From Make Time training to a partnership in learning design and cultural change.
Our collaboration with L’Oréal began in 2021, delivering Make Time training to help people focus on what matters most. It developed into a wider partnership around Simplicity 2, L’Oréal’s global cultural transformation initiative.
The ambition went beyond individual productivity: to change everyday ways of working, with psychological safety, clearer priorities, better meetings, and recovery as foundations.
L’Oréal’s own account of Simplicity 2 in Indonesia illustrates that ambition through protected planning time, more intentional meetings, and encouragement to disconnect after work.
Read L’Oréal’s perspective on Simplicity 2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)Forgewell designed two of the initiative’s four core modules, bringing together the Make Time framework and our original work on energy management.
Built on the Make Time framework, following the success of our earlier training with L’Oréal. The module brought practical ways to choose priorities, protect attention, and make room for meaningful work into the Simplicity 2 learning experience.
Meet Make Time at Work ↗Built from Forgewell’s work on energy management: making space for breaks, recovery, and the habits that support sustainable performance. A practical complement to deciding what matters is having the energy to give it your attention.
These sat alongside the initiative’s other two core modules: Psychological Safety and Fewer Meetings. Better Meetings.
Our role extended from creating the content to exploring how it would work with teams. We designed online and in-person workshop formats, piloted with senior executive management committees, and advised on the rollout approach.
Shape two core modules around L’Oréal’s cultural ambitions, connecting focus and prioritization with energy and recovery.
Test the experience with senior management committee teams, including in-person pilots in Paris and Germany.
Advise and consult on the rollout mechanism, with workshop formats designed for both online and in-person delivery.
Our training work has included teams at Biotherm, Lancôme, L’Oréal Luxe, and L’Oréal’s Professional Products Division.
“Forgewell has been a key partner for us in helping us make time to focus on what matters. Connor is an excellent listener, inspirational speaker, and brings a customer-centric attitude to the table. He has been a great partner in helping us innovate and reinvent the way we work, lead, and inspire others.”
From an established framework to learning designed
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