How I Work

How do you decide what to say "yes" to and what to say “no" to? And how do you say “no" in a way that doesn’t offend? Guests on the How I Work podcast struggle with like the rest of us. They literally get hundreds of requests on their time and can’t possibly say yes to everyone. So they develop methods to make the decision-making process easier, and have specific strategies for saying no nicely. T...

I love to-do lists. But the problem with most to-do lists is that they don’t discriminate between the type of thinking different tasks require and the fact that our brain is suited to different types of thinking depending on the time of day. This episode will teach you how to re-think your to-do list. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au  See...

Today's episode is a blast from the past (and by that, we mean one from a few months ago because Amantha is on holidays right now!). This episode features Matt Mullenweg. Matt is kind of like internet royalty because he is a founding developer of WordPress, which is the Open Source software used by over 31% of the web. He also founded Automattic which now employs around 700 people. Matt has been n...

Email gets a bad rap. People complain that email is the biggest drain on their productivity. But it’s only bad because of the mindless way most people approach their inbox. Instead of checking email willy-nilly throughout the day, there is actually an optimal time of the day to be dipping into your inbox. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au...

Today's episode is a blast from the past (and by that, we mean one from a few months ago because Amantha is on holidays right now!). Amanda Palmer is a singer-songwriter, rule-breaker, disruptor, and all round rockstar. You might know Amanda from being one half of the Dresden Dolls. Or you might know her, as I did, through her TED talk "The art of asking" which has been viewed by over 10 million p...

How much time did you spend this morning making decisions about what to eat, what to wear and how to get to work? While these may seem like small and inconsequential decisions, it turns out they could be doing damage to the rest of your day. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Natasha Pincus. Natasha is a Writer and Director who is probably most well known for her very distinctive music videos that she has created for artists including Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, and Powderfinger. Where you are probably most familiar with her work though is through her video for Gotye’s “ Somebody That I Used To Know ”, which has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouT...

Most of us don’t think very much about how we end our workday. We simply close our laptop, run to catch our train, go home and have some dinner, and often, re-open our laptop again while watching Netflix. By not having a proper “end” to our day, we are missing out on a big opportunity to boost our happiness and engagement in our work. This mini-episode describes four quick tasks that you can do to...

My guest today is Scott D Anthony. Scott is global authority on innovation and the former managing partner of Innosight, the innovation and strategy consulting firm co-founded by Clayton Christensen. Scott has written several bestselling books and writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. Last year, Scott was awarded the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which recognises the world’s leading thinker...

I am yet to meet a person who loves attending meetings. Most people hate them, yet they are seen as a necessarily evil of corporate life. But while meetings may often be dull and sometimes yield few tangible results, they may be causing more harm than you think. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

My guest today is Dom Price. Dom is the Head of Research & Development and also the resident Work Futurist at Atlassian, one of the world’s biggest and fastest growing tech companies. Dom has responsibilities spanning 5 global R&D centres, and is the in house “Team Doctor” who helps Atlassian scale by being ruthlessly effective, all while keeping one eye on the future. I’ve known Dom for a...

Do you take notes in meetings and presentations on your laptop or in a notepad? I definitely fell into the former category until I discovered research that made me want to go out and buy a Moleskin. This mini-episode might convince you to do the same thing. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

My guest today is Sarah Green Carmichael. Sarah is an executive editor at Harvard Business Review where she works out what to publish on the site and edits the articles that you may have read there. Sarah is also the host of HBR’s IdeaCast podcast which gets over one million downloads every month. I was very excited to speak to Sarah as I am a voracious HBR reader and given the amount of ideas and...

Are you addicted to email? Are you guilty of doing a “just check” of your inbox every 10-15 minutes? Is checking email getting in the way of you doing deep, focused work? This mini-episode gives you three research-backed strategies for kicking your email habit for good. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

My guest today is Carolyn Creswell. As Australian listeners probably know, Carolyn is the founder of Carman’s muesli, which is in pretty much every supermarket in Australia and is exported to 32 countries around the world. Over the last 25 years, Carolyn has built Carman’s into a $100 million dollar business. But there is so much more to Carolyn that just delicious tasting muesli. She has given so...

Do you work in an open plan office? It turns out they are not all fun and games and collaboration. This episode reveals research into the dark side of the open plan office and why it might be killing your productivity. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Baratunde Thurston. Baratunde is a particularly hilarious comedian, he wrote the bestselling book How to be Black as well as many feature articles for places like Fast Company and Medium. He helped to re-launch the Daily Show with Trevor Noah through building the digital expansion team. And he used to write for the Onion and has been nominated for an Emmy award. This conversation...

How would you like to leave work at 2.30pm today having achieved a full day’s output? This mini-episode explains a very simple change you can make to the way you work that will allow you to do just that. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Pamela Meyer. You might know Pamela from her very famous TED talk about How To Spot a Liar , which has been viewed by 20 million people. She also wrote the bestselling book Liespotting: Proven techniques to detect deception . Pamela is also the founder and CEO of Calibrate, a leading training company that teaches people how to spot lies. Pamela is someone who thinks a lot about h...

Almost every one of us has experienced a 10 point drop in IQ from something that happens many times a day. And if you are wondering: is 10 IQ points a lot to lose? The answer is most definitely yes - it’s the equivalent of losing a night’s sleep. This mini-episode explains how to never experience this drop in IQ again. Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes. Get in touch at amantha@inv...

Mia Freedman is the co-founder and creative director of the Mamamia Women’s Network , Australia’s largest digital women’s media company. They reach 4 million women per month and also have the world’s largest women’s podcast network, with eight shows that reach millions of women. As many Australian listeners would know, Mia was the youngest editor of Australian Cosmo at 24 years old back in the mid...

How would you like to add 30 extra days to your year? Imagine all the things you can achieve. Today’s mini-episode shows you how to do just that. All it takes is one simple change. Click here for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy Duarte is the world expert on designing and delivering presentations. Nancy’s firm Duarte , is the largest design firm in Silicon Valley. They help very big and famous companies and people, from Apple through to Al Gore, design and deliver great presentations. Nancy has also written several books about storytelling and presentations , including the Harvard Business Review guide to creating p...

Do you have a behaviour (or maybe several) that you are trying hard to change? Today’s mini-sode will reveal some fascinating research on a single word that you can use that doubles the chance of creating real behaviour change. Check out the research study cited in this episode right here . For comprehensive show notes and a transcript of this episode, click here .  See omnystudio.com/listener for...

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 lecturer at Oxford University and has been recognised as one of the “Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company and as one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation...