Show Notes
Professional Builders Secrets brings you an insightful episode with Skye Waterson from Unconventional Organisation. Skye is a former academic and ADHD business owner who discovered that the “standard” way of running a business simply didn’t fit the way her brain worked. After a late ADHD diagnosis, she turned her research and lived experience into a company that helps business owners design ADHD-friendly systems that actually work in real life.
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INSIDE EPISODE 214 YOU WILL DISCOVER What ADHD really looks like in practice for business owners How symptoms like time blindness and working memory struggles show up on site and in the office The hidden impact ADHD can have on your health, family time and reputation A simple 5-minute daily task system to separate what’s truly urgent from everything else Why traditional productivity advice often fails ADHD brains and much, much more.
ABOUT SKYE WATERSON
Skye Waterson is an ADHD strategist and founder of Unconventional Organisation, a multi-six-figure business helping entrepreneurs turn ADHD into their greatest asset. When Skye was diagnosed with ADHD during her PhD, she realised that mainstream productivity advice didn't work for her. So, she took matters into her own hands, researching, testing, and perfecting strategies that truly help. Today, she equips coaches, consultants, founders, and executives with the same ADHD-friendly systems.
Connect with Skye: linkedin.com/in/skye-waterson-026286204/
TIMELINE 3:25 How ADHD symptoms show up for builders 7:10 Why delegation and hiring feel impossible 11:50 The real cost of staying stuck in the business 16:20 A 5-minute daily system for urgent vs important 20:55 Mapping your whole business with red/amber/green
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