Optimal Innovation Group helps organizations strengthen health, resiliency, communication, and performance through expert-led live training and custom online learning.
Our work is led by Matt Bennett and Dr. Inna Khazan — two experts who bring deep knowledge of neurobiology, stress physiology, trauma, behavior change, biofeedback, mindfulness, and human performance. Together, they help organizations turn complex science into practical skills people can use in real conversations, high-stress moments, leadership challenges, clinical encounters, and everyday work.
Backed by the technology and training-development expertise behind Optimal HRV, we create live and online learning experiences that are scientifically grounded, highly practical, and designed for real-world impact.
Optimal Innovation Group helps organizations build training experiences that are scientifically grounded, highly practical, and designed for real-world use.
Our work sits at the intersection of health, resiliency, performance, communication, behavior change, and learning technology. We help organizations bring complex ideas to life through live training, virtual learning, custom online courses, and blended learning experiences that support meaningful application.
Expert-led workshops, virtual trainings, keynotes, retreats, and learning series delivered onsite or over Zoom.
Our live trainings help teams apply the science of health, resiliency, communication, behavior change, self-regulation, and performance in real-world settings.
Explore Live Training
World-class online learning built around your goals, your audience, and your implementation context.
We combine subject matter expertise, instructional design, digital product experience, and learning technology to create engaging, practical, scalable courses.
Build a Custom Online Training
Training works best when it is connected to real organizational goals.
We help organizations combine live training, online learning, tools, coaching, consultation, and follow-up support so new knowledge can become practical skill, shared language, and lasting change.
Science-backed expertise. Practical training. Technology that scales.
Optimal Innovation Group brings together the capabilities organizations often have to seek from multiple partners: nationally recognized subject matter expertise, experienced live training, instructional design, digital product development, online course production, and implementation support.
Advanced expertise in neurobiology, stress physiology, trauma, behavior change, biofeedback, Heart Rate Variability biofeedback, mindfulness, resiliency, communication, leadership, and performance.
We translate complex science into practical learning experiences people can use in conversations, clinical encounters, classrooms, leadership moments, and high-pressure work environments.
As the experts behind Optimal HRV, we bring hands-on experience creating digital tools, interactive courses, LMS-ready training, learner tracking, certificates, reporting, and scalable learning experiences.
Our work integrates the science of human health, stress, behavior change, communication, resiliency, and performance. Training topics can be delivered as live workshops, virtual learning series, custom online courses, or blended learning experiences.
Our technology expertise is not theoretical. Through Optimal HRV, our team has designed, built, and supported digital tools that help translate complex science into practical, usable learning and behavior-change experiences.
For organizations developing online learning, this means you do not have to choose between content credibility and technical execution. We bring both: expert faculty who understand the subject matter and a production team that can help design, build, launch, and support high-quality online training.
Optimal Innovation Group is led by a faculty team that combines applied workforce development, clinical science, biofeedback, mindfulness, trauma-informed practice, Motivational Interviewing, implementation experience, and online learning innovation.
Matt Bennett is a national trainer, consultant, and author specializing in trauma-informed care, Motivational Interviewing, SBIRT, harm reduction, leadership, staff resiliency, and behavioral health implementation. His work helps healthcare, behavioral health, public health, education, human service, and organizational leaders translate complex behavioral science into practical skills that improve engagement, communication, and care.
Dr. Inna Khazan is a clinical psychologist, Harvard Medical School faculty member, author, and internationally recognized expert in biofeedback, Heart Rate Variability biofeedback, mindfulness, resiliency, and self-regulation. Her work bridges clinical science and practical training to help professionals, teams, and organizations build skills for stress regulation, performance, health, and well-being.
Together, Matt and Inna bring a distinctive combination of expertise: the science of human health and performance, the practice of communication and behavior change, and the ability to help organizations build training that is practical, credible, and ready for real-world use.
Interested in live training, a custom online course, or a blended learning project for your organization? Contact us to discuss your goals, audience, timeline, and training needs.