The ADHD Skills Lab

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 willing to be seen. That means getting comfortable with the parts of yourself you've been editing out.
He explains why fear of judgment (not a lack of confidence) is what keeps people editing, how radical self-acceptance changes what you're willing to say publicly, and the simple exercise he uses to help people work through it.
If you're a creator, founder, or anyone building in public who has overthought a post, softened an opinion, or caught yourself over-explaining, this episode gives you a practical place to start.
What We Cover
Why fear of judgment, not low confidence, is what keeps your work generic
How hidden fear leaks out as over-explaining and nervous energy
Chris's radical self-acceptance exercise, step by step
Why confidence is built through exposure, not positive thinking
What changes in how people respond once you let yourself be seen accurately
Listen to the full conversation, then try Chris's exercise and tell me what came up in the comments.
Connect With Chris Do
Instagram @thechrisdo
YouTube @ChrisDo/@thefutur
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.

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Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.

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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, from cognitive games and movement-based training to simulated real-world scenarios, plus where the evidence is still too thin to draw firm conclusions.
Want more of Will's work? Visit HackingYourADHD.com or subscribe on YouTube.
What We Cover:
Why adherence rates of 85 percent or higher caught their attention
Three different ways researchers are using VR for ADHD
What the studies suggest about attention and working memory
Why VR is being studied alongside existing ADHD treatments
The big question of whether improvements transfer to real life
Reported side effects and the limitations of the current research
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.

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Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.

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You’re guessing how long things take.
That guess feels reasonable.
It’s 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 isn’t planning. It’s 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 can’t “get better” at estimating time
how to use past projects instead of guessing
how teams quietly adjust for you (and why that creates tension)
why buffers and “extra time” don’t work
how to build timelines that don’t collapse halfway through
If you’re tired of missing deadlines you genuinely thought were realistic, this will show you what’s actually going wrong, and what works instead.
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.

Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession

Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.

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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 “safe path,” 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 — especially with an ADHD brain.
If you’ve built something stable but know you’re capable of more, this one will hit.
What we cover:
The hidden cost of corporate stability and “golden handcuffs”
Why procrastination is fear in disguise
How to handle rejection without shrinking
The mindset shift from amateur to professional
Acting before you feel ready — and why waiting keeps you stuck
Connect with Kassidy Warren
Kassidy Warren is the host of the For Your Own Good podcast, where he shares practical, direct conversations about business growth, leadership, and building companies that actually work.
If this episode resonated, you can follow Kassidy and explore more of his work here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kassidy.warren
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KassidyWarren
For Your Own Good on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1UfWzqSpuL685ReFGnIrgB
He regularly shares insights for operators and founders who want to move from chaos to clarity without fluff or hype.
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.

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Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.

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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 business grows. More importantly, all four point back to the same underlying challenge: there isn't an operations layer between the founder and the day-to-day business.
In this episode, Skye and Robbie break down each founder type, why it happens, how it affects your team, and the practical operational changes that can reduce the friction.
What We Cover
Why the Last Minute Hero trains their team to expect emergencies
What overwhelms the Overwhelmed Architect
Why the Vision Caster struggles to turn ideas into execution through other people
What drives the Pivot Chaser to keep changing direction
The operational gap connecting all four founder types
Which founder type you relate to most and what to do next
About ADHD founders for ADHD founders.

Interesting in working together? You can click here to receive a free bottleneck audio session and learn more about what we do. https://www.unconventionalorganisation.com/unstuckaudiosession

Diagnosed with ADHD at the start of her PhD, Skye Waterson spent years researching what actually works and writing about it for thousands of founders. The pattern she kept finding: ADHD business owners don't have a focus problem, they have an operations problem, because the whole business runs through their own head. Now she and her husband, former programmer Robert Waterson, work as fractional COOs for those founders. They find the bottleneck, hire the fix, and build the system that holds.

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