The ADHD Skills Lab
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.
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The ADHD Skills Lab
Are You More Likely to Succeed in Business if You Have ADHD?
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More adults with ADHD start businesses than the general population.
But here’s the part nobody talks about:
Research shows ADHD is positively linked to entrepreneurial attitudes and startup behavior…
and negatively linked to post-launch outcomes, performance, and wellbeing.
In this Research Recap, Skye and Robert Waterson break down a 2025 meta-analysis on ADHD and entrepreneurship - exploring why hyperactive types tend to start, why inattentive types may struggle more with scaling, and where the “ADHD is a superpower” narrative falls short.
This episode is about what happens after the excitement of starting.
What we cover:
- The difference between entrepreneurial attitude, startup behavior, and post-launch outcomes
- Why hyperactive ADHD is linked to action (but also burnout)
- Why inattentive ADHD may struggle with scaling and follow-through
- The myth of brute-force hustle
- Where the “ADHD is a superpower” framing conflicts with the data
- Why systems - not motivation - change outcomes
If you’ve ever felt amazing at starting… and exhausted trying to sustain - this one’s for you.
P.S. Losing work because the admin layer around your business can't keep up with you? Invisible Systems is a 90-day done-for-you sprint where I (Skye) extract the processes from your head, build the operating layer, and find the right person to run it. Six spots left at the founding price, book a call at https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/