The ADHD Skills Lab

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 week
How empty calendar space can produce better work than tightly scheduled days
What building dozens of sales teams taught him about focus and decision-making
Why ADHD curiosity can be a strategic advantage in business
How AI tools are changing how he experiments and builds companies
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 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/kylevamvouris
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylevamvouris
SalesThread: 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.

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.

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 information
Why ADHD memory problems often start during the learning stage
Research showing practice testing and spaced learning outperform rereading
Why verbal learning can be harder for ADHD than visual learning
What research suggests about medication and learning performance
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.

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 life
What changed after his diagnosis in his late 40s
How he redesigned his business around how his brain works
The systems and support that keep him focused and productive
If 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.com
Million Dollar Coach: https://milliondollarcoach.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakiMoore
Instagram: 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.

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 brains
Designing stable digital systems that reduce cognitive load
How visual clutter quietly drains focus
Practical 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.