How I Work
Episodes
Why Most AI Rollouts Fail (And How to Make Sure Yours Doesn't)
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You've bought the licenses. You've made the announcement. And a few months later, you're staring at a workforce either ignori...
Are you an initiator or a responder? Tom Rath on thriving in the age of AI
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the thing you spend the most time on at work won't matter at all when you're gone? It's a confronting question,...
What AI capability really looks like in high-performing teams
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sign up for Inventium’s AI Agent Bootcamp here: INSERT CORRECT LINK HERE Your organisation hit its AI adoption target. Eighty percent of staff h...
This is what AI is actually doing to your brain, with Gabriella Rosen Kellerman
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The more AI tools you use, the more productive you get. Right? Not exactly. Boston Consulting Group leader Gabriella Rosen K...
The #1 mistake people make with AI
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every time you open a new AI chat, you're starting from scratch. You type out the background, explain your role, describe the project. Then you do it ...
Sabri Suby on video sales letters, and the negotiation mistakes almost everyone makes (Part 2)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You're in sales. Even if your job title has nothing to do with sales, you are selling every single day. Ideas, proposals, budget requests, buy-in. The...
Why you need to talk, not type, to your AI
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You are almost certainly doing most of your computer work the slow way. Think about the last time you sat down to write an email, rename a file, or wo...
The Subtraction Method: how Sabri Suby protects his time and focus (Part 1)
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the secret to getting more done was to stop doing things? Sabri Suby, founder of King Kong, one of Australia's fastest-growing digital agencie...
Our #1 favourite AI tool for meetings
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There is a moment most people have had in a meeting: the AI bot joins before your guest does, someone has to awkwardly ask if recording is okay, and t...
The AI playbook of ELMO Software’s President, Joseph Lyons
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Being prepared is one of those things that sounds straightforward until you actually look at a leader's calendar. Back-to-back meetings, a constant st...
Stop writing like a robot: ban these AI words and phrases
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Download Inventium.ai's anti-AI slop prompt here: https://amantha-imber.kit.com/d5f746bd3e You can always tell when something's been written by AI. Th...
Ask Me Anything with Dr Amantha Imber: Burnout, AI, Productivity & The Biggest Mistakes Knowledge Workers Make
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
**Record a question for Amantha’s next Ask Me Anything here: https://www.speakpipe.com/howiwork ** It's Ask Me Anything time! I aske...
How we have automated AI to summarise industry news, trends, and other updates – every single week
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
That wall of industry newsletters in your inbox isn’t a reading list. It’s a stress list. You tell you...
Why visualising success might be sabotaging you, with Nir Eyal (Part 2)
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Visualising success feels productive. Vision boards, manifesting, picturing the finish line. It gives the sense that you’re ...
How to use AI to prioritise when everything feels urgent
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When your to-do list feels endless and everything seems equally urgent, it’s hard to know where to start. The overwhelm doesn&rsq...
Struggling to reach your goals? Nir Eyal explains the beliefs holding you back (Part 1)
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and the things you want in life isn’t your effort, your discipline, or even your circumstances...
The One Question Every Leader Should Ask About AI
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rolling out Copilot or ChatGPT and hoping productivity magically improves rarely works. In fact, for many leaders, it creates more confusion, more&nbs...
Feel stuck in small talk? Daniel Coyle shares the questions that create real connection.
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We all have stories worth telling. Yet most of us decide ours aren’t interesting enough, important enough, or universal enough to...
The AI critique system we use to improve our work
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Download Inventium.ai’s custom GPT instructions to create your own Personal AI Reviewer Buddy here: https://amantha-imber.kit.com...
The 5 skills that will get you promoted this year, with Tim Duggan
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re aiming for a promotion this year, here’s a slightly awkward thought: the skills that got you here ...
How to use AI to find a new job
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Job hunting can feel like a full-time job in itself. Scrolling listings, second-guessing roles, and trying to stand out in a sea of applications....
The truth about fibre, full-body MRIs and food myths, with Dr Joanna McMillan.
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every week there’s a new study telling us what not to eat. Coffee is bad. Eggs are dangerous. Spinach blocks nutrients. Or ...
We Let AI Prep Us for a Doctors Appointment
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor and specialist appointments are expensive, time-limited, and often overwhelming. It’s easy to walk in underprepared and walk ou...
Walking away from a dream job? Dom Price reveals what really happens in the space after “I quit.”
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After 12 years as the Work Futurist at Atlassian, Dom Price made the decision to leave a role so intertwined with who he was that even introducing him...
How to use AI to save money shopping
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shopping should be simple. But for most of us, it’s turned into tabs open everywhere, conflicting reviews, and that lingerin...
