**BEST OF 2019** My guest today is Abbi Jacobson. Abbi is a co-creator, writer, director, executive producer and star of the critically-acclaimed Comedy Central show Broad City, with Ilana Glazer. And that’s how I first became familiar with her work. I am a hard core fan of Broad City and would go so far to say I think it’s the funniest show on TV right now (although it recently wrapped it’s fifth and final season). Seriously, if you have not watched Broad City or have no idea what I am talking ...
Jan 15, 2020•32 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast ***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. Last year she tried her hand at chocolate (why not?!) and Hey Tiger is now one of Australia’s fast...
Jan 08, 2020•54 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Chris Guillebeau was on how perfectionism gets in the way of success. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full ...
Dec 18, 2019•7 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with award-winning magician Simon Coronel was on how he pays people to give him negative feedback. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimb...
Dec 16, 2019•10 min•Ep 138•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on today’s show is Dean Swan. Dean is the Country Manager of Dropbox, where he oversees Dropbox's business operations across Australia and New Zealand. And in case you haven’t heard of Dropbox, it’s one of Silicon Valley’s unicorns, which is a company valued at over $1 billion. Dropbox provides file hosting and I’ve been a customer of Dropbox for many years. I got connected with Dean as Dropbox Australia have been experimenting with how they work and challenging a lot of the working nor...
Dec 11, 2019•38 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Marcus Buckingham was about why work-life balance is a useless concept - and how we should think about it instead. You can find the full interview here. If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit ht...
Dec 09, 2019•11 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Wendy Stops. Wendy is a Non Executive Director at the Commonwealth Bank (Australia’s largest bank), Coles Group, and Fitted for Work. Prior to her board career, she spent sixteen years with Accenture, most recently as the Senior Managing Director for Technology in Asia-Pacific. I was really keen to have Wendy on the show to understand more about what it’s like to have such high profile board positions. If you have ever wondered what it’s like to be a board director, or perhaps ...
Dec 04, 2019•50 min•Ep 136•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Clinical Psychologist Dr Doris Brett was on how stories can help us deal with failure. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/...
Dec 02, 2019•9 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Scott Young. Scott is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT's four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year. Both of which he did successfully. Scott is a fascinating person who has basically dedicated his adult life to hacking learning and challenging a lot of the assumptions and beliefs that are held about how best to learn something. Scott is a science nerd like me and one...
Nov 27, 2019•51 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Broad City co-creator and star Abbi Jacobson was on why imposter syndrome can be a good thing. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaim...
Nov 25, 2019•7 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Sandra Sully. Sandra is one of the most recognised and respected faces on Australian television. A journalist, senior editor and presenter with Ten Eyewitness News First at Five, she has been part of the TEN News team since 1990. Since 2018, she has also been the Managing News editor at ten daily. And she recently launched a podcast called Short Black through Network Ten, where she chats to various women who have something interesting to say. We cover: How Sandra manages her ca...
Nov 20, 2019•39 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with New York Times editor Tim Herrera was on his strategies for beating procrastination. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/po...
Nov 18, 2019•8 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s show was recorded live in Melbourne in October at Inventium’s HQ in Melbourne. And it was with Adam Ferrier, someone who I have known for over a decade and I was very excited to have on the show. Adam is a consumer psychologist and the co-founder of Thinkerbell - an agency that fuses together marketing sciences and hard-core creativity – or as they like to put it – ‘Measured Magic’. Thinkerbell also happens to be the current 2018 Adnews' Creative Agency of the Year. Adam is also the auth...
Nov 13, 2019•51 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Psychology Professor Elizabeth Dunn was on her strategies for using money to buy time (and happiness). You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.a...
Nov 11, 2019•10 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast David "Kochie" Koch is one of Australia’s most recognised faces, because he is on TV every morning as the co-host of Seven Network's Sunrise, a job he has had for the last 17 years. And for most of those 17 years, Sunrise has been Australia’s number one rating breakfast show. Kochie is also the Chairman of Port Adelaide and is the director of Pinstripe Media. And a Reader’s Digest survey found that Kochie is one of the top 25 most trusted people in Australia. I was keen to have Kochie on the sho...
Nov 06, 2019•42 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast A few weeks ago, I hosted my very first Ask Me Anything webinar where I invited a whole bunch of people to ask me any question they want. Today’s episode is a recording of this session. I cover a whole range of topics, ranging from how to become unstuck, how to create a best place to work culture, looking at my own personal working rhythms, through how to start a podcast, and how I transitioned from being a manager to a maker. Enjoy! 02:00 - What skills or characteristics do you look for most wh...
