

WS61 Space, Scent, and Systems for ADHD with Stephanie Scheller
9 snips Oct 22, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Stephanie Scheller, an entrepreneur and TEDx speaker, shares her insights on designing events tailored for ADHD brains. She highlights how Grow Disrupt uses neuroscience to enhance focus and memory through thoughtful space and scent design. Stephanie recounts her personal ADHD journey and how her experience shaped her professional approach. The conversation delves into practical strategies like habit stacking, utilizing visual timers, and optimizing lighting to improve attention. Additionally, she discusses the power of scent in creating lasting focus cues.
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Neuroscience-Driven Event Design Works
- Designing events around ADHD neuroscience (lighting, scent, agenda) increases attendance and retention.
- Small sensory and agenda tweaks can improve focus and memory for attendees.
Late Realization From A Networking Moment
- Stephanie first suspected ADHD in her mid-twenties after a networking peer joked she was "the test."
- She only fully embraced ADHD strategies after 2020 when event work changes exposed patterns she’d built unconsciously.
Event Changes That Kept People Coming
- During 2020-21 Stephanie adapted events with bigger rooms, outdoor gardens, plated meals and testing to reduce sensory and health risks.
- Those changes partly explain why attendees still showed up despite pandemic fears.