Squiggly Careers
Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. Every so often they take a break from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include en...
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CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Opening Up about Mental Health at Work with Zaid Al-Qassab
<p>Welcome to Shell-Shedding Moments, a series where CEOs share the vulnerable moments, the challenges, mistakes, and personal revelations that most people never see. Today's episode is with CEO Zaid Al-Qassab who opens up about his experiences with depression, the challenges of leading while managing mental health, and the power of vulnerability in the workplace. Zaid shares how embracing these moments can strengthen resilience, deepen connections, and create healthier work environments.</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster:</p><p>🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn</p><p>🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3KcRZaR</p><p> </p><p>For questions...
How to ask for help at work (without feeling awkward)
<p>In this Squiggly Shortcut episode, Helen shares a practical, step-by-step framework for asking for help at work in a way that feels confident, clear, and effective.</p><br><p>Many of us struggle to ask for help because we fear looking incompetent, don’t want to burden others, or try to push through on our own. Helen breaks down how to neutralize that anxiety, identify what kind of help you need - support, solutions, or a sounding board- figure out who can give it, and frame your ask so it’s actionable and easy to respond to.</p><br><p>If...
5 formulas for a high impact introduction
<p>How do you introduce yourself in a way that turns a polite “nice to meet you” into a genuine “tell me more”? In this episode, Helen and Sarah are Borrowing brilliance from Rebecca Okamoto’s TED Talk How to Introduce Yourself and Get Hired. They unpack five simple formulas you can use to make high-impact introductions — whether you’re meeting someone new, speaking at an event, or kicking off a meeting. This episode is all about short, practical introductions that help you be heard, remembered, and taken seriously.</p><br><p>Episode 526</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster</p><br><p...
Skills Sprint: How to Lead Your Own Learning by Sharing It
<p>In this fifth and final episode of the Learn Like a Lobster skill sprint, Helen and Sarah introduce "Helpful How-Tos" - a simple, fun way to share knowledge that helps you learn faster and helps your team too. You'll discover why sharing makes learning stick, how to overcome confidence gremlins, and a practical (and fun) format you can use immediately with your team to keep learning and growing.</p><br><p>🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster:</p><p>🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn</p><p...
Skills Sprint: How to Lead Your Own Learning with Adaptability
<p>When it comes to learning at work, it’s easy to wait for permission - from managers, organisations, or “the right moment.” In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how to lead your own learning, even when time, money, or support feel limited. This is Day 4 of the Learn Like A Lobster skill sprint, and the focus is on adaptability — the skill that helps you keep learning when things don’t go to plan. Helen and Sarah explain why relying on perfect conditions can stall your development, and how adapting your approach helps you stay resilient and relevant at work.</p><...
Skills Sprint: How to Learn in Hard Moments (Without Spiralling)
<p>This is Day 3 of the Learn Like a Lobster skill sprint, and today Helen and Sarah share a simple way of reflecting on hard moments at work so you can learn faster, avoid recency bias, and take control in tough situations.</p><p>Because when work feels messy, reflection is often the first thing we skip - or overdo. In this episode, you’ll learn practical tools, including the 5:1 formula and the WWW/EBI framework, to help you regain perspective, stay in control, and turn difficult moments into learning.</p><br><p>🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https...
Skills Sprint: How to Learn From Feedback (Even When It’s Uncomfortable)
<p>This is Day 2 of the Learn Like a Lobster skill sprint, and today Helen and Sarah focus on one of the hardest - and most important - career skills: how to give and receive tough feedback. Learning doesn’t just happen after the difficult moment has passed - some of the most powerful development happens while things feel uncomfortable. In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how to learn in the hard moments — particularly when feedback feels awkward, emotional, or risky.</p><br><p>🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order...
Skills Sprint: How to Learn as You Go (Without Finding More Time)
<p>Today, Helen and Sarah are kicking off the Learn Like A Lobster skill sprint with Day 1: Learn As You Go.</p><br><p>In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how you can keep learning as part of your everyday, without having to find more time. They share practical ways to collect data for your growth - including understanding your strengths, tracking your listen-talk ratio, and optimising your productivity - to gain clarity, confidence, and actionable insights.</p><br><p>By combining self-reflection with simple data-gathering techniques, you’ll discover how small adjustments in what you already do can ac...
Squiggly Shortcut: 5 Questions That Will Transform Your Career Conversations
<p>January is always a good moment to pause, think about the big picture and zoom out when we're thinking about the future and direction of our career. In today's shortcut, Sarah shares 5 questions to help you have useful career conversations whether that's with your manager, a friend or with yourself.</p><br><p>Episode 525</p><br><p>🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster:</p><p>🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn</p><p>🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3KcRZaR</p><br><p>For questions about Sq...
Spaciousness – How to manage your attention, not your time
<p>🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F</p><br><p>In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the idea of spaciousness at work — a powerful alternative to constant busyness that’s less about managing time and more about managing attention. Borrowing brilliance from Megan Reitz and her research on spaciousness, they unpack why doing more isn’t always the answer, and how creating space can help you think better, feel calmer, and work more meaningfully.</p><br><p>Episode 524</p><br><p>🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster</p><p>🇺🇸 PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn</p><p>🇬...
