{"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":"Part 2: The loneliness of leadership no one warned you about, with Christian O'Connell","slug":"part-2-the-loneliness-of-leadership-no-one-warned-you-about-with-christian-o-connell","published_at":"2026-07-29T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/part-2-the-loneliness-of-leadership-no-one-warned-you-about-with-christian-o-connell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/how-i-work/hiw-christian-oconnell-part-2-v3","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/187/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/59ec2db4-1d91-4030-924b-b4810042beda/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec","summary":"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 one can see it.  What surprises most people is how often those two versions belong to the same person.  In part two of my conversation with Christian O'Connell, breakfast radio host heard by hundreds of thousands of Australians every morning, we get into the parts of leadership nobody talks about publicly. Christian opens up about the loneliness of leading a team, the night he finally put his thoughts on a whiteboard and told his people the truth about how he'd been feeling, and why he believes his next book will be about leadership because nobody warned him how hard it would be.   If you have ever found yourself carrying something heavy at work and deciding the most responsible thing to do as a leader is keep it to yourself, this conversation will make you question whether that instinct is actually protecting your team or just protecting you.  Christian and I discuss:  Why confidence is the wrong thing to aim for before you speak in public  What happened when Christian finally stopped pretending everything was fine with his team  The one thing that does more for a team than any solution or action plan  Why 5am is the worst possible time to trust your own thoughts  The David Letterman line that changed how Christian thinks about taking risks  Why Christian considers himself an accidental leader, and what he's doing about it  Key quotes  \"Confidence is something that catches up. Momen…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2057,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-work-960132/episodes/part-2-the-loneliness-of-leadership-no-one-warned-you-about-with-christian-o-connell/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/part-2-the-loneliness-of-leadership-no-one-warned-you-about-with-christian-o-connell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}