Some workplaces drain you. Autistic CEO Cherie Clonan explains what's really happening.
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some workdays leave you tired. Others leave you completely wiped, even when you have done everything right. In this episode, I explore why t...
(BONUS) The LinkedIn metric most people ignore - Cherie Clonan on return on intimacy.
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
LinkedIn can feel pretty soulless right now, with endless AI-generated posts and very little that actually sticks. In this bonus episode, I chat...
Tame your inbox with these 5 AI hacks
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Coming back from a few days off work should feel refreshing. Instead, it often means opening your inbox to 200 unread emails and n...
13 AI tools we use every single day
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are launching How I AI, a new weekly show dropping straight into your How I Work feed every Monday. Over the p...
BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
**BEST OF** In an effort to make time for ourselves, many of us fall back on using To Do lists and time blocking. But often these strategies can end u...
BEST OF: I burnt out completely last year. This is how I recovered.
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
**BEST OF** In our modern workplaces, is suffering from burn out now simply a matter of when, rather than if? For a slightly different episode, I&rsqu...
BEST OF: The People-Pleasing Trap: How Laura Henshaw escaped it (and how you can too)
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
**BEST OF** Do you find yourself constantly trying to ensure people like you? Bending over backwards to avoid giving bad news or make someone unhappy?...
BEST OF: Sahil Bloom on building a scoreboard that reflects what matters
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**BEST OF** You can be ticking off goals, crushing deadlines, and still feel like you’re missing the point. If your time and energy aren’t...
BEST OF: Journaling for people who hate journaling: Michael Bungay Stanier's game-changing method
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**BEST OF** That beautiful leather-bound journal you bought with the best intentions? The one now gathering dust under a pile of books? You're not alo...
25 things 2025 taught us about work, wellbeing, & AI
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special crossover episode with my mate Shelley Johnson from This Is Work, we sat down with printed lists and compared notes on 25 th...
Quick Win: The quarterly ritual that bonds teams for months
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your team could feel more connected without ever mandating office days? In this Quick Win episode, I’m joined by Avani Prabhakar, ...
How to make sense of 2025 and design your best 2026, with Lisa Leong (Part 2)
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Looking ahead to a new year can feel exciting and overwhelming at the same time, especially when you’re not quite sure what you w...
Quick Win: What leaders get wrong about saying sorry with Clare Stephens
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever caught yourself rehearsing what to say at work - terrified one wrong phrase could spark backlash? In this Quick Win, I speak with Clare Ste...
How to make sense of 2025 and design your best 2026, with Lisa Leong (Part 1)
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some years slip by in a blur, and others demand you stop and ask yourself why certain moments changed you more than you expected. This was one of thos...
Quick Win: The simple question that stops catastrophising and opens real possibility
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re on the edge of a big leap, do you spiral into everything that could go wrong? What if you asked a different question instead - one t...
Ask Me Anything: How I use AI in real life (plus the tech I rely on to work smarter)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**Record a question for Amantha’s next Ask Me Anything here: https://www.speakpipe.com/howiwork ** I talk about AI a lot ...
Quick Win: Why your “default behaviour” isn’t actually yours — and how to change it
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the way you argue with your partner or push yourself at work isn’t actually yours - but something you absorbed decades ago? In thi...
The counterintuitive brainstorming rule that made Exploding Kittens a global hit.
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you lead a team that kills thousands of ideas - and still keep everyone excited to create again the next day? That’s business as us...
(BONUS) Exploding Kittens CEO’s “walking with AI” ritual to unlock ideas.
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The secret to using AI well might actually be teaching it to shut up. In this bonus episode, I’m joined by Elan Lee - the brilliant mind b...
Quick Win: The dangerous AI shortcut that quietly erodes your judgment
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI can feel like the ultimate shortcut – no blank pages, no stuck moments. But what happens when you hand over too much of the thinking? I...
Ambitious CEO and present parent? Dr Catriona Wallace on refusing to choose.
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing to be told you can’t have it all. It’s another to be told you can’t be both a CEO and a mother. When an i...
(BONUS) How plant medicine transformed Catriona Wallace’s leadership
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, Dr Catriona Wallace drank ayahuasca for the first time - expecting enlightenment but instead meeting her shadow. What followed was sev...
Quick Win: The AI workflow that can replace your morning scroll
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if every morning you woke up to the biggest breakthroughs in your industry - already summarised and ranked before your first sip of coffee? ...
Inside the hardest year at Inventium (Part 2)
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, I shared part one of my conversation with my teammate Aly Solly from Inventium. We unpacked some of the lessons from 2024 - our toughest ye...