Oct 30, 2019•45 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Google VP Jerry Dischler was on his tips for identifying top talent. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full s...
Oct 28, 2019•5 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Nir Eyal. Nir is an international bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, successful tech investor, and behavioral design expert. Five years ago, Nir wrote what is widely considered to be Silicon Valley’s handbook for making technology habit-forming - a book called Hooked. This week, his latest book Indistractible is coming out, which reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices....
Oct 23, 2019•47 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with Ella Bache CEO Pippa Hallas was her strategy for turbo-charging meeting effectiveness. You can find the full interview here: If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/p...
Oct 21, 2019•5 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Chase Jarvis. Chase is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur, and one of the most influential photographers of the past decade. He has created campaigns for Apple, Nike, Red Bull and others, was a contributor to the Pulitzer-winning New York Times story Snowfall, and earned an Emmy nomination for his documentary Portrait of a City. He also created Best Camera–the first photo app to share images to social networks, and is the Founder of CreativeLive, where more than 10 million s...
Oct 16, 2019•44 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with time management expert Laura Vanderkam was on how she has tracked her time for four years - and what she learnt from it. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co V...
Oct 14, 2019•6 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast ***Book yourself in for Inventium's Workday Reinvention program , kicking off on October 21. Enter HOWIWORK at checkout to save $75*** My guest today is Jake Knapp. Jake spent the last 10 years at Google and Google Ventures where he created the Design Sprint, which is a method for building and testing a prototype in five days. He then went on and wrote a book about the process, called Sprint, which was a New York Times bestseller. He recently wrote another book called Make Time, which I mentione...
Oct 09, 2019•56 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast My favourite tip from my chat with The Chaser's Julian Morrow is on how to write a joke. You can find the full interview here. If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from a...
Oct 07, 2019•9 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast ***Book yourself in for Inventium's Workday Reinvention program , kicking off on October 21. Enter HOWIWORK at checkout to save $75*** My guest today is Dr Catriona Wallace, who is the Founder and CEO of high-profile FinTech and ASX Listed company Flamingo. Flamingo provides a Cognitive Virtual Assistant (Artificial Intelligence) called ‘ROSIE’ that helps Financial Services companies across the world improve online sales conversion rates and the better servicing of customers. Based between NYC a...
Oct 02, 2019•48 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast ***Book yourself in for Inventium's Workday Reinvention program , kicking off on October 21. Enter HOWIWORK at checkout to save $75*** 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 bestseller, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. Cal’s work has been published in over 20 languages and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New ...
Sep 25, 2019•49 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast ***Book yourself in for Inventium's Workday Reinvention program , kicking off on October 21. Enter HOWIWORK at checkout to save $75*** My favourite tip from my chat with Priya Parker was the way she analyses language in meetings. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings throug...
Sep 23, 2019•12 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast *** Book in for How I Work LIVE with Adam Ferrier on October 8 in Melbourne: http://bit.ly/howiworkadam *** My favourite tip from my chat with Kevin Rose were his strategies for thriving at conferences, despite being socially awkward. You can find the full interview here . If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings t...
Sep 18, 2019•11 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast *** Book in for How I Work LIVE with Adam Ferrier on October 8 in Melbourne: http://bit.ly/howiworkadam *** My favourite tip from my chat with 1800-GOT-JUNK CEO Brian Scudamore was his extreme method for staying off email and social media during holidays. You can find the full interview here. If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting...
Sep 16, 2019•11 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Michael Stutchbury. Michael - or Stutch as he is known as - has been writing and editing on business, economics and politics for national newspapers in Australia for the past three decades, working out of Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Washington DC. Since October 2011, he has been Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review. So Stutch is basically the guy the sits at the top of the most powerful business newspaper in Australia. My firm Inventium has had a long relation...
Sep 11, 2019•28 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast ***Book in for my first Ask Me Anything webinar*** Join me on September 19 at 12PM where I will spend 45 minutes answering all of your questions! For free :) Nothing is off limits! And here are some example topics that I might cover: Creating an innovation culture Trying to create the world’s best workplace Unlimited leave - and how to do it well My daily habits and rituals to improve performance And much, much more Book in here ( https://amanthaimber.lpages.co/ama-with-amantha/ ). *** This epis...
Sep 09, 2019•7 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast 
