What is the adhd i-os?

Grow Disrupt experiences are built to help you grow your business.

What makes our events and kits special is that they are powered by the adhd i-os: the internal operating system of the ADHD brain. We have crafted proprietary frameworks, products, and architecture grounded in neuroscience and optimized for ADHD entrepreneurs who want to grow - without burning out.

The adhd i-os is short-hand for the neurobiology of how millions of ADHD brains already operate.

It’s fast, creative, intuitive, and sometimes chaotic. It's got strengths, and weaknesses. It thrives in novelty and struggles with boredom. It sees patterns others miss and gets tripped up by invisible roadblocks.

At Grow Disrupt, we don’t fight it—we build for it.

Our proprietary event framework is built for the adhd i-os, so our participants can stay focused, retain information, and do something with what they learn.

So, what is the adhd i-os?

It's how the adhd brain operates and it’s the engine driving every one of our experiences!

Where science meets experience

We obsess over every detail so your brain doesn’t have to. From room layout to the coffee served, every decision is intentional. These are the "devil in the details" we arrange.

Room Layout

Lighting, layout, and furniture arranged to reduce distraction and focus attention

Scents and Soundscapes

Custom scent and playlists ground and stimulate as needed

Food that Fuels

Food chosen to support your neurobiology for sustained focus & mood boosts

Custom Coffee and Tea

Formulated to optimize energy... without overstimulation

Note Taking Tools

Designed to reduce cognitive load and help retain key insights

Swag with Purpose

Curated swag to support sensory needs and functional retention

"I can do it (my work) so differently now that I understand that there's tools and ways of approaching it (that work for my brain)."
- Ellen Koronet, adhd i-os Event Guest

Actual strategy. Not just vibes.

All these details? They've got a purpose: to empower ADHD Small Business Owners in implementing high-performance strategies that transform their businesses and lives.

Here's what that experience looks like from a guest's perspective:

“Attending a conference built for ADHD people is such a different experience!”

— Kristina Proctor
ADHD coach

“Stephanie gives you space to be seen and be your best self.”

— Jean Smith
Training coordinator
UTSA UHV

“We just walked out of Tony Robbins'. Your conference is way better. Way more value in your content.”

— Ami Feller
Event Guest

"How ELSE do you cater to the adhd i-os?"

Wait... you mean that wasn't enough?

Ok! You're right! It wasn't enough for us either...
Here's SOME of the things we do that make our events especially impactful for ADHD-ers!
(Click to learn more about each item!)

We get it...
Some of us need info WAY in advance.
Some of us don't bother looking at the info until right before the event. But it's sure nice to know we had that info so we can shut that part of our brains off.

So we send reminders and updates well in advance, and plenty right before the event as well.

These reminder emails are carefully designed to make them easy to read, and include psychology-based triggers to help make it easier to be on-time for the killer opening that is designed to set the stage for the entire event.

Then AFTER the event, we ensure you're getting reminders, clips, workbooks, and mastermind support to help keep implementing what you learned!

This is NOT one-and-done!!!

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Content is great...but frankly, our guests have heard a LOT of good stuff about how to grow their businesses. We're constantly looking for content that fits our themes, and that hasn't been rehashed from a hundred stages.

Beyond that though, we are aware that content isn't enough. Our speakers are performers who understand the art of pacing, delivery, and threading psychological triggers throughout their presentation to help create action from what they teach.

Oh yeah, and we ban sales pitches at our events.

They're just distractions we don't need.

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This covers a LOT...and we aren't going to give away ALL our secrets...but as a glimpse...

We're very intentional about how many chairs are allowed around each table, and where the tables are placed in the room so everyone has a clear line of sight to the stage. No distractions.

We have a unique way to manage speaker time limits that actually helps them stay focused on our guests rather than counting down with a clock!

Our venues are selected with design and aesthetics in mind to provide mild and comforting mental stimulation throughout the event as well as open the mind to strategy and growth.

Even our lighting levels and set-ups are chosen intentionally to help focus your attention on the stage and make it easy to focus on what you came here for: to learn how to grow your business!

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We are extremely intentional about how we stimulate the senses. From our venue selection (as referenced above) to our custom event scent that supports both grounding and focus, but boasts vibrant and energizing elements and serves to create a dopamine release in the brain so you can focus better.

We select food with intention from snacks to meals.

We've developed custom tea blends as well as cocktails and mocktails to support your peak performance and limit the sugar that can cause rushes and crashes in dopamine...which make it even HARDER to stay focused!

We use custom-composed Muzak (music crafted around triggering specific moods and modes) for all aspects of our events from networking to workshops.

We provide challenges on the tables to keep your brain engaged, and fidget toys so your fingers can stay moving throughout the event and your brain can stay focused.

From fidget toys in the swag bags, to games on the tables, plus pens that are specially chosen because they will make your brain SING when you write with them! (No joke...these pens are a legit point of contention when spouses and colleagues try to steal them after the event!), we've put a LOT of thought into specific sensory stimulation to keep your brain hopping!

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There are two things we do with our agendas that make them particularly perfect for those with ADHD.

First, Stephanie constructs and agenda of speaker energy that ebbs and flows throughout the day so your brain has time to rest, and then re-energize!

Second, all of our events are broken out into Ideation and Implementation where the speakers are actually walking our guests through implementation onsite so that when they get back to the office, they don't have to figure out where to start!

To give you an example... we don't allow anyone into the actual event room until 15 minutes prior to event start and we serve breakfast in the registration area. Why? So you can connect with other guests, over food, without getting stuck at a table, awkwardly avoiding eye contact, and only talking to two people for the entire morning!

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All of our event guests require an invitation from one of our team members, or another guest and then go through an interview process with Stephanie to determine whether the event is the right fit. This is important for two reasons:

1) Walking into a room full of people you don't know is basically torture for most individuals with ADHD. How do you know who to talk to? What do you talk about? How do you find a solid relationship? Knowing that everyone has a few things in common (fits our event-guest criteria, is running a successful and growing business, has an infinite-pie mindset, and got along with Stephanie) makes it easier!

2) You don't have to walk in on-guard in case someone is going to be more focused on pitching you to buy from them versus making a real connection.

We want you to know that everyone in the room is worth talking to and someone you'll love connecting with so you can come in curious to get to know them!
It's just one less thing for you to worry about so you can focus on getting the most out of the event instead!

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We don't believe in running a long event to break you down.

First, because we're not trying to pitch you to buy anything else...so we don't need you exhausted and unable to think clearly so we can trick you into signing up.

Secondly, where other events put as many people onstage as possible in hopes that someone will appeal to you and you'll get value out of it and, by default, end up running a LONG event, we carefully select who takes our stage. We know you'll get more value out of a handful of carefully selected speakers than a plethora of overwhelm.
We also build in longer-than-usual breaks and work to ensure there's a garden or outdoor space available to reset mentally between sessions.

Plus this way, we can end before dinner and you can have the whole evening to rest and reset!

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Ok! We get it....walking into a new room of people is NOT most of our idea of a fun time... it can be overwhelming and most of us have had experiences where we've gone to an event that was a waste of time and money, so we tend to walk in on-guard.

We learned a long time ago to concide registration with breakfast and intentionally place conversation triggers, mental stimulation, and a whole lot more in the registration area so you can get to know your fellow guests in a very low-risk environment.

And Stephanie's whole job during this portion of the event is to make sure you're welcomed, connected and getting into a conversation with someone she thinks you'll love, and the experience kicks off flawlessly!

Welcome home! Trust us...it feels like that from the moment you walk in!!

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