The ADHD Skills Lab

Skye Waterson
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Things are starting to fall through the cracks. Not because you're not trying, but because the systems everyone recommends weren't built for a brain like yours. The ADHD Skills Lab is for business owners with ADHD whose responsibilities have grown past simple solutions. Each week, Skye Waterson and guests share research-backed strategies and real-world systems to help you reduce the chaos, make consistent progress, and stop reinventing the wheel every time life gets complex. No "just use a planner." No productivity hacks that last a week. Just honest, practical support from someone who has spent years researching, testing, and refining what actually works for adult ADHD. Skye is the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a former academic diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, and the author of over 50 articles read by more than 250,000 people worldwide. She has worked with senior leaders, business owners, academics, and professionals navigating ADHD in high-responsibility roles, and was invited to share her research with both the Australian and New Zealand Government.  🤝 In partnership with Understood.org: https://u.org/4boG8QW 🌐 https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/ 📲 https://www.instagram.com/theadhdskillslabpodcast/

  1. How ADHD Affects Your Nervous System with Jamie Sea

    17 HR AGO

    How ADHD Affects Your Nervous System with Jamie Sea

    Presented by Understood.org Jamie Sea built two seven-figure businesses. From the outside, everything looked successful. But behind the scenes, the pressure, urgency and burnout were becoming impossible to ignore. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye talks with Jamie Sea, entrepreneur, educator and host of The Jamie Sea Show about the moment she realized the businesses she built no longer fit the life she wanted. Jamie shares what it was like to feel trapped inside success, how ADHD patterns and nervous system pressure shaped the way she worked, and why she ultimately made the difficult decision to close both companies and start again. They explore how urgency, identity and internal pressure influence many ADHD entrepreneurs; and how learning to work with the nervous system can change the way we approach work, money and success. What We Cover The moment Jamie realized success was no longer sustainableHow ADHD urgency and pressure shape entrepreneurshipWhy high-achieving founders often hit burnoutThe role of nervous system awareness in business decisionsWhat it actually looked like to close two seven-figure companies and rebuild If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab Connect With Jamie Sea https://thejamiesea.com/ https://instagram.com/jamieseaofficial https://youtube.com/@jamieseaofficial https://thejamiesea.com/mind-body-millions  P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    42 min
  2. ADHD Project Systems That Actually Help

    3 DAYS AGO

    ADHD Project Systems That Actually Help

    Presented by Understood.org You know how to do the work. But when a task is actually a project, you have to figure out the steps again every time you come back to it. On Wednesday we looked at the research behind this problem. ADHD planning challenges often show up when the brain has to manage the structure of a project internally. This episode looks at the practical solution. Instead of trying to carry the whole project in your head, many ADHD entrepreneurs externalize the planning layer. Skye and Robbie explain what that looks like in practice — including tools, capture systems, and support structures that hold the plan so your brain can focus on execution. What We Cover - Why projects become inefficient when the plan lives only in your head - What externalizing executive functioning looks like in practice - The three components of an ADHD project system: tools, structure, and support - Why the tool matters less than the habit of capturing work outside your head - How entrepreneurs separate planning from execution If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab  P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    32 min
  3. Why ADHD Brains Struggle With Projects

    5 DAYS AGO

    Why ADHD Brains Struggle With Projects

    Presented by Understood.org You can handle individual tasks all day. But the moment something becomes a project, everything slows down. Research into ADHD executive functioning suggests the difference often comes down to planning demands, not motivation or intelligence. In this episode, Skye and Robbie break down what these experiments reveal about ADHD and why complex projects require building a sequence before starting. That requirement can create real cognitive friction for many ADHD brains. On Friday, we’ll look at the practical systems that reduce this planning load and make complex work easier to execute. What We Cover Why ADHD often struggles more with projects than tasksWhat “tower task” planning experiments reveal about ADHDWhy working memory and inhibition appear most consistently affectedWhy ADHD is a performance issue rather than a knowledge issueHow planning demands make complex work cognitively inefficientIf you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab  P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    48 min
  4. Why ADHD Brains Rebel Against To-Do Lists (And What Works Instead) with Kyle Vamvouris

    23 MAR

    Why ADHD Brains Rebel Against To-Do Lists (And What Works Instead) with Kyle Vamvouris

    Presented by Understood.org You make a to-do list. Then you avoid it all day. For many ADHD professionals, the problem isn’t motivation, it’s how the workday is structured. In this conversation, Skye speaks with Kyle Vamvouris, founder of SalesThread and the strategist behind 87 B2B sales teams, about how he actually works. Instead of rigid productivity systems, Kyle relies on open calendar space, rapid experimentation, and what he calls “sandbox days.” In the episode, Kyle explains: Why most productivity systems collapse after a weekHow empty calendar space can produce better work than tightly scheduled daysWhat building dozens of sales teams taught him about focus and decision-makingWhy ADHD curiosity can be a strategic advantage in businessHow AI tools are changing how he experiments and builds companiesIf you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab Connect With Kyle: Kyle just launched SalesThread, an AI-powered deal management platform designed to help sales teams understand why deals win or lose and close with more intention. You can find him here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylevamvourisLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylevamvourisSalesThread: https://salesthread.ai P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    38 min
  5. How to Train ADHD Teams So They Actually Remember