Quick Win: How to use AI to think better – not faster
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you think AI is just about saving time or cutting headcount, you’re missing its biggest potential. In this Quick Win episode, futurist ...
Inside the hardest year at Inventium (Part 1)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often talk about success stories, not the moments when things completely fall apart. But sometimes, that’s where the biggest lessons hide.&nb...
Quick Win: The AI experiment that made a CEO obsolete
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the smartest thing a leader could do is try to make themselves obsolete? That’s exactly what Georgie Holt, co-founder of Flight Sto...
The moment that changed how Holly Wainwright sees ambition
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We love to pretend we’re above jealousy – that successful, self-aware people don’t feel it. But that’s a lie. When bests...
(BONUS) The mindset shift that saved Holly Wainwright from burning out, again
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, Holly Wainwright promises herself she won’t burn out again - and every year, she does. When she told me that, I laughed - not ...
Quick Win: The surprising upside of shorter tenure
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long tenure sounds like a good thing - until it starts holding your business back. Here’s what I learned when I stopped treating it as a badge o...
Steal Atlassian’s playbook for building stronger teams without an office
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most companies think connection is built in the office. Atlassian discovered the opposite. In this episode, I’m joined by Avani Prabhakar,...
Quick Win: What teams get wrong about psychological safety
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You could be trying your hardest to build psychological safety - and still be getting it wrong. Here’s why just one person feeling unsafe can qu...
How to lead when you’re scared of saying the wrong thing, with Clare Stephens
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you say the wrong thing online - or at work - and suddenly feel the world closing in? Clare Stephens knows this all too well. After ...
Quick Win: The relationship reset that doesn’t feel like a chore, with Sahil Bloom
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When life gets hectic, relationships are often the first thing to slip. But what if a simple habit could keep you connected - even during your busiest...
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)
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**Record a question for Amantha’s next Ask Me Anything here: https://www.speakpipe.com/howiwork ** It’s harder than ever to cut thro...
25 ways AI can make your home life easier
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
** Book in for Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade here: https://inventium.com.au/genai-cohort/ ** AI isn’t just for work. Fr...
Ask Me Anything with Dr. Amantha Imber: Procrastination hacks, my AI workflows, and task management hacks (Part 1)
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**Record a question for Amantha’s next Ask Me Anything here: https://www.speakpipe.com/howiwork ** What do you do when procrastination tak...
Stop letting AI write bad emails. Do this instead
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
** Book in for Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade here: https://inventium.com.au/genai-cohort/ ** Struggling to get AI to write emails ...
Designing prompts that save you hours every week with Dropbox’s Morgan Brown
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest value of AI isn’t answers, but better questions? For Morgan Brown, Vice President of Product and Growth at Dropbox, that rea...
The secret to smarter AI? Make it disagree with you
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
** Book in for Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade here: https://inventium.com.au/genai-cohort/ ** Most people use AI like a polite assi...
How to stop saying yes when you mean no, with Lael Stone
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever said yes when your whole body was screaming NO!!? Those small choices add up, leaving us drained, resentful, and out of alignment with o...
AI slop explained: Why it’s everywhere and what to do about it
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Book in for Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade here: https://inventium.com.au/genai-cohort/ Have you ever received a 10-page document t...
The two questions that can stop overthinking in its tracks with Lael Stone
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your colleague doesn’t reply to your email. Days pass. Your mind spins - do they not like me, do they not want me on the project, or are they ju...
Quick Win: Why it’s ok to have career-focused personal identity
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So many of us strive to find that ‘perfect job’, but once we get there, do we run the risk of having it become our sole focus, to the detr...
This futurist’s AI advice will change how you work forever
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you think AI is all about saving time and cutting corners, think again. In this conversation with futurist Bob Johansen, we explore how ...
Quick Win: The simple question that helps you be more intentional with how you spend your days
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re rushing through the day, it’s easy to lose sight of what actually matters. In this Quick Win episode, New York Times bes...
A CEO’s AI Experiment: How AI helped me fire myself
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Georgie Holt set herself a radical challenge: Could she completely remove herself from the operational side of her job using AI? In this conversation,...
(Bonus) Behind the scenes of Diary Of A CEO + how the team built 48 AI tools and saved 62,000 hours
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode, Georgie Holt (co-founder of Flight Story alongside Stephen Bartlett) takes us behind-the-scenes to look at how her team...
Quick Win: Why inbox zero is a myth (and what to do instead)
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If your inbox is overflowing and you can’t shake the guilt of unanswered emails, you’re not alone. In this Quick Win episode, New York Tim...
