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How I Work

Amantha Imber
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694 episodes

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 from people who’ve cracked the code.

Episodes

How to use AI to prioritise when everything feels urgent

about 13 hours ago

13m


Struggling to reach your goals? Nir Eyal explains the beliefs holding you back (Part 1)

Mar. 11

30m


The One Question Every Leader Should Ask About AI

Mar. 8

12m


Feel stuck in small talk? Daniel Coyle shares the questions that create real connection.

Mar. 4

35m


The AI critique system we use to improve our work

Mar. 1

10m


The 5 skills that will get you promoted this year, with Tim Duggan

Feb. 25

36m


How to use AI to find a new job

Feb. 22

14m


The truth about fibre, full-body MRIs and food myths, with Dr Joanna McMillan.

Feb. 18

33m


We let AI prep us for a doctors appointment

Feb. 15

17m


Walking away from a dream job? Dom Price reveals what really happens in the space after “I quit.”

Feb. 11

39m


How to use AI to save money shopping

Feb. 8

11m


Some workplaces drain you. Autistic CEO Cherie Clonan explains what's really happening.

Feb. 4

35m


(BONUS) The LinkedIn metric most people ignore - Cherie Clonan on return on intimacy.

Feb. 4

9m


Tame your inbox with these 5 AI hacks

Feb. 1

16m


13 AI tools we use every single day

Jan. 28

26m


BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers

Jan. 21

34m


BEST OF: I burnt out completely last year. This is how I recovered.

Jan. 14

27m


BEST OF: The People-Pleasing Trap: How Laura Henshaw escaped it (and how you can too)

Jan. 7

35m


BEST OF: Sahil Bloom on building a scoreboard that reflects what matters

Dec. 31

37m


BEST OF: Journaling for people who hate journaling: Michael Bungay Stanier's game-changing method

Dec. 24

33m


25 things 2025 taught us about work, wellbeing, & AI

Dec. 17

59m


Quick Win: The quarterly ritual that bonds teams for months

Dec. 14

8m


How to make sense of 2025 and design your best 2026, with Lisa Leong (Part 2)

Dec. 10

30m


Quick Win: What leaders get wrong about saying sorry with Clare Stephens

Dec. 7

10m


How to make sense of 2025 and design your best 2026, with Lisa Leong (Part 1)

Dec. 3

33m


Quick Win: The simple question that stops catastrophising and opens real possibility

Nov. 30

7m


Ask Me Anything: How I use AI in real life (plus the tech I rely on to work smarter)

Nov. 26

29m


Quick Win: Why your “default behaviour” isn’t actually yours — and how to change it

Nov. 23

6m


The counterintuitive brainstorming rule that made Exploding Kittens a global hit.

Nov. 19

33m


(BONUS) Exploding Kittens CEO’s “walking with AI” ritual to unlock ideas.

Nov. 19

8m


Quick Win: The dangerous AI shortcut that quietly erodes your judgment

Nov. 16

6m


Ambitious CEO and present parent? Dr Catriona Wallace on refusing to choose.

Nov. 12

35m


(BONUS) How plant medicine transformed Catriona Wallace’s leadership

Nov. 12

20m


Quick Win: The AI workflow that can replace your morning scroll

Nov. 9

7m


Inside the hardest year at Inventium (Part 2)

Nov. 5

26m


Quick Win: How to use AI to think better – not faster

Nov. 2

7m


Inside the hardest year at Inventium (Part 1)

Oct. 29

24m


Quick Win: The AI experiment that made a CEO obsolete

Oct. 26

6m


The moment that changed how Holly Wainwright sees ambition

Oct. 22

27m


(BONUS) The mindset shift that saved Holly Wainwright from burning out, again

Oct. 22

21m


Quick Win: The surprising upside of shorter tenure

Oct. 19

6m


Steal Atlassian’s playbook for building stronger teams without an office

Oct. 15

35m


Quick Win: What teams get wrong about psychological safety

Oct. 12

7m


How to lead when you’re scared of saying the wrong thing, with Clare Stephens

Oct. 8

33m


Quick Win: The relationship reset that doesn’t feel like a chore, with Sahil Bloom

Oct. 5

7m


Ask Me Anything with Dr. Amantha Imber: how to stand out in the job market, AI-proofing your skills, managing energy & my top leadership tips (Part 2)

Oct. 1

20m


25 ways AI can make your home life easier

Sep. 28

16m


Ask Me Anything with Dr. Amantha Imber: Procrastination hacks, my AI workflows, and task management hacks (Part 1)

