Dr Amantha Imber

Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of behavioural science consultancy Inventium. She is also the host of the popular How I Work podcast and author of 'Time Wise'.
Amantha’s thoughts have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur and Fast Company, and in 2021, she won the Thinkers50 Innovation Award (described by the Financial Times as the ‘Oscars for Management Thinking’).
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Latest from Dr Amantha Imber

5 time-saving tricks I wish I knew earlier

By Dr Amantha Imber | 7 January 2026

What do icebergs, mice, and groups of three people have in common? They all relate to five of my favourite productivity tips (obviously!) – all taken from guests I have had on How I Work. 5 tips to get you working smarter 1. Create systems, not goals Most of us are taught to set goals:…

All chat, no checklist? Yep, that’s work too

By Dr Amantha Imber | 29 May 2025

A client recently told me about one of those days at the office. You know the type: she’d walked in with a crystal-clear mission to finally conquer that strategic report that had been haunting her for weeks. The plan was beautiful in its simplicity. A few hours of focused writing, quick sandwich at her desk, and voilà…

Australia’s top business women share their best career advice

By Dr Amantha Imber | 16 February 2023

  A great piece of advice can be powerful. It can set you on a whole new trajectory, land you a new job, or even prompt you to make a big career change, writes Dr Amantha Imber. Through dozens of interviews I have conducted for the podcast How I Work, I have asked many leaders…

4 ways to overcome your email addiction

By Dr Amantha Imber | 19 January 2023

  Are you addicted to email? If you find the lure of a rapidly filling inbox too much to ignore, Dr Amantha Imber has four smart ways to break the habit and boost your productivity. Six minutes. This is the amount of time people can stay focused on a task before succumbing to the lure…

5 surprising ways to get more work done in less time

By Dr Amantha Imber | 24 November 2022

In the lead-up to the Christmas holidays, artificial deadlines abound. It can often feel like the work world is ending, with the number of things that Must Be Done before all offices shut down in late December, writes productivity and behavioural expert Dr Amantha Imber. To make it to the summer holidays with your sanity…

Three daily habits that will significantly increase your happiness

By Dr Amantha Imber | 12 July 2022

  Humans have a funny way of biasing towards happiness. Research shows that lottery winners are no happier than non-lottery winners one year after hitting the jackpot. And the same seems to be true when we are hit with a global pandemic, writes Dr Amantha Imber. The World Happiness Report 2021 highlights that, across 95…

How to tame your imposter syndrome – insights from the world’s most successful people

By Dr Amantha Imber | 13 April 2022

As author, podcast host, organisational psychologist and founder of behavioural science consultancy, Inventium, Dr Amantha Imber is an expert in her field. And yet despite her impressive CV, she knows all too well the insidious feeling of imposter syndrome. Here, she reveals how some of the world’s most successful people tame that inner critic, and…