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Auteur(s): Amantha Imber
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You know those annoyingly successful people who seem to have it all figured out? Time to steal their playbook. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber gets world‑class achievers to spill their secrets - the daily strategies behind their success through to life hacks and productivity hacks they’d rather keep to themselves. We’re talking practical tips for boosting your output (including clever AI tools and shortcuts that’ll make you look like a genius), managing overwhelm without losing your mind, and optimising both work and wellbeing. No motivational fluff. Just battle‑tested tactics from people who’ve cracked the code.

2026 Amantha Imber Gestion et leadership Économie
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  • Tame your inbox with these 5 AI hacks

    Tame your inbox with these 5 AI hacks
    Feb 1 2026

    Coming back from a few days off work should feel refreshing. Instead, it often means opening your inbox to 200 unread emails and not knowing where to start. In this How I AI episode, we look at how AI can help you get oriented faster by scanning, sorting, and summarising what’s landed while you were away.

    If email is a constant source of friction in your workday, this conversation will help you approach it more strategically. We talk through practical ways to use AI to triage your inbox quickly, catch up on long email threads, and create daily or weekly digests that surface what actually needs your attention.

    We also cover how to use AI to write better replies in your own voice, reflect the communication style of the person you’re replying to, and schedule meetings directly from an email thread using Microsoft Copilot.

    Neo and I discuss:

    • Which AI tools can access your inbox and what that depends on
    • Using AI to summarise unread emails after time away
    • Creating tables that show what matters, what needs action, and what can wait
    • How to generate daily or weekly inbox digests automatically
    • Catching up on long email threads with clients, projects, or teams
    • Using sent items to identify emails you still need to respond to
    • Writing better replies by analysing your own writing style
    • Reflecting someone else’s communication style to get better responses
    • Scheduling meetings directly from email threads using Microsoft Copilot

    Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn and via inventium.ai, where he leads Inventium’s AI training and upskilling work with organisations and teams.

    My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/

    Connect with me on the socials:
    Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber)

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

    If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe

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

    Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

    Credits:
    Host: Amantha Imber
    Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    16 min
  • 13 AI tools we use every single day

    13 AI tools we use every single day
    Jan 28 2026
    Today, we are launching How I AI, a new weekly show dropping straight into your How I Work feed every Monday. Over the past few years, I’ve become deeply interested in AI – not because I’m a tech geek, but because I’ve seen what happens when the right tools are used in the right way. You get time back. You think more clearly. And the work itself gets better. I’m joined by Neo Aplin, who heads up inventium.ai, our AI training arm at Inventium. Neo spends his days testing tools, platforms and models so the rest of us don’t have to. In today’s show, Neo and I walk through the 13 AI tools we use every day. We cover: How Neo and I use different large language models for different kinds of thinking, writing and research Why Gemini has become my go-to for deep research How I capture meetings without recordings using Granola Privacy-first alternatives for note-taking and meetings Using Consensus to explore science-backed answers and academic research Why Perplexity is brilliant for product research and comparisons The podcast app I rely on to save ideas without breaking my listening flow How Wisprflow has replaced most of my typing Using NotebookLM to learn faster from long YouTube videos Turning spoken thoughts into journal entries with Letterly Running AI models locally for privacy, security and offline work Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn and via inventium.ai, where he leads Inventium’s AI training and upskilling work with organisations and teams. And here are links to all the tools we spoke about: ChatGPT – best for thinking things through, research, and talking out rough ideas.Claude – the go-to when writing or editing and wanting something that actually sounds human.Gemini – strongest for deep research, especially when comparing results across tools.Microsoft Copilot – an AI EA inside Microsoft, working across emails, files, and documents.Granola – frictionless meeting notes that quietly capture transcripts and build smarter notes.Hyprnote – a privacy-first, local alternative to Granola that runs on your own computer.Otter – meeting transcripts with speaker labels, useful for in-person conversations.Consensus – science-backed answers pulled directly from academic research.Perplexity – ideal for product research, comparisons, reviews, and smarter shopping.Snipd – a podcast player that saves key moments with one tap, without breaking flow.Wispr Flow – fast, intelligent dictation that formats and corrects as you speak.NotebookLM – turns long YouTube videos into quick, searchable insights.Letterly – voice-based journalling that turns spoken thoughts into clean written entries. My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/ Connect with me on the socials: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amanthai) If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au Credits: Host: Amantha Imber and Neo Aplin Sound Engineer: Martin Imber See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    27 min
  • BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers

    BEST OF: Want to make time for the things that count? Oliver Burkeman has your time management answers
    Jan 21 2026

    **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 with the same result: getting lost in chasing productivity. So how do we make time for the things that truly count?

    Oliver Burkeman is a New York Times bestselling author of books such as ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’ and ‘Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts’. Oliver is also a regular columnist for The Guardian.

    If there is anyone who truly understands the philosophy and psychology of time management and happiness, it’s Oliver.

    Oliver shares:

    • The mindset you should be using when you first approach a task if you want it to be achieved easily
    • How you can free up time by minimising time spent on worrying
    • The strategy you should be utilising instead of a to-do list to actually create a sense of achievement
    • Why being open to distractions can actually be beneficial

    Key Quotes:
    "Don't start from the position that unexpected things happening must be bad."

    “There is this tendency to set things up in your mind so that you can never feel like you’ve done something well enough."

    Connect with Oliver via his website, or get his latest book, Meditations for Mortals, here

    My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/

    Connect with me on the socials:

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

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

    If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe

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

    Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au

    Credits:

    Host: Amantha Imber

    Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    35 min
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