# Intro and welcoming Skye Waterson

- **Episode:** [173](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/173.md) (2025-02-20)
- **Type:** intro
- **Tags:** podcast, intro, guest
- **Time:** 0:33–4:16 (start 33s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=33](https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=33)

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[0:33] Al Elliott: Nice
[0:37] Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name is Leanne. I'm a chartered psychologist
[0:57] Al Elliott: My name is Al, I'm a business owner
[0:59] Leanne Elliott: And we are here to help you simplify the science of work and create amazing workplace cultures
[1:04] Al Elliott: Welcome, welcome. Brand new studio, as we mentioned on Tuesday. Uh, more about Tuesday in a second. Um, let us know what you think about it. Uh, we're still playing around with the lights in the background and stuff, but, uh, but yeah, I think we're pretty pleased with it, aren't we, Leanne?
[1:16] Leanne Elliott: Very pleased with it. Um, so yeah, we first talked about that on Tuesday. Regular listeners will know that on Tuesdays it's our This Week in Work episode where we bring you A news roundup. What's, what's going down? Who's losing their shiz? And we bring you a hot take from an industry expert, usually quite spicy, sometimes controversial, maybe an unpopular opinion. And then we also bring you our world-famous weekly Workplace Surgery where I answer all your questions work-related. And then on Thursdays, which is today, we bring you an interview with an expert guest, um, and this week is a really good one
[1:44] Al Elliott: Yes, so Skye Waterson is our guest and she is the founder of Unconventional Organisation, where she helps late-diagnosed ADHD professionals thrive at work without burning out. What I really like about Skye's approach is that it's completely research-backed. Leanne will approve that. You're gonna get Leanne's approval. Bing! See if I can do a sound effect for that. Uh, she actually turned her own surprise ADHD diagnosis during her PhD into a mission to develop evidence-based strategies that work. She's not just keeping these strategies to herself though. She's been sharing them everywhere from the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service That's Kiwi Spies, is it? To her podcast, The ADHD Skills Lab, which hit 100,000 downloads pretty quickly. As a fellow podcaster, I know that's pretty impressive
[2:30] Leanne Elliott: Fun fact, Al and I got accused of being MI6 spies recently. We're not, but we would say that, wouldn't we? Anyway, what I also really liked, like about Skye's work is she's addressing a really important gap right now. We're seeing late diagnoses, a number of those increasing significantly, and the support for adult ADHD diagnosis treatment Isn't great anywhere in the world, but especially, um, not in the UK. Um, and, and well, nowhere really. Um, so yes, it is really important work that, that Skye is doing. And the fact that she has developed these personalized strategies that she can share as part of her experience, how they can be applied, um, to the experience of others whilst also helping them find their own individual coping strategies is really quite cool
[3:12] Al Elliott: And she's clearly doing something right because her articles have reached over a quarter of a million people. So if you are interested in how to create a more focused, balanced workday, whether you have ADHD or not, you're gonna wanna stick around for this one. So let's join Leanne and Skye and find out everything you need to know about adult ADHD
[3:30] Leanne Elliott: Skye, welcome to Truth, Lies and Work. Very much looking forward to this conversation. For our listeners who perhaps haven't heard of you, would you mind telling us who you are, what you do, and what you're famous for?
[3:41] Skye Waterson: So my name's Skye. It's wonderful to be here. Um, I basically help adults, professionals with ADHD. I help you get unstuck, get focused, get consistent, but I do it in a fun way. And I guess I'm most known for my focus on research. I was an academic before I became a coach. I got my diagnosis at the beginning of my PhD, and so it really prompted me, and I had access to start looking at journal articles. Um, and that's what, uh, the podcast is now. And I've, I've written a lot of articles about ADHD