Email. Social media. Endless pings and dings. We live in a world littered with digital distraction and temptation. And when we need to do focused, impactful, and creative work, protecting that time is precious. Join Dr. Amantha Imber as she takes you through the latest productivity research from psychology and neuroscience. And explore the evidence-based strategies that will help you transform your work habits, turbo charge your output, and optimize your work hours.

1. Dr Amantha Imber, Founder, Inventium
HOW TO DO FOCUSED WORK IN A WORLD
OF DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS

2. Did you check your email before 9am today?

3. Did you check one of your social media feeds
before 9am today?

4. Have you been interrupted by a notification on
your phone today?

5. Did you spend any day this month deliberately
crafting what your work day looked like to
create your best day ever?

7. 6 minutes

8. We spend an average of 4
hours per day on our phone.
Half of this time is spent on
the top 5 social platforms.

9. We spend an average of 4 hours
per day watching TV.

10. Distraction is literally a full-time job

14. I was setting my day up to
REACT to other people’s “stuff”.

19. Happy
20
Birthday to you
19 18 17

21. Now let’s try something else.
Think about a pink elephant.
Now, at the same time,
what does 15 + 8 equal?

22. Multitasking = Task Switching

23. 1. Goal shifting
2. Rule activation

24. Task switching costs us up to 40% of time.

25. If, like most, you rarely go more than 10 – 15
minutes without a “just check”, you have
effectively put yourself in a persistent state
of self-imposed cognitive handicap.
Professor Cal Newport, author Deep Work
“

26. Be a monotasker

27. Shallow work
V
Deep work

28. How had I let Shallow Work
take over my life?

29. B.F. Skinner

31. Positive
reinforcement
(Food given every time)
Positive random
reinforcement
(Food given randomly)

36. Shallow work is highly addictive

37. Cartoon: Dorothy Barenscott

38. To get deep, focused work
done, we need to develop a
Deep Work routine

39. Most people have the
highest cognitive
functioning in the first
after they’re fully awake.TWO HOURS

40. But Owls peak in
the evening!

41. (Deep) Work to
your Chronotype

42. But where should you do
Deep Work?

43. Most offices kill
Deep Work

44. Find your focus
place and block out
all distractions

45. Book your Deep
Work meeting in
your diary.

46. But what should you work on?

47. Split your to-do list into
Deep Work and Shallow Work

48. I can resist everything
except temptation.
“
Oscar Wilde

49. Willpower is a
limited resource

50. Go full screen

51. Delete an app

52. freedom.to

54. SO WHAT NOW?

56. INVENTIUM.COM.AU / STUFF
Slide deck
Chronotype Assessment ebook
Deep Work Map

57. I promise to stop making things take 40% longer by
multi-tasking.
I promise to stop being a Shallow worker, and
instead, prioritise Deep Work.
I promise to stop doing “just checks” and lock myself
out of temptations with tech hacks.

58. Time is more valuable than money. You can get
more money, but you cannot get more time.
Jim Rohn
“

59. THANK YOU
www.inventium.com.au
amantha@inventium.com.au