How to make sense of 2025 and design your best 2026, with Lisa Leong (Part 1)

Some years slip by in a blur, and others demand you stop and ask yourself why certain moments changed you more than you expected. This was one of those years for me. So in the first episode of this two-parter, I sit down with my good friend and ABC broadcaster Lisa Leong to compare the tools, quest…

Quick Win: The simple question that stops catastrophising and opens real possibility

When you’re on the edge of a big leap, do you spiral into everything that could go wrong? What if you asked a different question instead - one that opens the door to possibility rather than fear?  In this Quick Win, I speak with educator and author Lael Stone about the powerful mindset shift from …

Ask Me Anything: How I use AI in real life (plus the tech I rely on to work smarter)

**Record a question for Amantha’s next Ask Me Anything here: https://www.speakpipe.com/howiwork **     I talk about AI a lot - but if you’ve ever wondered how I actually use it in my own work, not just to experiment but to genuinely save time and think better, this episode is for you.  In this A…

Quick Win: Why your “default behaviour” isn’t actually yours — and how to change it

What if the way you argue with your partner or push yourself at work isn’t actually yours - but something you absorbed decades ago?  In this Quick Win, I’m joined by educator and author Lael Stone, who explains how the stories we inherit in childhood silently shape our beliefs about relationships,…

The counterintuitive brainstorming rule that made Exploding Kittens a global hit.

How do you lead a team that kills thousands of ideas - and still keep everyone excited to create again the next day?  That’s business as usual for Elan Lee, co-creator and now CEO of Exploding Kittens. You might not know his name, but there’s a good chance you’ve played one of his games.  Explodi…

(BONUS) Exploding Kittens CEO’s “walking with AI” ritual to unlock ideas.

The secret to using AI well might actually be teaching it to shut up.  In this bonus episode, I’m joined by Elan Lee - the brilliant mind behind Exploding Kittens and Throw Throw Burrito. While you might expect someone like Elan to use AI to design wild new worlds or characters, that’s not what he…

Quick Win: The dangerous AI shortcut that quietly erodes your judgment

AI can feel like the ultimate shortcut – no blank pages, no stuck moments. But what happens when you hand over too much of the thinking?  In this Quick Win, I chat with business professor and author Scott Anthony about how he uses AI as a sparring partner for ideas, and why keeping ownership of th…

Ambitious CEO and present parent? Dr Catriona Wallace on refusing to choose.

It’s one thing to be told you can’t have it all. It’s another to be told you can’t be both a CEO and a mother.  When an investor said exactly that to Dr Catriona Wallace, she didn’t flinch. She refused to choose and went on to found Flamingo AI, one of the world’s first artificial intelligence com…

(BONUS) How plant medicine transformed Catriona Wallace’s leadership

Five years ago, Dr Catriona Wallace drank ayahuasca for the first time - expecting enlightenment but instead meeting her shadow. What followed was seven hours of confronting ego, identity, and the parts of herself she’d spent years avoiding.  In this bonus episode, I sit down with Dr Catriona Wall…

Quick Win: The AI workflow that can replace your morning scroll

What if every morning you woke up to the biggest breakthroughs in your industry - already summarised and ranked before your first sip of coffee?  In this Quick Win episode, I speak with Morgan Brown, Vice President of Product and Growth at Dropbox, about how he uses AI to simplify his workday - fr…