R01
Regulate
Shift from stress and reactivity to clarity and control.
The Inner Operating System
You don’t need to push harder. You need a better way to operate.
I help driven people become calmer, clearer, and more intentional—by training the inner skills beneath focus, energy, and sustainable performance.
Former Google · Search Inside Yourself teacher · Make Time facilitator
Calm is not the opposite of ambition.
It is what makes ambition sustainable.
The real problem
Driven people don’t need another productivity hack.
Most of us are trying to navigate modern work with an inner system that is overloaded, distracted, and stuck in reaction mode.
The answer isn’t more discipline. It’s learning to regulate your state, direct your attention, manage your energy, and shape your days around what matters.
The R.E.S.E.T. framework
Change how you work
from the inside out.
The Inner Operating System brings the science of stress, attention, energy, and behaviour change into one practical system for everyday life.
E02
Energize
Build steadier physical and mental energy around your natural rhythms.
S03
Structure
Protect what matters and create a day that works in the real world.
E04
Evaluate
Reflect clearly, learn from experience, and make wiser choices.
T05
Thrive
Make the practices stick and build a life that can hold your ambition.
Self-paced learning. Live coaching. A practical toolkit for real work and real life.
See how it works“
It changed my life for the positive more than any other intervention. I fully expect to look back 20 years from now and reflect on the impact this course had.
Kyle · Inner Operating System participant
Ways to work with me
Start where you are.
01 · FOR INDIVIDUALS
The Inner Operating System
A transformational program for driven professionals ready to move from scattered and reactive to focused, present, and in control.
Explore the program02 · FOR TEAMS
Workshops & keynotes
I support a small number of organizations each year with practical training on focus, energy, and sustainable performance.
Visit Forgewell03 · FOR CURIOUS MINDS
Ideas for living well
I write about attention, energy, intentional living, and the ongoing experiment of doing meaningful work without burning out.
Read my latest notesAbout Connor
Lisbon, PortugalI became obsessed with a question: how can we do meaningful work without losing ourselves in the process?
Two years into an exciting role at Google London, I found myself burned out and sacrificing my health and relationships in the name of productivity. Working harder was clearly not the answer.
That experience led me to study cognitive neuroscience, nervous-system regulation, meditation, mindfulness, and the psychology of focus—and to turn what helped into a practical system I could teach.
After seven years at Google, I left in 2020 to found Forgewell. Today, I work with driven professionals and teams around the world, while building a life in Lisbon with my wife and collaborator, Claire, and our growing family.
Notes from Connor
A quieter corner of the internet for people who care about doing good work—and living a good life.
Notes on attention, energy, health, family, and the ongoing practice of being human.
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