{"podcast":{"title":"How I Work","slug":"how-i-work-960132","podcast_index_feed_id":960132,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/239-how-i-work-31072293/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/image.jpg?t=1759741460&size=Large","author":"Amantha Imber","episode_count":748,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T04:20:32.982842+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132"},"episode":{"title":"How I AI: The prompting mistake almost everyone makes","slug":"how-i-ai-the-prompting-mistake-almost-everyone-makes","published_at":"2026-08-16T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/how-i-ai-the-prompting-mistake-almost-everyone-makes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/how-i-work/slop-fixing-2026-08-final","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/187/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/1f1d8aa7-3567-4708-8507-b49b0058b806/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec","summary":"How much of your week goes into fixing what AI just handed you? Not writing from scratch, just cleaning up, correcting, and nudging a draft that looked fine for about ten seconds before you actually needed it to work.  That endless back and forth has a name. We call it slop fixing, and there is research suggesting it is quietly eating close to a full day of our working week.  In this How I AI episode, Neo and I get into why this happens and the two very different ways of working with AI that decide whether it does. You will hear the difference between gunslinging and architecting, what a proper brief actually sounds like, and how to have a conversation with AI before you ask it to build anything. By the end, you will be getting version one at 90 percent instead of 20.  What you'll learn:  What actually separates AI slop from work that lands  The difference between gunslinging and architecting with AI  What a proper brief for AI actually sounds like  How to have a real conversation with AI before asking it to build anything  Why version one can land at 90 percent instead of 20  Practical AI tools for productivity and focus  Real-world AI workflows used by high performers  How to use AI at work without burning out  Smart shortcuts for managing time and mental load    Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/neoaplin/ ) and via inventium.ai ( https://inventium.ai ), where he leads Inventium's AI training and upskilling work with organisations and teams.  How I AI is a special series within How I Work where Neo and I explore how high performers are using AI at work to boost productivity, make better de…","meta_description":"How much of your week goes into fixing what AI just handed you? Not writing from scratch, just cleaning up, correcting, and nudging a draft that looked fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":711,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-work-960132/episodes/how-i-ai-the-prompting-mistake-almost-everyone-makes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/how-i-ai-the-prompting-mistake-almost-everyone-makes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}