At first, we thought we were building a collection of tools. My Life™ began as a sovereign personal record. Navigator™ emerged as a way of helping people make sense of complexity. Investigator™, The Leveller™, Get SAFE™, Get Secure™, and Goliathon™ each addressed a different challenge that people encounter when navigating financial systems, life transitions, or … Continue reading Why We Stopped Designing Apps and Started Designing Agency Infrastructure
Author: Steve Conley
Steve Conley brings over four decades of innovation and expertise to the forefront of financial planning. As the founder and driving force behind the Academy of Life Planning and HapNav Ltd, Steve has been a pivotal figure in transforming financial services to be more democratic and decentralised. His role as a Game Plan Practitioner, Coach, Mentor, Speaker, and Author of "Your Money or Your Life: Unmask the Highway Robbers - Enjoy Wealth in Every Area of Your Life" underlines his comprehensive approach to financial education.
The Academy of Life Planning, hailed as the "Most Pioneering Financial Planner Network," reflects Steve's commitment to fostering transparency, integrity, and accessibility. This institution serves as a testament to his dedication to enhancing the financial planning landscape.
Under Steve's innovative leadership, HapNav Ltd has launched groundbreaking advancements, including the first end-user financial planning app integrated with open banking. This app guides users towards achieving 'Kokoro'—a life rich in financial, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual abundance.
Recently, Steve introduced "Planning My Life" and "Financial Life Coach"—services that extend his ethos into practical, impactful tools for financial autonomy. "Planning My Life" offers an affordable subscription model, giving members access to an AI Life Planner, comprehensive resources, and expert insights. These initiatives epitomise Steve’s commitment to empowering individuals, nurturing community growth, and contributing significantly to global efforts to eradicate poverty.
Steve's journey is more than a career; it's a steadfast crusade to revolutionise financial education and planning, creating a world where financial wellbeing is not just attainable, but enriches every aspect of our lives. Contact steve.conley@aolp.co.uk.
Imagine Being a Total Wealth Planner — With Total Wealth OS Beside You
You are sitting with a client. They are not here because they need a product. They are not here because they need someone to take over. They arrive because life has become complicated — a retirement decision, a business sale, a redundancy, an inheritance, a divorce, a fraud they are only beginning to understand, an … Continue reading Imagine Being a Total Wealth Planner — With Total Wealth OS Beside You
Total Wealth OS: The World’s First Sovereign Wealth Operating System
Total Wealth OS: The World’s First Sovereign Wealth Operating System Artificial intelligence is changing the structure of financial power. For decades, people have been told that wealth management means handing over control. Delegate to the adviser. Trust the platform. Follow the institution. Accept the product menu. Pay the ongoing fee. That model was built for … Continue reading Total Wealth OS: The World’s First Sovereign Wealth Operating System
The Trusted Agency-Restoration Layer: Helping People Use AI Without Being Used by AI
Financial services is entering a new phase. For decades, the industry has been organised around products, advice, distribution, regulation, platforms, documentation, and disclosure. The consumer has usually sat at the end of that chain: informed, nudged, sold to, advised, protected, categorised, risk-rated, and asked to consent. But something deeper is now changing. Artificial intelligence is … Continue reading The Trusted Agency-Restoration Layer: Helping People Use AI Without Being Used by AI
The PFS Agenda Tells Us Where Financial Planning Is Heading — But Also What It Still Struggles to Name
Financial planning is moving beyond products. The next step is to move beyond dependency. Financial planning is moving beyond products. That is good. For too long, the public understanding of financial advice has been shaped by pensions, investments, tax wrappers, platforms, funds, protection products, and later-life lending. These things matter. They can be useful. They … Continue reading The PFS Agenda Tells Us Where Financial Planning Is Heading — But Also What It Still Struggles to Name
The Real Fourth Pillar Is Not Later-Life Lending. It Is Restored Human Agency.
The Financial Conduct Authority has put later-life lending firmly into the retirement planning debate. In a speech to the Later Life Lending Summit, Emad Aladhal, the FCA’s director of retail banking, suggested that later-life lending has the potential to become the “fourth pillar” of retirement provision. The familiar three pillars are the state pension, workplace … Continue reading The Real Fourth Pillar Is Not Later-Life Lending. It Is Restored Human Agency.
SJP’s £220bn Question: What Happens When Clients and Advisers Stop Deferring?
The old wealth model depended on two quiet forms of deference. Clients deferred to advisers. Advisers deferred to institutions. That was the bargain beneath much of modern wealth management. The client was asked to trust the adviser. The adviser was asked to trust the firm. The firm provided the brand, proposition, investment architecture, supervision, process, … Continue reading SJP’s £220bn Question: What Happens When Clients and Advisers Stop Deferring?
Investigator™: Restoring Human Agency Before Money Changes Hands
Before you invest, investigate: a free AI-assisted tool to help people pause, question, and understand investment risk before money changes hands. Try Investigator™ for Free Investment fraud is often described as a crime of deception. That is true, but it is not enough. The deeper problem is the collapse of human agency at the point … Continue reading Investigator™: Restoring Human Agency Before Money Changes Hands
Financial Planning or Financial Conditioning? Why the Honours System Reveals What Financial Services Still Rewards
The King’s Birthday Honours List 2026 offered a small but revealing moment for anyone watching the future of financial planning. Chris Hulatt, co-founder of Octopus Group, was awarded a CBE for services to entrepreneurship. On one level, this is easy to understand. Octopus has become one of the most visible entrepreneurial success stories in UK … Continue reading Financial Planning or Financial Conditioning? Why the Honours System Reveals What Financial Services Still Rewards
Before You Join a Financial Adviser Academy, Read the Contract — Not Just the Brochure
A glossy career-change brochure can make a new life sound simple. A clear pathway. Professional qualifications. Mentoring. Support. A respected brand. The chance to build a business. A route out of a career that no longer fits. For someone feeling stuck, that can be powerful. Especially if the message arrives at the right moment. You … Continue reading Before You Join a Financial Adviser Academy, Read the Contract — Not Just the Brochure
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