Squiggly Careers

The Squiggly Career

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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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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Squiggly Careers turns the hidden social mechanics of working life into clear reflections and practical experiments.

Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper turn workplace questions into practical conversations, testing each idea against their own experiences and the teams around them.

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That seat by the meeting-room door? Helen and Sarah would make you reconsider it.

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a reason to choose your meeting seat before everyone else chooses for you
to map who you help and who helps you, without making it a scorecard

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Squiggly Shortcut: How to Quieten Your Inner Critic

A Practical Guide to Prototyping at Work

Squiggly Shortcut: Give to Gain - The Career Strategy Nobody Talks About

How to Change Behaviour at Work

Deck of Brilliance: 3 Ways to Think Differently When You’re Stuck at Work

Squiggly Shortcut: An Introverts Guide to Networking

Squiggly Careers Live: How You Can Keep Learning at Work (Even When It Feels Hard)

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Kill or Continue? Making Hard Decisions with Fight Story's Georgie Holt

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: How to Fix Friction at Work Fast with Helen Tupper

5 formulas for a high impact introduction

How To Reset Your Team To Achieve More Together

Skills Sprint: How to Learn in Hard Moments (Without Spiralling)

Skills Sprint: How to Learn From Feedback (Even When It’s Uncomfortable)

Skills Sprint: How to Learn as You Go (Without Finding More Time)

Squiggly Shortcut: 5 Questions That Will Transform Your Career Conversations

Spaciousness – How to manage your attention, not your time

Squiggly Shortcut: How to Feel More in Control of Your Career (Even in Uncertain Times)

Squiggly Shortcut: Why We Need To Ban The Word Busy

Squiggly Shortcut: How To Be a Speed Learner in 5 Minutes

The 4 Attachment Styles and How They Show Up at Work

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Opening Up about Mental Health at Work with Zaid Al-Qassab

How to Stop Cynicism from Stalling Your Career Growth

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Purpose, Perspective and Learning from Mistakes with Nick Bent

How to ask for help at work (without feeling awkward)

Squiggly Shortcut: You Don’t Need a Perfect Plan to Change Careers — Here’s What to Do Instead

Squiggly Shortcut: 3 Self-Awareness Habits That Increase Your Career Growth

Skills Sprint: How to Lead Your Own Learning by Sharing It

Squiggly Shortcut: How to Influence People Who Disagree With You

Squiggly Shortcut: How to Boost Your Motivation in a Knotty Career Moment

Squiggly Shortcut: How To Move From Complexity To Clarity

Squiggly Shortcut: Small Ways to Make Play Part of Your Team Day

Squiggly Shortcut: 4 Questions to Help You Make a Difficult Career Decision

Squiggly Shortcut: 3 Ways To Stand Out To Senior Stakeholders

Skills Sprint: How to Lead Your Own Learning with Adaptability

Squiggly Shortcut: How to ask for feedback in a way that puts learning first

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Learning How to Let Go & Lead Differently with TEDs Logan McClure Davda

Squiggly Shortcut: Discover Hidden Career Opportunities in 5 Minutes a Day

3 LinkedIn Top Voices to Follow for a Smarter, More Future-Proof Career

The Difference Between Working Hard and Getting Better | Big Think

Squiggly Shortcut: Listen Like You Mean It (5 Ways to Improve)

How to read with a learning mindset

Squiggly Shortcut: 3 Ways to Feel Less Stuck When Work Feels Uncertain

Kaizen: The Japanese Method That Turns 1% Improvements into Career Growth

Sign up the Squiggly Careers 'Learn Like A Lobster' Sprint 2026 🦞

Are You Wasting Your Talent? (Why Moral Ambition Matters)

Squiggly Shortcut: How to ask for a pay rise

Why Bringing Your Authentic Self To Work Is Bad Advice

How to Stop Being a People Pleaser Without Guilt (3 Easy Tips)

Learn Smarter: The Feynman Technique, Don’t Know Notebook & Problem Testing

Learn Like a Lobster: How to Keep Growing in Your Career

AI Skills Sprint: How To Design Your Future Career Using AI

AI Skills Sprint: How To Make Networking Easy with AI

AI Skills Sprint: How to cage confidence gremlins that are getting in the way of your growth

AI Skills Sprint: How To Identify Your Values (Your Filter For Your Future)

AI Skills Sprint: How To Discover Your Strengths Using AI (in 10 Minutes)

Welcome to the Squiggly Careers AI Skills Sprint 2025 🥇

#496 4 Team Habits That Are Holding You Back (and What to Do Instead)

#495 The September Reset: Stop Old Habits, Start New Wins

#494 Be yourself more with skill

#493 Challenge your limits, don't limit your challenges

#492 Never Live the Same Year Twice: How to Get Unstuck

#491 How to Run Your Own Race

#490 Ask the Expert: How To Make Better Decisions with Andrew Likierman

#489 Four Work Complaints Everyone Has - And Realistic Ways to Take Back Control

#488 Coping with curveballs – what to do when your day doesn’t go to plan

#487 Ask the Expert - The Power of Influence and the Messenger Effect with Steve Martin

#486 Why you don't delegate (and what to do differently)

#485 Why Thinking Together Boosts Team Performance

#484 How Role modelling leads to rewards for your career

#483 Ask the Expert: How to have better conversations with Jefferson Fisher

#482 How to Stay in Control During Change At Work

#481 Four AI Prompts To Accelerate Your Squiggly Career

#480 The Art of Noticing: 9 Ways To Start Noticing At Work