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How I Work

Amantha Imber
Productivity
Leadership
Mental Health
Burnout
Artificial Intelligence
Time Management
Inventium
Work-Life Balance
Generative AI
Psychological Safety
Feedback
AI Tools
Mindfulness
Psychology
Creativity
Energy Management
Team Dynamics
Stress Management
Resilience
Prioritization

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... more

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Before you paste that customer list, that blood test result or that contract into your favourite AI tool, it's worth pausing for a second. Whatever you hand over doesn't just disappear after you get your answer. It sits somewhere, and depending on th... more

There is a version of leadership that looks effortless from the outside. The one where the leader always has the answers, always holds the vision, always appears composed. And then there is the version that happens in private, at 5:00 AM, when your m... more

The AI world has has done a spectacularly bad job of naming things. Agents, GPTs, gems, notebooks, projects, skills - you'll find a completely different word for what is essentially the same kind of tool. Agents in one place, GPTs in another, gems so... more

** Grab tickets for The Energy Game Melbourne launch (29 July, 6:30pm) here and order The Energy Game book here.**

What if the stories you're most afraid to tell are the ones people most need to hear?

Christian O'Connell has spent 28 years pull... more

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Recent Guests

Christian O'Connell
Radio breakfast host, author of Unscript
Radio/Media
Episode: Part 2: The loneliness of leadership no one warned you about, with Christian O'Connell
Amantha Imber
Organisational psychologist, founder of Inventium
Inventium
Episode: The warning signs of burnout I missed for nearly an entire year
Izzy Yates
Head of Penguin Publishing Lab, Penguin Random House Australia
Penguin Random House Australia
Episode: Behind the book deal: How a book goes from pitch to print, with Penguin Random House's Izzy Yates
Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Bestselling author and journalist (Never Enough, Mattering)
Author and journalist
Episode: Always chasing the next achievement? Jennifer Breheny Wallace has a better way to measure your life
Elan Lee
Co-creator of Exploding Kittens
Exploding Kittens
Episode: Quick Win: The creative secret behind Exploding Kittens’ thousand-idea design retreats
Maz Farrelly
Creative force and executive producer behind The X Factor, Big Brother and Celebrity Apprentice
Former TV producer and executive at Fremantle/Mammoth
Episode: What watching 20,000 auditions teaches you about getting attention, with Big Brother and The X Factor creator Maz Farrelly
Jessi Hempel
Senior Editor-at-Large at LinkedIn and host of Hello Monday
LinkedIn
Episode: I asked a LinkedIn insider how to actually stand out on LinkedIn in 2026
Laura Vanderkam
Best-selling author and time-management thinker
Author, Time Management Expert
Episode: Why you feel busy all the time (even when you’re not), with Laura Vanderkam
Tom Rath
Author and researcher focused on strengths, purpose, and well-being
Gallup/Author of StrengthsFinder and What's the Point
Episode: Are you an initiator or a responder? Tom Rath on thriving in the age of AI

Hosts

Amantha Imber
Host of the show and co-presenter; affiliated with Inventium AI; leads discussions on productivity, leadership, and practical behavior change.
Neo Aplin
Co-host and head of Inventium AI; steers technical framing, AI strategy, and demonstrations of practical AI tools.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 875 ratings
  • Essential listening for curious life-long learners

    Love this podcast and remiss in not reviewing earlier. Thanks for sharing your insights and experiences on work and more recently how you and your team leverage AI. Invaluable tips.

    Liz VV

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    katsem64
    Australia2 months ago
  • So practical and easy to implement!

    I just listened to Amantha’s How I Work podcast episode with Laura Mae Martin around the release of her 2024 book Uptime and it was excellent. So many practical golden nuggets that you can immediately apply to your daily life and productivity habits.

    What really stood out to me was Amantha’s interviewing style. In the productivity and time management space, there’s often a lot of assumed knowledge — people throw around concepts without actually breaking them down in a way that helps listeners ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kwpkwp
    United States3 months ago
  • Practical Secrets for Peak Performance (without the macho nonsense)

    Amantha Imber's "How I Work" podcast is a goldmine for productivity enthusiasts. The episode featuring Dr. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman on thriving in uncertain times was particularly illuminating. Imber's skillful interviewing unearthed Kellerman's wealth of knowledge on human flourishing in the workplace. I was struck by Kellerman's insights on prospection as a trust-building tool for leaders, and her emphasis on recognition as "almost a vaccine for a crisis of mattering." This podcast consistent... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Robyn Bolton, MileZero
    United States2 years ago
  • Productivity hack central!

    What a show, I absolutely enjoy every episode but what I really love are the ‘best of’ recap episodes that narrow in on the top tips from each presenter on how to get more out of each day!

    I have this podcast on regular rotation!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JRLaltona
    Australia2 years ago
  • Interesting content and actionable, inspiring ideas

    I was fortunate enough to have Dr Amantha do a presentation to my workplace online during Covid.

    The energy of the Inventium team is really palpable and I really enjoy these ~30 minute snippets to give me ideas I can action with my team!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dorothy Mantooth
    Denmark2 years ago

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Thoughtful, actionable, and consistently practical for busy professionals.
Hosts bring clarity to AI and productivity without fluff; guests are well-chosen.
Real-world tips you can try in the next week; highly actionable.

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#30
Australia/Education
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How I AI: Agents, Projects, and Skills (oh my!): A no-fluff guide on when to use each one
Q: What are these things, Neo, and when should we use them?
Agents are tasks-specific AI helpers; projects are document- and context-heavy containers that group related chats and files; skills are reusable, step-based procedures that ensure consistent execution across work.
Part 2: The loneliness of leadership no one warned you about, with Christian O'Connell
Q: Where in your life could you turn up the connection dial by 10%?
Being more open about struggles with the team, sharing the decision-making process, and naming pressures rather than pretending everything is fine, which creates trust and better collaboration.
How I AI: Cowork explained in 10 Minutes
Q: Now, final question. The Cowork that is going into Microsoft Copilot, is this essentially exactly the same as what we're experiencing in Claude Cowork?
It's very close. Microsoft has integrated Claude technology into their Cowork product and added environment-specific features like Work IQ and cloud-wide visibility, but the core Cowork capabilities for file-based tasks, longer-running processes, and on-device operation remain similar.
Behind the book deal: How a book goes from pitch to print, with Penguin Random House's Izzy Yates
Q: What happens when a proposal is exciting but still needs work before a book deal?
The proposal goes through an initial publishing meeting to discuss the book's vision and feedback, then, if enthusiasm remains, it moves to an acquisitions meeting where more senior stakeholders decide; during this phase writers and editors may refine the proposal to strengthen it.
The two AI mistakes hurting your team's productivity, with Dom Price
Q: Two terms that I had not heard before chatting with you about this stuff, Dom, is bot sitting and bot shitting. Can you tell me what these two activities involve?
Bot sitting refers to the hidden, iterative work of interacting with AI, where people refine prompts and outputs, often spending hours to get a satisfactory result. Bot shitting is when someone outsources everything to AI without providing context or verification, resulting in low-quality, untrusted outputs. The key is to use AI to augment human work, not replace human judgment, and to build better governance and prompting so outputs improve over time.

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