through delivery agreements with trusted charitable organisations. You find your people. You help the next generation find theirs.
Our vision
A world where neurodivergent leaders step fully into their light, valued for how their brains work, not despite it.
Our values
What we stand for, every day.
These shape how we run sessions, how we spend money, and how we treat each other.
Everyone belongs
Leadership is how you show up. Parents, organisers, founders, advocates and executives all belong here. Self identified neurodivergent people are as welcome as anyone with a diagnosis.
Accepted as we are
Some days we solve problems nobody else can see. Some days we can't open an email. We make room for both, and we speak honestly about each.
Built for our brains
Agendas in advance. Cameras optional. No forced sharing. Every session is designed around how neurodivergent people work best.
Holding each other up
We grow through peer support. Members share what works, back each other's ideas, and turn up for one another.
Trust first
Cost should never keep someone out. Our Pay It Forward places need one question and no proof. We trust you completely.
Investing in what comes next
Our surplus funds projects for neurodivergent children and young people across Scotland, so the next generation of leaders gets a better start.
Our board
Our founding board.
Our board brings together experience in governance, technology, finance, HR and the third sector, and most of our directors have lived experience of neurodivergence. They are unpaid Non-Executive Directors who hold us to our mission and act as ambassadors for the network around the world.
Our team
The people who run it day to day.
We are a small team with big plans. Here is who you'll meet at sessions, events and in your inbox.
Rob Gallagher FRSA
Rob has led charities, social enterprises and arts organisations in Scotland for over fifteen years, including Glasgow North West Citizens Advice, Impact Arts and Edinburgh Remakery. He was diagnosed with ADHD in 2025 and founded Open Tabs Network on May 1st 2026 to build the community he always needed. He hosts the Open Tabs podcast and runs our weekly Coffee and Chat.
LinkedIn → robgallagher.co.uk →Work with us
We are growing. If you'd like to volunteer, partner with us or hear about future roles, we'd love to hear from you.
[email protected]Ready to find your people?
Join the network today, or drop us a line if you have questions first.