How I Work

Nancy Duarte is the world expert on designing and delivering presentations. Nancy’s firm Duarte, is the largest design firm in Silicon Valley. They help very big and famous companies and people, from Apple through to Al Gore, design and deliver great presentations.Nancy has also written several books about storytelling and presentations, including the Harvard Business Review guide to creating persuasive presentations.I’ve been a fan of Nancy’s work for a long time so I was very excited to chat with her. We covered a heap of ground in this interview, including:

• How Nancy overcomes writer’s block
• How email changes her body chemistry
• Why Nancy hasn’t been on facebook for three months
• Why Nancy always has a major and a minor work on the go at all times
• How she decides which opportunities to say yes to
• Nancy’s ultra organised approach to managing her inbox
• Why Nancy has reduced the amount of emails she sends
• Her favourite “productivity” app
• How Nancy prepares for her own presentations
• Nancy’s pre-presentation ritual

And a whole lot more.If you want to read more about Nancy, you can find her on Twitter or via her firm Duarte.Full show notes and a transcript of this episode can be found at www.amanthaimber.com/podcastWant to get in touch? Reach out at [email protected]

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Do you have a behaviour (or maybe several) that you are trying hard to change? Today’s mini-sode will reveal some fascinating research on a single word that you can use that doubles the chance of creating real behaviour change.

Check out the research study cited in this episode right here.

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Rachel Botsman is a world renowned expert on technology and trust, and the author of bestselling books “Who Can You Trust?” and “What’s Mine Is Yours".

Rachel is a lecturer at Oxford University and has been recognised as one of the “Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company and as one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world.

We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including:

• Why Rachel never sleeps near her phone
• “Big stride days” and how to have one
• How the weather effects her productivity
• Her unusual but very awesome way of crafting presentations
• How Rachel hit a ridiculously tight book deadline
• Why she finishes her day midway through writing a paragraph
• Her one minute mindfulness routine
• Rachel’s “tips” to make it easier to say no

And a whole lot more.

You can find Rachel on Twitter and Linkedin at @Rachelbotsman and via her website.

Comprehensive show notes on this episode can be found right here.

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 here.

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Amanda Palmer is a singer-songwriter, rule-breaker, disruptor, and all round rockstar.You might know Amanda from being one half of the Dresden Dolls. Or you might know her, as I did, through her TED talk "The art of asking" which has been viewed by over 10 million people. Amanda is a total innovator in the world of music, and raised $1.2 million on a kickstarter campaign several years ago to be able to produce her own solo album, independent from a record label.

One of the things I loved most about this chat with Amanda is hearing her very intensive step by step process for creating and delivering her amazing TED talk.

In this conversation, we cover topics such as:

• How Amanda writes songs
• Why she insists on staying in a separate hotel room to her husband when on tour
• The enormous amount of work that went into her TED talk
• The signals she uses in her life to work out whether she is on or off balance
• The podcasts Amanda is listening to and books she is reading

And a whole lot more.

You can find Amanda on all the usual social channels at @amandapalmer, via her website amandapalmer.net, and find out more about her my Patreon community right here: www.patreon.com/amandapalmer

For comprehensive show notes on this episode, go to: www.amanthaimber.com/podcast

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 howiwork.co

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On today's show, I speak to Matt Mullenweg. I feel like Matt is kind of like internet royalty because he is a founding developer of WordPress, which is the Open Source software used by over 31% of the web. He also founded Automattic which now employs around 700 people. Matt has been named one of PC World's Top 50 People on the Web and Business Week's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

In this conversation, we cover a whole bunch of topics such as:

• Matt's innovative approach to consuming books
• How Matt stays focused on important tasks
• Matt's approach to meetings
• Techniques to create healthier habits
• What's on Matt's smart phone home screen
• Matt's favourite productivity apps
• Why Matt still uses a paper notebook
• The podcasts Matt is listening to and books he is reading

And a whole lot more.

You can find out more about Matt via his blog https://ma.tt/ or via https://automattic.com/

For comprehensive show notes on this episode, go to: www.amanthaimber.com/podcast

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 howiwork.co

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On today's show, I speak to organizational psychologist, best-selling author and Wharton's highest-rated professor, Adam Grant.

His books Give and Take, Originals, and Option B have sold over one million copies and have been translated into 35 languages. Adam has been recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers, was named one of Fortune's 40 under 40, and he also happens to be the host of one of my favourite podcasts, WorkLife which is a TED original podcast.

In this conversation, we cover a whole bunch of topics such as:

• How to make email more bearable
• How becoming a parent completely changed Adam's way of working
• How Adam approaches social media usage
• How Adam starts every week
• Why meetings kill productivity
• The podcasts Adam is listening to and books he is reading

And a whole lot more.

You can sign up to Adam's e-newsletter Granted (one of my faves!) here: www.adamgrant.net

For comprehensive show notes on this episode, go to: www.amanthaimber.com/podcast

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 howiwork.co

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Have you ever wondered if the world's most successful people construct their day differently to you? How I Work delves into the tactics, rituals and tricks they use to achieve so much more than the average person, despite having the same number of hours in the day.

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