Amantha Imber

How I Work

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You know those annoyingly successful people who seem to have it all figured out? Time to steal their playbook. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber gets world‑class achievers to spill their secrets - the daily strategies behind their success through to life hacks and productivity hacks they’d rather keep to themselves. We’re talking practical tips for boosting your output (including clever AI tools and shortcuts that’ll make you look like a genius), managing overwhelm without losing your mind, and optimising both work and wellbeing. No motivational fluff. Just battle‑tested tactics fro...

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Amantha Imber

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Remote.com Founder Job van der Voort on the ultimate home office set up 17.02.2021 47:43

Even before we fled our workplaces amid the Covid pandemic to set up at home, Job van der Voort was convinced that remote working was the future. He’s the CEO of Remote (and the former VP of Product for GitLab), which assists other companies to set their employees up, which he says allows them to live a better life. But it’s not as easy as just letting some of your employees work from home. Job s...

My Favourite Tip: Sunsama's Ashutosh Priyadarshy on using artificial time constraints to force productivity 15.02.2021 8:33

Want to complete tasks quicker and fit more into your day? Productivity nerd Ashutosh Priyadarshy says effective and productive behaviour comes from setting a goal for your time. He’s the founder of productivity software company Sunsama, the makers of a daily planner tool that helps you plan out a focused work day by pulling together your tasks from all of your tools. During the early days buildin...

Who Gives A Crap’s Simon Griffiths on driving a team through greater purpose 10.02.2021 40:56

In March 2020, Simon Griffiths was watching as toilet paper sold out across Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. Even as the CEO of toilet paper innovators Who Gives A Crap, he never imagined the same thing was about to happen in Australia, UK and the US. But on March 4th, things took a dramatic turn. As the great toilet paper wars broke out across supermarket aisles, sales rose by 30-40%. Who G...

My Favourite Tip: Turia Pitt's simple yet impactful gratitude practice 08.02.2021 9:38

Want to transform your day by creating a more resilient and positive mindset? Engineer, athlete and burns survivor Turia Pitt has quick gratitude techniques that offer an easy way to take control so you’re not at the mercy of a bad mood. In the morning, think of three things you are grateful for. It’s that simple. For Turia, she likes to think about her son, or how nicely her new surfboard ri...

Making the Four Day Week work for your organisation - a CEO's perspective (Part 2) 03.02.2021 44:51

What would you do if your boss suggested that you cut your working hours down to just four normal length days but said to you, I'll still pay you for five? Would you pinch yourself to check you weren't dreaming? Well this is what happened last April at Inventium. Our CEO, Michelle Le Poidevin, suggested to the team that we should try out the Four Day week. This lead to us running a six-month exper...

My Favourite Tip: Coca-Cola Amatil's Managing Director Alison Watkins on how to receive negative feedback 01.02.2021 9:42

My favourite tip from my chat with Coca-Cola Amatil's Managing Director Alison Watkins was on how to receive negative feedback. You can find the full interview here: Coca-Cola Amatil’s Group Managing Director Alison Watkins on why doing great work isn’t enough to get ahead in your career Connect with Alison on LinkedIn . Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify . I...

Making the Four Day Week work for your organisation (Part 1) 27.01.2021 48:17

Imagine it's 6am on a Friday morning. You wake up, about to get ready for work, but then you remember - you don't have to go to work. Instead, you have a blissful three day weekend ahead. Now imagine that you get to experience this feeling every single Friday morning. Yet, you're still on a full-time salary. This is what life is now like at my consultancy Inventium. Back in July last year, we ran...

My Favourite Tip: SEEK's Managing Director, Kendra Banks, on how her executive team make their biggest decisions 25.01.2021 5:22

My favourite tip from my chat with SEEK's Managing Director, Kendra Banks, was on how her executive team make their biggest decisions. You can find the full interview here: Managing Director of SEEK, Kendra Banks, on how her leadership team make their most important decisions Connect with Kendra at kbanks@seek.com.au and on Linkedin . Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts ...

BEST OF: GitLab's Head of Remote, Darren Murph, on how to create corporate culture when no one works from the office 20.01.2021 54:32

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! My guest today is Darren Murph who is GitLab’s Head of Remote. If you have never heard of GitLab, it's the world’s largest all-remote company, with over 1,300 team membe...

My Favourite Tip: Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein on how to dramatically improve meetings 18.01.2021 11:15

My favourite tip from my chat with Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein was on to dramatically improve meetings. You can find the full interview here: Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein on how to clean up your meetings, decisions and inbox Learn more about Scott right here . Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify . If you are looking for more tips t...

BEST OF: Cal Newport on why you need to change your workflow, not your habits, when it comes to boosting productivity 13.01.2021 46:50

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! My guest today is Cal Newport. Cal is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. Cal is the author of six books, including, most recently, the New York Times...

My Favourite Tip: Shameless' Michelle and Zara on how they make tough business decisions 11.01.2021 14:40

My favourite tip from my chat with Shameless' Michelle and Zara was on how they make tough business decisions. You can find the full interview here: Shameless' Michelle and Zara on their process for making one of the most popular podcasts in Australia Grab your copy of Michelle and Zara’s book The Space In-between , follow Shameless on Instagram , join the Shameless Book Club , and listen to the...