    20 MAR

    How to Train ADHD Teams So They Actually Remember

    Presented by Understood.org Many adults with ADHD feel like they have to repeat the same instructions again and again. You explain a process to your team, everyone nods, and a week later it feels like no one remembers what they learned. Earlier this week on ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie explored research on why ADHD brains often struggle during the encoding stage of learning. When information isn’t encoded properly, it never makes it into long-term memory. In this episode they focus on what to do about it. They break down practical systems that help ADHD professionals and teams actually retain information, including practice testing, spaced repetition, and designing learning environments that make it easier for ADHD brains to encode new information. If you haven’t listened to Wednesday’s research episode, start there first. What We Cover Why repeating instructions rarely fixes ADHD learning problems• How practice testing improves encoding and recall • Why one-day training sessions often fail • How flashcards and recall testing can work inside businesses • Practical ways to design training that helps ADHD teams remember If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab  P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    29 min
  6. Why ADHD Brains Forget What They Just Learned

    18 MAR

    Why ADHD Brains Forget What They Just Learned

    Presented by Understood.org Many adults with ADHD feel like they have a bad memory. You learn something in a meeting or training session, but a few days later it feels like the information has disappeared. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie break down research on memory and ADHD. They explore how information gets encoded into long-term memory and why this stage of learning often breaks down for ADHD brains. The discussion covers a major meta-analysis on effective learning techniques, research on long-term memory in adults with ADHD, and an experiment comparing retrieval practice with restudying. In Friday’s episode they’ll explore practical systems that help ADHD professionals and business owners design training and learning systems that actually stick. What We Cover The difference between encoding and retrieving informationWhy ADHD memory problems often start during the learning stageResearch showing practice testing and spaced learning outperform rereadingWhy verbal learning can be harder for ADHD than visual learningWhat research suggests about medication and learning performanceIf you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab  P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    25 min
  7. Taki Moore on ADHD: The Brain Behind a Billion-Dollar Results Business

    16 MAR

    Taki Moore on ADHD: The Brain Behind a Billion-Dollar Results Business

    Presented by Understood.org You start a business for freedom. Then one day you realize the business no longer fits the way your brain works. Taki Moore is often called the business coach’s favorite business coach. Through his Million Dollar Coach community he has helped thousands of coaches grow their businesses and create more than $1 billion in client results. Along with that success was something he didn’t fully understand until recently: ADHD. In this episode of the ADHD Skills Lab, Taki joins Skye Waterson to share the story of discovering his ADHD in his late 40s - and the moment medication made his mind go “library quiet” for the first time in his life. It’s a side of Taki that most people haven’t heard before. Together, they explore what happens when a high-performing entrepreneur finally understands how their brain actually works - and what changes when you stop trying to run someone else’s business model and start designing one that fits you. From creative bursts and energy crashes to the support systems that keep his business running today, this conversation looks at the real relationship between ADHD and entrepreneurship. What We Cover The moment Taki realized ADHD was shaping his work and lifeWhat changed after his diagnosis in his late 40sHow he redesigned his business around how his brain worksThe systems and support that keep him focused and productiveIf you're enjoying The ADHD Skills Lab, you may also Understood.org's new podcast, Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids. Listen here: https://lnk.to/everyonegetsajuiceboxPS!adhdskillslab Connect With Taki Moore Website: https://takimoore.comMillion Dollar Coach: https://milliondollarcoach.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakiMooreInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/takimoore/ P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    34 min
  8. ADHD Visual Overload: Systems That Actually Help

    13 MAR

    ADHD Visual Overload: Systems That Actually Help

    Many adults with ADHD struggle with tools that seem simple at first but quickly become overwhelming. Dashboards full of icons, systems that require too many clicks, and constantly changing interfaces can quietly drain focus. In this episode of ADHD Skills Lab, Skye and Robbie explore practical ADHD work systems that reduce visual overload and make digital tools easier to navigate. Earlier this week, they explored research on object recognition memory in ADHD and why visual systems like software interfaces can create unexpected cognitive load. This episode focuses on what to do about it. They walk through practical ways to simplify work systems, stabilize digital environments, and design tools that support ADHD focus instead of constantly disrupting it. Start with Wednesday’s research episode before this one. This conversation builds directly on the findings discussed there. What We Cover Why constantly changing tools create friction for ADHD brainsDesigning stable digital systems that reduce cognitive loadHow visual clutter quietly drains focusPractical ways to simplify your work environment P.S. If your ADHD symptoms turn every business day into chaos, with unfinished tasks piling up and revenue stuck, it's not you. It's your operating system. Click here to book an operational strategy session with Skye.

    33 min
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Things are starting to fall through the cracks. Not because you're not trying, but because the systems everyone recommends weren't built for a brain like yours. The ADHD Skills Lab is for business owners with ADHD whose responsibilities have grown past simple solutions. Each week, Skye Waterson and guests share research-backed strategies and real-world systems to help you reduce the chaos, make consistent progress, and stop reinventing the wheel every time life gets complex. No "just use a planner." No productivity hacks that last a week. Just honest, practical support from someone who has spent years researching, testing, and refining what actually works for adult ADHD. Skye is the founder of Unconventional Organisation, a former academic diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, and the author of over 50 articles read by more than 250,000 people worldwide. She has worked with senior leaders, business owners, academics, and professionals navigating ADHD in high-responsibility roles, and was invited to share her research with both the Australian and New Zealand Government.  🤝 In partnership with Understood.org: https://u.org/4boG8QW 🌐 https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/ 📲 https://www.instagram.com/theadhdskillslabpodcast/

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  • Creator
    Skye Waterson
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    143
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The ADHD Skills Lab
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    The ADHD Skills Lab

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