In this Inner Peace, Better Health episode, host Charu sits down with Todd Hagopian to dissect what happens when bipolar disorder, neurodivergent thinking and high stakes corporate turnarounds collide. Todd walks through 15 years of undiagnosed bipolar, the crash that came with diagnosis, and how medication forced him to rebuild his identity as a leader without relying on hypomanic highs. Instead of chasing the “good part” of the disorder, he reverse engineered it into a repeatable transformation system that has generated billions in shareholder value.

They unpack stagnation syndrome inside organisations, why most calendars are quiet disasters, and how ruthless focus on revenue per minute, profit per minute and flow through separates real transformation from corporate theatre. This is a frank, practical conversation about mental health, execution and using what once sabotaged you as your unfair advantage in business and in life.

About the guest:

Todd Hagopian is a corporate turnaround specialist and neurodivergent leader who has led multiple global transformations and generated billions in enterprise value. After finally receiving a bipolar diagnosis, he chose to stay on medication and systematise the productive side of hypomania instead of glorifying the chaos. That journey became his playbook for declaring war on stagnation syndrome and driving aggressive yet sustainable change in complex organisations. Todd now teaches leaders how to leverage neurodivergent thinking, sharpen focus and build high performance cultures without burning people out.

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  Bipolar hypomania once drove Todd’s extreme work hours, ambition and big bets, but also cycles of self sabotage. Diagnosis and medication removed the highs and lows, forcing him to rebuild how he led without relying on instability.

  
  


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  Instead of going off meds to “get the edge back,” he audited how he operated while hypomanic, then turned those behaviours into structured systems that any leader can use, regardless of diagnosis.

  
  


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  His “corral and method” reframes productivity as activity x efficiency x focus. Leaders must cut low value tasks, systematise or outsource what others can do and spend most of their week on the few things only they can deliver.

  
  


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  Todd defines stagnation syndrome as the slow, quiet decline where companies are still profitable but losing talent, innovation and urgency. It is far easier and cheaper to turn these organisations around before they are in full crisis.

  
  


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  Your calendar is the most honest mirror of both personal and corporate stagnation. If your week is packed with meetings about meetings and work others could do, you are undercutting impact and profit.

  
  


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  Neurodivergence is not a defect to hide. When leaders understand ADHD, OCD or bipolar traits and design roles around those strengths, emotional complexity becomes a competitive advantage instead of a liability.

  
  

Connect with the guest:

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  Book: The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypo Manic Toolbox by Todd Hagopian. Available for preorder on Amazon and other major booksellers.

  
  


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  Website: https://toddhagopian.com

  
  


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  Social: Connect with Todd via his website, YouTube and Twitter for articles on stagnation syndrome, neurodivergent leadership and business transformation.

  
  


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  Todd does not sell one on one consulting. He focuses on writing, speaking and sharing frameworks leaders can implement inside their own organisations.

  
  

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