Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Why Your Team Doesn’t Trust Your Deadlines (ADHD Time Blindness Explained)
Description
Presented by Understood.org
You think it’ll take two days.
Your team knows it’s two weeks.
And after a while, they stop saying anything.
In this episode, Skye and Robert break down why ADHD founders consistently underestimate time, not because they’re overconfident or disorganized, but because their perception of time is genuinely off.
They walk through the research behind time blindness and estimation failure, and how this shows up in real businesses:
- why your timelines feel right when you set them
- why your team starts padding estimates (without telling you)
- how this quietly damages trust and reputation
- why this problem gets worse as you scale
If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly behind - even when you’re trying to be realistic - this will explain why.
If you're enjoying ADHD Skills Lab, you may also enjoy Understood.org’s new podcast, Sorry, I Missed This.
Listen here: https://lnk.to/sorryimissedthisPS!theadhdskillslab
P.S. Losing work because the admin layer around your business can't keep up with you? Invisible Systems is a 90-day done-for-you sprint where I (Skye) extract the processes from your head, build the operating layer, and find the right person to run it. Six spots left at the founding price, book a call at invisiblesystem.co