The 3 questions that reveal whether someone is actually motivated, with Dr Justin Coulson

Every manager and every parent has met the same wall. Someone who won't engage, won't budge, won't do the thing, no matter how hard you push or how much you offer.  Dr Justin Coulson has spent two decades inside the research explaining why pushing and bribing rarely work, and what actually does.  …

How I AI: Do these 2 things if you're worried about AI and the environment

There is a quiet guilt a lot of people carry every time they open ChatGPT. Somewhere between the headlines about data centres and the vague sense that AI is somehow worse for the planet than everything else we do without a second thought, it becomes easier to just feel bad than to actually work out…

Are you an insecure overachiever? Oliver Burkeman on why success never feels like enough

There's a particular kind of tightness that creeps in when the world feels unpredictable. We tidy the to-do list, tighten the routine, optimise one more thing, all in an attempt to feel a bit more in control.  Oliver Burkeman has a word for this: clenching. And he reckons it's squeezing the life o…

How I AI: What you should never paste into AI

Before you paste that customer list, that blood test result or that contract into your favourite AI tool, it's worth pausing for a second. Whatever you hand over doesn't just disappear after you get your answer. It sits somewhere, and depending on the tool and the settings, it might be doing more t…

Part 2: The loneliness of leadership no one warned you about, with Christian O'Connell

There is a version of leadership that looks effortless from the outside. The one where the leader always has the answers, always holds the vision, always appears composed. And then there is the version that happens in private, at 5:00 AM, when your mind is rehearsing every possible failure and no o…

How I AI: Agents, Projects, and Skills (oh my!): A no-fluff guide on when to use each one

The AI world has has done a spectacularly bad job of naming things. Agents, GPTs, gems, notebooks, projects, skills - you'll find a completely different word for what is essentially the same kind of tool. Agents in one place, GPTs in another, gems somewhere else. Different names, similar ideas - an…

Part 1: Christian O'Connell on the habit that means he never runs out of stories

** Grab tickets for The Energy Game Melbourne launch (29 July, 6:30pm) here and order The Energy Game book here.**  What if the stories you're most afraid to tell are the ones people most need to hear?  Christian O'Connell has spent 28 years pulling stories out of strangers on live radio. He's ha…

How I AI: The three questions to ask before picking an AI platform

You see another article. "This platform just changed everything." And suddenly, the AI platform you've been using for months feels completely inadequate. You wonder if you're behind. You wonder if you should switch again.  Neo and I have had this conversation more times than we can count, and it's…

How to get your energy back without overhauling your life

** Grab tickets for The Energy Game Melbourne launch (29 July, 6:30pm) here and order The Energy Game book here.**  If you're someone who keeps saying yes when you should say no, or who has never once thought of rest as a skill worth building, this conversation will give you a starting point that …

How I AI: Cowork explained in 10 Minutes

You've probably seen Cowork mentioned inside Claude, or perhaps you clocked the headlines when Microsoft folded it into Copilot a couple of weeks ago. Either way, the question people keep asking is simple: how is this actually different from just chatting with Claude?  The answer comes down to fil…