BEST OF: Dan Pink on coming up with great titles for projects, how he structures his working days, and why he doesn’t believe in willpower 06.01.2021 38:52

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! My guest today is Dan Pink. Dan is the author of six bestselling books, including Drive, A Whole New Mind, and his latest book "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect T...

My Favourite Tip: Rachel Botsman's strategies for creating a brilliant start to virtual presentations 04.01.2021 10:51

My favourite tip from my chat with Rachel Botsman was on her strategies for creating a brilliant start to virtual presentations. This extract is from my second time having Rachel on the show - you can check out the full interview here . And check out my first interview with Rachel here . Follow Rachel on Linkedin to get her biweekly newsletter Rethink. Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in ...

BEST OF: Envato co-Founder Cyan Ta'eed on spending just 15 minutes a day on her phone 30.12.2020 53:06

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! My guest today is Cyan Ta’eed. Cy is one of Australia’s most successful entrepreneurs, having co-founded Envato in 2006 and growing it to being valued at over $1 billion...

My Favourite Tip: Dr Jason Fox's 7-day rhythm for work and life 28.12.2020 10:05

My favourite tip from my chat with Dr Jason Fox was his 7-day rhythm for work and life. This extract is from my second time having Jase on the show - you can check out the full interview here . And check out my first interview with Jase here . Connect with Jason at fox.substack.com Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Spotify . If you are looking for more tips to improv...

BEST OF: Rachel Botsman's tips for saying no, making a productive start to the day, and her one-minute mindfulness routine. 23.12.2020 44:25

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! Rachel Botsman is a world renowned expert on technology and trust, and the author of bestselling books “Who Can You Trust?” and “What’s Mine Is Yours". Rachel is a Trust...

My Favourite Tip: Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein on to make better decisions 21.12.2020 9:23

BEST OF: Adam Grant on how to turbo-charge productivity and motivation 16.12.2020 36:33

***BEST OF HOW I WORK*** I'm currently taking a few weeks off, so today's episode is a Best Of episode. I've gone back through the archives of the last 2.5 years of hosting How I Work and picked out my absolute favourite episodes! On today’s show, I speak to organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, Adam Grant. His books Give and Take, Originals, and O...

My Favourite Tip: Atlassian's Dom Price on making virtual meetings not suck 14.12.2020 10:43

My favourite tip from my chat with Atlassian's Dom Price was on making virtual meetings not suck. This extract is from my second time having Dom on the show - you can check out the full interview here . And check out my first interview with Dom here . Connect with Dom: Twitter Linkedin Atlassianteamplaybook.com Atlassian.com/remote Subscribe to my new podcast How To Date in Apple Podcasts or Sp...

Perry Marshall on how to do more $10,000 per hour tasks and less $10 per hour tasks 09.12.2020 37:04

Perry Marshall is one of the most expensive business strategists in the world. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs use his 80/20 Curve as a productivity tool. His reinvention of the Pareto Principle is published in Harvard Business Review. He founded the $10 million Evolution 2.0 Prize, with judges from Harvard, Oxford and MIT, it is the world’s largest science research award. And his book the Ultimate Gui...

My Favourite Tip: Jake Knapp on winning the battle against email (and why it's so addictive) 07.12.2020 15:35

My favourite tip from my chat with Jake Knapp was on winning the battle against email (and why it's so addictive) . This extract is from my second time having Jake on the show - you can check out the full interview here . And check out my first interview with Jake here . Find out more about Jake here: Running remote Sprints The Jake and Jonathon podcast Jake’s website Jake’s books Sprint and M...

eBay Australia's Managing Director Tim MacKinnon on how to actually be an authentic leader 02.12.2020 41:04

My guest today is Tim MacKinnon. Tim is the Managing Director and Vice President for eBay Australia, a role that he has had for the last three years. At eBay, Tim’s purpose is to help Australian retailers grow and take advantage of opportunities in online, mobile, local and global commerce. Enabling businesses and entrepreneurs has been the connecting thread in his career at eBay, Intuit in Silico...

My Favourite Tip: Mia Freedman on how to get a quick read on staff's mental wellbeing 30.11.2020 5:05

My favourite tip from my chat with Mia Freedman was on how to get a quick read on staff's mental wellbeing. This extract is from my second time having Mia on the show - you can check out the full interview here . And check out my first interview with Mia here . Check out: Mia on Instagram Mia’s podcasts: No Filter , Mamamia Outloud , and Lady Startup . And on her website . Subscribe to my new...

Superhuman Founder Rahul Vohra on why the key to productivity is to stop touching your mouse 25.11.2020 49:24

My guest today is Rahul Vohra. Rahul is the founder and CEO of Superhuman, the fastest email experience in the world. Users get through their inbox twice as fast — and many see Inbox Zero for the first time in years. Previously, Rahul founded Rapportive, the first Gmail plugin to scale to millions of users. Rapportive was acquired by LinkedIn. In our chat, we cover: Rahul’s approach to becoming as...