My story

A little bit about me

I’m Conor.

Welcome. Here’s a little bit about me and my story.

I live in Dublin with my wife Aisling, and our young son Daniel. I wonder what will the world be like when he grows up?

For me the world was full of opportunity as I travelled the world after graduating. I spent time living and working in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and Leiden in the Netherlands. My career journey accelerated in 1999 when I launched my very first personal brand website, which helped me earn a four-year visa to Australia.

I’m an innovator, educator, and author who grew a personal brand side hustle, Connector, into a seven-figure agency, working with clients such as Huawei, Sony, Volkswagen, and EY. After selling the business in February 2020, I turned my focus to careers and the problem of worker disengagement and wasted human potential.

My career has been one long experiment, marked by launching events, websites, brands, and businesses for myself. For others, I earned a living advising global brands, winning awards for digital innovation, and training over 5,000 professionals in digital business. Those experiments taught me that the traditional Career Ladder does not apply to people like me, and is broken for most.

That belief inspired my book Learn Earn Own, which features the Assets Ladder to replace the Career Ladder. There is a second edition called The Assets Ladder, which has some bonus content for career professionals.

Both books offers practical tools like the LEAP Score, Career Assets Scorecard, and Career Assets Map to help people Learn More, Earn More, and Own More. Success today comes from building careerassets: skills, collaborations, intellectual property, equity, and a personal brand that multiplies opportunities.

The books are just the beginning. Watch out soon for more ways for you to engage with me, and let’s innovate together.

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Let’s connect

My previous community Connector was a powerful catalyst for me and many others in their careers. And their lives: some people even got married after meeting their partner at my events.

I want to help make your work work for you, so please connect with me as I start something new. Be part of a community of like-minded people who share your ambition, despite the challenges ahead.

Connect with me, join my online and offline events, participate in the comments section, or support my work creation with a subscription.

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Hope to talk to you soon.

Yours,
Conor