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ADHD at work, answered honestly

Planning methods, reasonable adjustments, the tools people actually recommend, and the free diagnostics we’ve built.

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How do we have the same ADHD?

Two people can both be correctly diagnosed with ADHD and share almost no symptoms, because the criteria are two lists of nine and you only need five on either one. That is why Koala starts from how you actually work rather than from a diagnosis.

For individualsFor companiesUnderstanding ADHDGetting supportLast updated August 2026

How do you make sure nothing from your meetings, calendar or email falls through the cracks?

Half of what you have committed to is already written down somewhere: last week's meeting notes, a calendar invite, an email you meant to reply to. This routine checks all three once a week and adds whatever is missing to your plan, so Monday starts with everything accounted for instead of you trying to remember it.

For individualsUsing KoalaAI and connectionsPlanning your dayLast updated July 2026

How do you connect Koala to Claude and other AI tools?

Connect Koala to Claude or any AI assistant over MCP by adding one URL. Once connected, your assistant can see your plan, add work to it and log what you finish.

For individualsUsing KoalaAI and connectionsLast updated July 2026

Do habit trackers work for ADHD?

Habit trackers rarely work for ADHD brains, and the research explains why. What helps instead: cues, immediate reward and counting frequency rather than streaks.

For individualsPlanning your dayTools and apps

How do you plan your day when you have ADHD?

A capacity-first method for planning a workday with ADHD: plan fewer things, anchor them to energy, make starting cheap and let unfinished days expire without guilt.

For individualsPlanning your day

What are the best ADHD apps for work in 2026?

What users and reviewers consistently recommend as the best ADHD apps for work in 2026: Tiimo, Llama Life, Sunsama, Structured, Amazing Marvin, Saner.AI and Koala, matched to the problem each one is praised for solving.

For individualsTools and apps

Koala vs Tiimo vs Sunsama vs Motion: which ADHD app for work fits you?

An honest head-to-head of four ADHD-friendly work tools. Tiimo builds visual routines, Sunsama runs a daily planning ritual, Motion auto-schedules your calendar, and Koala is the one built specifically for ADHD at work, turning what you say into a planned day. Here's the gap none of the others fill.

For individualsTools and appsLast updated July 2026

Why don't ADHD apps work for me?

An honest answer from someone who tried most of the ADHD apps: they make you the maintenance engine. Why pretty colours and streaks aren't design, and what carrying the load actually looks like.

For individualsTools and appsPlanning your day

What are reasonable adjustments for ADHD at work? (UK guide)

A plain-English UK guide to reasonable adjustments for ADHD under the Equality Act 2010: what counts, what actually helps, how to ask, how Access to Work funds tools and whether software like Koala qualifies.

For individualsFor companiesRights and adjustmentsLast updated June 2026

What does the ADHD Taskforce report mean for ADHD at work?

The independent ADHD Taskforce's final report (November 2025) puts a number on unsupported ADHD, £17 billion a year, and lands one principle that changes workplaces: support should be needs-led, with no diagnosis required.

For individualsFor companiesRights and adjustmentsLast updated June 2026