Dr. Amantha Imber

Dr. Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of behavioural science consultancy Inventium and the host of How I Work, a podcast about the habits and rituals of the world’s most successful people. Amantha’s thoughts have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and the CEOWORLD magazine and she is the author of two best-selling books: “The Creativity Formula” and “The Innovation Formula”.

Dr. Amantha Imber is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow her on LinkedIn. For more information, visit the author’s website.

CEO Insights

The dark side of a hybrid workplace

CEO InsightsDr. Amantha Imber

Pre-pandemic, one in 20 Americans worked from home all of the time. In 2020, those who could work remotely did, resulting in a seven-fold increase in full-time remote workers across America. As vaccinations are rolled out, workers will gradually make their way back to the office and spend less time...

CEO Insider

Stop Monday-itis by changing the way you work

CEO InsiderDr. Amantha Imber

Monday morning strikes fear (or at least a flat mood) into the minds of many. If you are suffering from a case of Monday-itis, browsing employment websites might be overtaking the time spent doing your actual job. But here’s the good news: research conducted by the University of New South...

CEO Advisory

How to dramatically decrease the time you spend worrying

CEO AdvisoryDr. Amantha Imber

I used to be a big worrier. I would worry about big things and I would worry about little things. And most of the time, none of these things never even came to fruition. During my twenties and thirties, I tried a lot of different strategies to reduce my worrying....

CEO Advisory

Five things I have learnt from interviews with the world’s most productive people

CEO AdvisoryDr. Amantha Imber

As humans, we have a habit of elevating successful people up onto a pedestal. We idiolize them and see their abilities as superhuman. But when it comes to how they approach work, are they really doing things that differently to the rest of us? It turns out, they are. Through...

Dr. Amantha Imber, an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.

CEO Advisory

Four simple ways leaders can make the workplace less stressful for their team

CEO AdvisoryDr. Amantha Imber

Most workplaces are structured around the hours of 9am to 5pm. And while workplaces are increasingly claiming to have flexible working policies, working hours still default to 9 to 5. The problem with these hours is that they may not align to the natural peaks and troughs of energy that...

CEO Advisory

Why I don’t expect emails from my team in the morning

CEO AdvisoryDr. Amantha Imber

On a typical workday, the Melbourne office of the innovation consultancy I run, Inventium, is often empty by 4.30pm. This is not because of an HR gimmick such as having four-hour workdays or finishing work at lunch in the summer. Instead, it’s because our working hours align with each employees’...

CEO Agenda

Why You Need To Stop Running Your Days On Manager Time

CEO AgendaDr. Amantha Imber

I am yet to meet a person who loves attending meetings. Most people hate them, yet they are seen as a necessarily evil of corporate life. But while meetings may often be dull and sometimes yield few tangible results, they may be causing more harm than you think. Meetings are...

CEO Advisory

Why changing this basic habit will overcome your afternoon slump?

CEO AdvisoryDr. Amantha Imber

If you are in a busy job and already working long hours, you may be someone who can easily get consumed with your busy-ness and “forget" to take a break. Or perhaps you believe you simply don’t have time to take a break. You are attached to your computer, lunch...

Education and Career

The Innovation Audit: are you breeding a culture that is creating or killing ideas?

Education and CareerDr. Amantha Imber

Many leaders who have been given the directive to ‘build a culture of innovation’ immediately think about the Googles and Apples of the world. Images of beanbags and table-tennis tables fill their minds. However, what we know from the research is that this is completely ineffective in creating a culture...

Dr. Amantha Imber

The dark side of a hybrid workplace

Stop Monday-itis by changing the way you work

How to dramatically decrease the time you spend worrying

Five things I have learnt from interviews with the world’s most productive people

Four simple ways leaders can make the workplace less stressful for their team

Why I don’t expect emails from my team in the morning

Why You Need To Stop Running Your Days On Manager Time

Why changing this basic habit will overcome your afternoon slump?

The Innovation Audit: are you breeding a culture that is creating or killing ideas?

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