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THE ADHD SKILLS LAB

Produced by Unconventional Organisation

If you want to hear practical researched-backed strategies and real-life experiences to help you navigate life and business with ADHD, you’ve come to the right place.

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The ADHD Skills Lab

About the show

Each week, UO founder Skye Waterson will chat with expert guests and delve into the latest ADHD research and discuss strategies. 


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Researched-back strategies

Learned tested techniques to get back on track

For Unconventional Brains

Our podcast is created by and for anyone who resonates with ADHD symptoms

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Put your questions to Skye, and expert guests

Episodes

106

Executive Dysfunction and Early ADHD in Preschoolers

Why does time blindness show up so early in life? Welcome to another episode in our Research Recap series, co-hosted with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD.

In this episode, Skye and Will unpack a study of preschoolers in Hong Kong, showing how time perception, working memory, and delay aversion already affect early academic skills.

Executive Dysfunction and Early ADHD in Preschoolers

103

Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD & Hot and Cold Executive Function

In this episode, Skye and Will explore the science behind hot and cold executive functions, and what they mean for how ADHD brains make decisions, remember tasks, and stay calm under pressure.

We also break down a fascinating (but early-stage) study using brain stimulation to improve executive function in ADHD, and why your brain might work very differently depending on your emotional state.

Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD & Hot and Cold Executive Function

100

The ADHD Guide to Delegating - Why You Can’t Let Go (and How to Fix It)

Think you're just bad at delegating? You’re not. ADHD makes it harder to translate thoughts into steps, hand things off, and feel safe letting go.

If you’ve got a team (or want one), this is your ADHD-friendly shortcut to working less and scaling more.

Skye takes you inside a real coaching breakdown of her 5-step delegation system—the same one she teaches founders who are too busy, too burned out, or too overwhelmed to explain what needs to be done.

The ADHD Guide to Delegating - Why You Can’t Let Go (and How to Fix It)

105

ADHD Alchemy: Turning Distraction Into Award-Winning Success

Dr. Jacquelyne Read, a chemistry professor and ADHD trailblazer, joins Skye to reveal how she transformed her postdoc struggles into a tenure-track triumph and a top publication award. Discover the actionable systems like breaking down overwhelming tasks and mastering prioritization that helped her thrive in academia's high-pressure world. Perfect for ADHD executives and founders looking to turn their big ideas into real results.

ADHD Alchemy: Turning Distraction Into Award-Winning Success

102

Precision Systems for ADHD Founders: Chaos, Metrics, and Million-Dollar Growth

In this episode, Skye is joined by Matt Verlaque, SaaS founder, entrepreneur, and author, to unpack how to scale a business when your brain is wired for big ideas and fast starts, but struggles with structure.

From leading startups to building founder-focused systems, Matt shares the powerful rhythms, habits, and metrics that have helped hundreds of founders go from feeling overwhelmed to fully in control of their businesses.

Precision Systems for ADHD Founders: Chaos, Metrics, and Million-Dollar Growth

99

ADHD and the CEO Mindset: Systems, Self-Care, and Letting Go

Most ADHD entrepreneurs build their success on hustle—until the cracks show. In this episode, Skye talks with Dr. John Torrens, professor, founder, and author of Lightning in a Bottle, about how he built (and sold) multiple companies by learning to delegate, prioritize self-care, and manage his ADHD brain.

ADHD and the CEO Mindset: Systems, Self-Care, and Letting Go

104

Research Recap with William Curb - Why ADHD Is Still Missed in Women: The Swedish Study That Proves It

Welcome to the next episode in our Research Recaps series, co-hosted with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD.

In this episode, Skye and Will unpack one of the largest ADHD studies ever conducted, looking at more than 85,000 people in Sweden. The results show women are still being diagnosed almost four years later than men, with serious consequences for mental health and access to support.

Research Recap with William Curb - Why ADHD Is Still Missed in Women: The Swedish Study That Proves It

101

Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD and the Default Mode Network

Welcome to the first episode in our new Research Recaps series, co-hosted with William Curb from Hacking Your ADHD.In this series, we’re teaming up to break down recent ADHD studies and translate what the research actually means for your life, your work, and your brain. No jargon. No hype. Just real insight you can use.

This week, we’re diving into a fascinating study on the default mode network, the part of your brain that’s active when you’re “resting.” For ADHD brains, it doesn’t always switch off when it should. We’re talking genetics, CBT, and what all of it has to do with zoning out at 2pm.

Research Recap with William Curb: ADHD and the Default Mode Network

98

The ADHD Entrepreneur’s Guide to Profit (Without the Spreadsheet Spiral)

DHD entrepreneurs are smart, capable - and often pricing themselves into burnout.
In this episode, Skye interviews Marcel Petitpas, CEO of Parakeeto and the guy behind the numbers for hundreds of agencies. They dig into why most service businesses struggle with profit (it’s not what you think), and how to finally price for sustainability.

The ADHD Entrepreneur’s Guide to Profit (Without the Spreadsheet Spiral)

Host

Skye Waterson

Skye was diagnosed with ADHD as a doctoral student. After a few years of research and work with Auckland University, she left her academic career to launch Unconventional Organisation. 

 

Now a worldwide ADHD support service, Unconventional Organisation has seven coaches and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, academics and professionals work with ADHD to achieve their goals through research-backed strategies

When she’s not supporting others with ADHD symptoms, Skye likes to explore her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two toddlers.  

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