Sep. 24

26m


Stop letting AI write bad emails. Do this instead

Sep. 21

13m


Designing prompts that save you hours every week with Dropbox’s Morgan Brown

Sep. 17

36m


The secret to smarter AI? Make it disagree with you

Sep. 14

11m


How to stop saying yes when you mean no, with Lael Stone

Sep. 10

28m


AI slop explained: Why it’s everywhere and what to do about it

Sep. 7

13m


The two questions that can stop overthinking in its tracks with Lael Stone

Sep. 3

29m


Quick Win: Why it’s ok to have career-focused personal identity

Aug. 31

6m


This futurist’s AI advice will change how you work forever

Aug. 27

38m


Quick Win: The simple question that helps you be more intentional with how you spend your days

Aug. 24

6m


A CEO’s AI Experiment: How AI helped me fire myself

Aug. 20

21m


(Bonus) Behind the scenes of Diary Of A CEO + how the team built 48 AI tools and saved 62,000 hours

Aug. 20

27m


Quick Win: Why inbox zero is a myth (and what to do instead)

Aug. 17

6m


How AI is changing the way you think (and how to fight back) with Prof Scott Anthony

Aug. 13

35m


Quick Win: Why you feel stuck (and the simple reflection to change it)

Aug. 10

6m


My biggest leadership mistakes from 2024 (Part 2)

Aug. 6

27m


Quick Win: How to prioritise when everything feels important

Aug. 3

7m


My biggest leadership mistakes from 2024 (Part 1)

Jul. 30

31m


Quick Win: How Laura Henshaw broke free from destructive people-pleasing

Jul. 27

5m


BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers

Jul. 23

34m


Quick Win: How to quit single-use waste - even when you're travelling

Jul. 20

7m


BEST OF: Ramp it up or shut it down: How ConvertKit’s Founder and CEO made his most important business decision

Jul. 16

27m


Quick Win: A better way to make big decisions (with total confidence)

Jul. 13

8m


BEST OF: Atlassian’s Dom Price says ‘difficult conversations’ can be easy if you know how

Jul. 9

36m


Quick Win: How Sarah Grynberg turned her negative thoughts into positive ones

Jul. 6

7m


BEST OF: Radical Candour’s Kim Scott shares the secret techniques top leaders use to give and receive feedback

Jul. 2

25m


Quick Win: What you need to know to manage burnout

Jun. 30

7m


The 10-minute setup that saves hours of AI frustration

Jun. 25

11m


Are you a GenAI Gunslinger? Why your approach is costing you results.

Jun. 23

9m


Sahil Bloom on building a scoreboard that reflects what matters

Jun. 18

36m


The AI feature that changed my workflow (Hint: it involves your voice).

Jun. 16

8m


The truth about values and how to identify yours - with Dr. Em

Jun. 11

34m


How I condensed a day of research into 5 minutes (without losing quality).

Jun. 9

10m


The time rules you didn’t know were running your life according to Chris Guillebeau (Part 2)

Jun. 4

23m


Quick Win: Ben Shewry’s secret to staying creative with a busy schedule

Jun. 2

7m


Feel like you’re always behind? Chris Guillebeau has a fix for your time anxiety (Part 1)

May. 28

24m


Quick Win: How to spend less time worrying

May. 26

6m


The productivity myth I had to unlearn

May. 21

48m


Quick Win: How break out of the email cycle trap

May. 19

8m


Unlock your phone's hidden superpowers: Eight game-changing features you're not using

May. 14

14m


Quick Win: Lisa Leong reveals why doing a ‘pre-mortem’ could revolutionise how you set and achieve your goals

May. 12

6m


Ask Me Anything with Dr. Amantha Imber: My productivity systems, daily habits & overrated advice

May. 7

22m


Are you running on empty? I have a solution.

May. 5

6m


The 5-minute brain workout Muse co-founder Ariel Garten swears by for better focus

Apr. 30

29m


Quick Win: How to take a self-compassion break

Apr. 28

5m


BEST OF: How to have a meeting that isn't a complete waste of time with Prof Steven Rogelberg

Apr. 23

25m


The art of naming office elephants

Apr. 21

4m


BEST OF: Want to thrive in uncertain times? Dr. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman wrote the book on it.

Apr. 16

32m


My 3 non-negotiable health habits

Apr. 14

5m


Simple and surprising hacks to save money and save the planet with Lottie Dalziel

Apr. 9

36m


How to make your holiday afterglow last 43 days (according to new research)

Apr. 7

5m


The decision-making traps you fall into every day: and how Jake Knapp avoids them

Apr. 2

35m


Quick Win: How to talk openly with your partner about guilt, with Atlassian's Dom Price

Mar. 31

6m