Tom Reber built successful businesses while privately believing he wasn't smart enough to fight for his own ideas. That belief followed him from childhood special ed into business ownership, where he went bankrupt once and later sold another business for far less than he believed it was worth. Tom, founder of The Contractor Fight and a former Marine, explains where that belief came from, how it affected the decisions he made, and what changed when he finally stopped confusing not knowing some...
Aug 31
32 min
You spent real money on a system nobody uses. Skye and Robert Waterson see this problem regularly working as fractional COOs with ADHD business owners. The owner gets excited about a new system, the team agrees to the change, and a few weeks later everyone quietly slips back into the old way of doing things. The problem usually isnât the software. Itâs how the change was handled. In this episode, Skye and Robert break down the six phases they use to move a team onto better systems without los...
Aug 26
37 min
Most people don't struggle to put themselves out there because they lack ideas. They struggle because they're afraid of what people will think once they see the real version of them. So they post the safe version instead. The version nobody remembers. Chris Do, Emmy-winning designer and founder of The Futur, has spent more than 20 years helping creatives build businesses by becoming more visible. He believes a brand people care about isn't built on sharper positioning. It's built on being wi...
Aug 25
44 min
Most ADHD interventions only work if you actually stick with them. So what happens when the intervention is something your brain actually wants to do? Skye joins Will to unpack a systematic review of 22 studies on virtual reality interventions for ADHD. They look at surprisingly high adherence rates, what the research suggests about attention and working memory, and whether improvements inside VR actually carry over into everyday life. They also dig into the different ways VR is being used, f...
Aug 21
11 min
Youâre guessing how long things take. That guess feels reasonable. Itâs just wrong, over and over again. In the last episode, we broke down why ADHD time blindness happens. This one is about what to do about it. Because the real problem isnât planning. Itâs relying on estimation at all. In this episode, Skye and Robert walk through how to replace your internal clock with systems that actually hold up in real work: why you canât âget betterâ at estimating timehow to use past projects instead o...
Aug 19
31 min
You can be successful on paper and still feel stuck. In this episode, Skye talks with entrepreneur and investor Kassidy Warren about leaving the corporate âsafe path,â taking real risks, and the identity shift required to stop playing small. They unpack rejection, procrastination, reinvesting before results, and what it actually means to turn pro â especially with an ADHD brain. If youâve built something stable but know youâre capable of more, this one will hit. What we cover: The hidden cost...
Aug 17
33 min
Click the link below to see which founder type you are! https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/adhd-founder-types You keep solving the same business problems, but they keep coming back in different forms. After reviewing more than a dozen research episodes on ADHD founder struggles, four recurring founder patterns emerged: the Last Minute Hero, the Overwhelmed Architect, the Vision Caster, and the Pivot Chaser. These aren't random quirks. They're recurring ways ADHD can show up as a bu...
Aug 12
35 min
You've read the books. You've tried to think your way into a better mindset. But the changes never seem to stick. In this episode, Mick Hawes shares why he believes that's because mindset isn't something you change directly. Drawing on more than 35 years coaching business owners in high-complexity industries like custom home building, he explains why your mindset is the result of the systems, environment, habits, language, and other external influences shaping your daily life. Skye and Mick e...
Aug 10
43 min
You start medication or therapy, things get better, and then a few years later the old struggles creep back in. You wonder if you did something wrong. This week, Skye Waterson is joined by Will Curb from Hacking Your ADHD for a Research Recap on the MTA study, the largest and most influential ADHD treatment trial ever conducted. Nearly 580 children were followed for 8 years to understand what happened after the initial treatment period. Together, Skye and Will unpack why the early differences...
Aug 7
17 min
You've probably heard it before: "Just start." "You'll feel better once you begin." "Get rid of all distractions." If you have ADHD, you've probably also discovered that this advice often doesn't work. In this episode, Skye and Robbie unpack the dopamine transfer deficit theory and explore why ADHD brains may not receive the same anticipatory motivation signal that helps neurotypical brains get started. They explain why so much conventional productivity advice misses the mark, why dopamine de...
Aug 5
45 min
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