Ep 134 Dr Amantha Imber - The experiment of time

Time. It’s seems to be moving quicker every year, it’s something we wish we had more of, and we are intrigued by those who you use it wisely. In this episode we’re going to dive into strategies and tools used by some of the worlds most successful people.

Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of behavioural science consultancy Inventium. Amantha’s thoughts have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur and Fast Company, and in 2021, she won the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which recognises the thinker who has contributed the most to the understanding of innovation globally over the last two years and was the first Australian to do so.

Amantha is also the host of the number one ranking business podcast How I Work, where she interviews some of the world’s most successful people about their habits, rituals and strategies for optimising their day. Over three years later, with over 3 million podcast downloads, she has interviewed more than 150 bestselling authors, musicians, entertainers, entrepreneurs and business leaders, to get inside their heads and understand the routines and rituals that enable them to achieve their purpose. In Time Wise, Amantha brings together all the gems she’s learned from her conversations with guests, including Adam Grant, Dan Pink, Cal Newport, Mia Freedman, Turia Pitt, B.J. Fogg, Sandra Sully, Kochie, Gary Mehigan and Gretchen Rubin, to name just some. She is also the author of the bestselling books The Creativity Formula and The Innovation Formula.

In this episode we unpack how ways of working has changed, especially across the last few years. Why having an experiment mindset changes how we look at our habits, and how this approach has guided Amantha and her team to have a 4-day work week.

This conversation will open up your thinking on how you use your time - it certainly did for me - and provides practical strategies you can put into place today.

Soak up the intrigue, insights and inventive approach to living a big life from Dr Amantha Imber.