How AI is changing the way you think (and how to fight back) with Prof Scott Anthony
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to our ability to think critically when we start outsourcing it to AI? Professor Scott Anthony is one of the world’s leading expert...
Quick Win: Why you feel stuck (and the simple reflection to change it)
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you stuck in autopilot, drifting through life without a sense of direction? This episode can help you get back in touch with what really matters.&...
My biggest leadership mistakes from 2024 (Part 2)
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who wants to be led by someone who’s burnt out? That’s the question I asked myself in 2024 - and why I kept pushing through and pretending...
Quick Win: How to prioritise when everything feels important
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Work-life balance. We’ve all heard the phrase — but how do you actually achieve it? And more importantly, is it even possible when it feel...
My biggest leadership mistakes from 2024 (Part 1)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I got leadership wrong in 2024. That’s how I started a newsletter earlier this year that scared the hell out of me to publish. In this episode, ...
Quick Win: How Laura Henshaw broke free from destructive people-pleasing
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Giving feedback to someone else is hard, especially when it involves constructive criticism or even outright bad news. For those who have a need to be...
BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
BEST OF In an effort to make time for ourselves, many of us fall back on using To Do lists and time blocking. But often these strategies can end up wi...
Quick Win: How to quit single-use waste - even when you're travelling
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if I told you that one simple kit could make your work and travel more sustainable - without adding extra hassle? The best eco-friendly hab...
BEST OF: Ramp it up or shut it down: How ConvertKit’s Founder and CEO made his most important business decision
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
BEST OF How does an entrepreneur go from being told to shut down their business to building a software company worth over $200 million and serving ove...
Quick Win: A better way to make big decisions (with total confidence)
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The bigger the decision, the harder it feels to make. We overthink, second-guess ourselves, and sometimes freeze entirely. But what if there was a sim...
BEST OF: Atlassian’s Dom Price says ‘difficult conversations’ can be easy if you know how
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
BEST OF Do difficult workplace conversations terrify you?Does the idea of having to tell a colleague something they won’t like make you just wan...
Quick Win: How Sarah Grynberg turned her negative thoughts into positive ones
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re stuck in a negative mindset, people love to say, ‘Just think positive!’ But what does that actually mean? And what are s...
BEST OF: Radical Candour’s Kim Scott shares the secret techniques top leaders use to give and receive feedback
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
BEST OF Warning: This episode contains radical ideas that may change the way you lead forever! In this episode of How I Work, leadership guru and auth...
Quick Win: What you need to know to manage burnout
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fast paced, work focused world we live in, is hitting burnout now just inevitable for all of us? Last year I suffered from intense burnout and ...
The 10-minute setup that saves hours of AI frustration
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to unlock more time-saving AI strategies like this? Join Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade. The next cohort starts July 14, and spots ...
Are you a GenAI Gunslinger? Why your approach is costing you results.
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to learn how to architect your prompts like a pro and unlock 10+ hours of your week? Join Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade. Spots are...
Sahil Bloom on building a scoreboard that reflects what matters
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can be ticking off goals, crushing deadlines, and still feel like you’re missing the point. If your time and energy aren’t going where...
The AI feature that changed my workflow (Hint: it involves your voice).
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to master powerful AI tactics like this and unlock 10+ hours every week, join Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade. Spots are limi...
The truth about values and how to identify yours - with Dr. Em
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are values really - and how do you know if you’re living in alignment with them? In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr....
How I condensed a day of research into 5 minutes (without losing quality).
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re serious about working smarter (not harder) and unlocking 10+ hours of your week, Inventium’s GenAI Productivity Upgrade course i...
The time rules you didn’t know were running your life according to Chris Guillebeau (Part 2)
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So much of how we spend our time is shaped by invisible rules we never agreed to. From how often you check email to how long you take to reply, these ...
Quick Win: Ben Shewry’s secret to staying creative with a busy schedule
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The big catch with a creative business is that the more successful you get, the more your creative endeavour can feel like a chore instead of a passio...
Feel like you’re always behind? Chris Guillebeau has a fix for your time anxiety (Part 1)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever get the sense that no matter how much you do, you’re still running out of time? Like there’s something you should be doing, bu...
Quick Win: How to spend less time worrying
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Worrying can take up so much of our time, especially when most of what we worry about never actually happens. This worrying uses up time that could be...
The productivity myth I had to unlearn
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If your to-do list is full but your energy is gone, this episode is for you. In this special crossover episode from the This Is Work podcast, I ...
Quick Win: How break out of the email cycle trap
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself set up for a productive day, only to be derailed by your emails? Checking and replying to emails can eat up so much time - and wh...