How I Work

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Dr Jason Fox on trialling a 7-day rhythm for work and life Jul 15, 2020

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My guest today is Dr Jason Fox. I’ve known Jason for the best part of a decade. Like me, he is a scientist at heart and has a bias for strategies that are grounded in research. Jason travels the world helping leaders from companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, McDonalds, and Toyota in the area of motivation design.

Jason is also the bestselling author of The Game Changer and How to Lead a Quest, and in 2016 was awarded Keynote Speaker of the Year.

Check out the first time I had Jason on the show.

In this chat, we cover:

* Why Jason hates the concept of “discipline"

* Trialling a 7 day rhythm for work and life

* How Jason assigns different “modes” to different days of the week

* Jason’s daily rituals that set up his work day for success

* The value of keeping a daily journal

* What’s NOT working well in the world of virtual events and workshops

* How to elicit great comments and questions from virtual workshop and keynote participants and audiences

* Why virtual events shouldn’t be recorded

* Why Jason never finishes a keynote with Q&A

* How Jason is seeing companies innovate the experience of virtual keynote presentations

* Jason’s favourite questions to ask audiences

* The importance of the first five minutes of a virtual experience and how to make the most of them

* The apps that Jason is currently loving

Connect with Dr Jason Fox here.

And here are some other links to things we mentioned:

The Discipline by William van Hecke

The Museletter by Dr Fox

The Character Handbook (featuring the ‘Ritual of Becoming’) by Dr Fox

And here are the apps Jase spoke about: roamresearch.com, obsidian.md, ulysses.app and ia.net (iA writer).

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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

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My Favourite Tip: Auctioneer-extraordinaire Phillip Kingston on how to fast track getting to know someone Jul 13, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Auctioneer-extraordinaire Phillip Kingston was on how to fast track getting to know someone.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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Atlassian's Dom Price on dramatically improving virtual meetings Jul 08, 2020

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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.

This is my second time having Dom on the show. I was keen to have him back to check in with how he has adapted the way he works during COVID.

Check out my first interview with Dom here.

In this chat, we cover:

Why Dom has found the shift from working at home some of the time to 100% of the time
How Dom starts his management meetings now they are virtual to boost interpersonal connections
How Dom is reducing Zoom meetings
How a virtual art class helped the Atlassian management team bond
How the Atlassian executive team are structuring their virtual meetings
How allocating clear roles is critical to having effective meetings
Making quick decisions rather than perfect ones
The optimal size for meetings
How Dom uses the chat box in virtual presentations and workshops
How Dom makes sure he gives introverts a voice in virtual meetings
Atlassian’s 80/20 approach to helping its 4000+ employees cope during COVID
What Dom learnt from Trello about remote working
How to do water cooler conversation in the remote working world
How Atlassian are doing onboarding during COVID

Connect with Dom:

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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My Favourite Tip: Dan Health on removing recurring irritants from your life Jul 06, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Dan Health was on removing recurring irritants from your life.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My Favourite Tip: Stanford behaviour change expert BJ Fogg on making habits stick Jul 01, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Stanford behaviour change expert BJ Fogg was on making habits stick.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My Favourite Tip: Amazon executive Paul Migliorini on banning PowerPoint decks Jun 29, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Amazon executive Paul Migliorini was on banning PowerPoint decks.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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Part 2: Jake Knapp on sharing "news duty", avoiding video calls, and being a better listener Jun 24, 2020

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This is part 2 of my chat with Jake Knapp.

If you didn’t listen to last week’s episode, 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 mentioned on a previous episode. I personally loved Make Time, which is all about strategies to help make time for doing your most important work and really getting the most out of each day.

Check out my very first interview with Jake.

And check out Part 1 of this interview here.

We cover:

How Jake and his wife deliberately design each day in 15-30 minute increments
The importance of planning his morning to set himself up for the rest of the day
Our favourite calendar software
On sharing “news duty” with his wife and how it has completely changed the way Jake consumes news
Daily dancing to improve mood
Using phone calls instead of video calls
On trying to be a better listener and stop solving people’s problems.

Books

You’re Not Listening

Find out more about Jake here:

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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My Favourite Tip: Columbia Professor Rita McGrath on how she decides what projects to take on Jun 22, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Columbia Professor Rita McGrath was on how she decides what projects to take on.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 1: Jake Knapp on why email is so addictive and how he is winning the battle against his inbox Jun 17, 2020

Show notes

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 mentioned on a previous episode. I personally loved Make Time, which is all about strategies to help make time for doing your most important work and really getting the most out of each day.

Check out my very first interview with Jake.

And in this chat, we cover:

What working from home during COVID is like when you are a solo worker
What it was like having all keynotes and workshops cancelled when COVID hit
How working from home right now is completely different to working from home pre-COVID
How to build self-worth when the majority of your client work has been cancelled
Running remote Sprints
The importance of planning a highlight for every day
Jake’s favourite new mobile app for daily reflection
Jake’s biggest struggle in trying to be productive
Why email is so addictive and how to kick the addiction
Balancing communicating with fans of his work and dedicating time to getting new work done
Jake’s new email auto-responder

Find out more about Jake here:

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My Favourite Tip: Sandra Sully on how to conduct a great interview Jun 15, 2020

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My favourite tip from my chat with Sandra Sully was on how to conduct a great interview.

You can find the full interview here.

Visit https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.

Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

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