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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Episodes
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.

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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.

95
Your ADHD Toolkit Is Missing Something: Meet the Vagus Nerve
You’ve got systems in place, but your brain still feels constantly “on.” You might be overlooking your nervous system.
In this episode, we explore emerging ADHD research on polyvagal theory and nervous system regulation, including the science, the controversy, and why it could be the next frontier in ADHD support.

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.

97
Why You Always Underestimate Time (Even When You Swear You Won’t)
Think something will take 15 minutes? Bet it takes 45.
You’re not lazy - you’ve got ADHD. And you’re probably struggling with time blindness.
In this episode, Skye and Sarah dive deep into three new studies on ADHD and time perception, breaking down the science, the symptoms, and the sneaky ways time blindness sabotages even high performers.

The 2-Minute Fix for ADHD Overwhelm (That Might Save You $10K)
You’re not behind because you’re bad at time management. You’re behind because you’re managing the wrong things.
Skye here! In this mini solo episode, I walk you through my 2-minute focus formula, the same one I've used to help ADHD founders reclaim hours of their week and thousands in lost revenue.

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.

96
I Walked Away From $48K and a PhD: My ADHD Origin Story
Before Unconventional Organisation, the coaching, or the 82K followers, there was burnout, academic pivots, and a year in a bakery just to recover.
This is the story Skye’s never told.
In this episode, dating coach and friend Kavita interviews Skye about the real path to Unconventional Organisation — from side gigs to burnout, business models to breakthroughs.

Adrenaline Isn’t a Business Strategy: The ADHD Growth System That Lasts
You can scale a business on sheer force... for a while. But eventually, ADHD founders burn out, blow up, or walk away.
This episode is your map out of the cycle. Skye shares the behind-the-scenes process she used to stop relying on urgency, reduce decision fatigue, and build a company that doesn’t fall apart the moment she takes a break.

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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