How I Work

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Host: Amantha Imber

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My Favourite Tip: Booktopia CEO Tony Nash on how to make learning automatic Aug 30, 2021

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Do you want to get more out of everything you read? Well, join the club! Or, you could join Booktopia CEO Tony Nash and start listening to more audiobooks instead.

Tony shares why he doesn’t stress about taking notes while he’s listening, and instead prefers to absorb the information into hismental “DataBank”.

He says it improves his ability to act quickly and automatically when it matters most.

He also reveals the two heated moments that sparked his commitment to remaining calm in the face of uncertainty and unforeseeable crises.

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You can find the full interview here: Why Booktopia’s CEO Tony Nash is excited when people resign.

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amantha

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Ten surprising ways to make lockdown suck a little bit less, with Atlassian's Dom Price Aug 25, 2021

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Last week marked a very special kind of anniversary for me: being a Melbournian, I have now clocked up over 200 days in lockdown. For most of those 200 days, I feel like I've coped pretty well.

But last week, things felt really hard. I didn't feel like myself and people close to me were struggling too. And I was just sick of hearing the same old advice for how to cope. So I reached out to someone I knew would be thinking differently - Dom Price, head of R&D and resident Work Futurist at Atlassian.

So if you're struggling with lockdown, or maybe just everything that is going on in the world right now, I hope that you'll be able to take at least one thing out of this chat to help make things a tiny bit better right now.

Find a buddy for News Duty
Do a Ritual Reset (and check out Atlassian's Team Central for doing Status Updates asynchronously)
Day of Yes
Treat Day (and check out The Power of Moments)
Plan an act of service
Conduct Atlassian's Work-Life Impact exercise
Nudge yourself towards better behaviours
Design your week
Five-minute social media timer
The Balance of Happiness

Connect with Dom on his website, Linkedin, and via Atlassian's Team Playbook.

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A weekly ritual to get off your devices (especially during lockdown) Aug 23, 2021

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How are you coping with this whole global pandemic thing? I'm in Melbourne in lockdown 6.0 and it's pretty tough going. I feel like I'm more reliant on my devices than ever before - it's like a window to the outside world. But I have a feeling that checking ABC news 10 times a day isn't very good for my mental health. So in today's show, I have an alternative to share.

Try out Amantha's favourite calendar software here:

usemotion.io

Check out Lisa's ABC podcast This Working Life.

Connect with Lisa on Linkedin.

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amantha

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanthai/

If you’re looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short fortinghtly newsletter that contains three cool things 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 all episodes.

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CREDITS

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Analogue productivity in a digital age with Unilever CEO Nicky Sparshott Aug 18, 2021

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Being a CEO is tough… Being CEO of two companies? That’s a whole different game.

For Nicky Sparshott, CEO of Unilever ANZ and Global CEO of T2, the trick to staying on top of everything is sometimes as simple as a post-it note.

She shares how she filters her priorities from a five-year horizon all the way down through yearly, quarterly, monthly and daily to-do lists. She also highlights the importance of blocking out time for deep thinking, the unexpected benefits of working with a global team, and some tricks for bringing levity into your business.

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CREDITS

Produced by Inventium

Host: Amantha Imber

Production Support from Deadset Studios

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My Favourite Tip: Carsales CEO Cameron McIntyre - Don’t send that email just yet! Aug 16, 2021

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You’ve got a huge decision to make - the common advice would be to ‘sleep on it’.

Carsales CEO Cameron McIntyre says even if ‘sleeping on it’ actually looks more like lying awake in bed thinking about it all night, taking 24 hours before you make a crucial decision, or reply to a frustrating email, is worth it.

According to Cameron, leaders don’t get the benefit of throwing their hands up in defeat - that kind of behaviour can be contagious in an organisation.

He shares how you can remain calm and composed for those around you.

Connect with Cameron on Twitter or Linkedin

You can find the full interview here: How to remember names and influence people - with Carsales’ CEO Cameron McIntyre

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CREDITS

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Get your priorities straight with Oliver Burkeman Aug 11, 2021

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Hear me out - what if you stopped trying so hard to be productive? Most of us only get a total of four thousand weeks on this earth. Do you really want to spend them answering emails?

Oliver Burkeman is a “recovering productivity geek” and he wants you to make peace with the reality that you'll never get everything done. He says once you’ve accepted that hard truth, you’ll finally be free to focus on what’s truly important.

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking and the forthcoming Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.

He shares why it’s valuable to recognise and wrestle with your limitations head-on, why it’s worth keeping a “Done List,” and gives you permission to decline to clear the decks.

Connect with Oliver on Twitter or via his website.

Get a copy of Oliver’s book 4000 Weeks.

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