On the reg

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!Lockdown continues in Melbourne, but Jason is looking forward to being able to visit his mother in law without being arrested for breaching the Victorian lockdown 5km travel limits. Inger is struggling to tell the difference between Canberra spring hayfever and Covid, as well as the agony of watching her son, who is doing first year uni and not spending long enough on his essays.In our work problems, Jason shares his solo 'academic burning man' festival and how good it feels to burn one of only two copies of your masters thesis. Inger reports that she has delegated some diary work to the Outlook robots and is enjoying the way they make her take time to eat lunch.Jason is back into reading about Soldier David Hackworth's biography, and share some of his lessons in leadership, from his time in Korea, sneaking behind enemy lines. Inger is becoming a power reader now that she has deleted the facebook messenger app from her phone, which is lucky because it gives her time to read all her friends' new books.In the two minute tips section, Jason reminds us of the beauty of desktop short cuts while Inger teaches Jason how to use the Notes app as a scanner.Jason is reading:About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by David HackworthInger is reading: ‘No matter our wreckage’: Gemma Carey‘How to win an election’: Chris Wallace‘The future of Us: demography gets a makeover’, Liz Allen‘Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story’ Randy OlsonGot thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!We start with Inger's aborted holiday in a cottage in the country when Thesis Whisperer Jnr and Mr Thesis Whisperer had to be tested for Covid (it's ok, they both had colds, but it's not a pandemic unless you have had something stuck up your nose). Jason is counting the days to the end of the pandemic and smelling the spring flowers as RMIT announces there will be involuntary redundancies.In our work segment we go long and deep on Textexpander and Omnifocus and how we still feel the love heart emoji eyes for both programs. The competitive book club continues. Inger describes an article about why we feel deflated in times of upheaval and that to do about it. Jason has put down his book about Colonel Hackwell in favour of reading about 'The Precariat' and an article entitled '100 productivity hacks', which rates hacks on degree of difficulty and will power required to implement them. This naturally leads to a conversation about coffee and Inger makes a surprising confession about Navy Seal Romance books. We close out with advice on how to under function in public and how to seize that opportunity for individual learning and growth.In this episode we referred to: Deep Questions Podcast by Cal NewportYour surge capacity is depleted, which is why you feel awful by Tara HealleGuy Standing’s TEDx presentation about the 'Precariat'; Coffee Dosage and Navy Seals; The Tall Dark and Dangerous Books By Suzanne BrockamnnThe Definitive 100 most useful productivity tips; And you can buy the PDF version of Inger's 'Tame your PhD' ebook straight from the Thesis Whisperer blog here.Note: in this article we did disuss how only men can be Navy SEALS. This is not strictly true as women have been able to apply since 2016, but so far the one woman who has made it through decided being a SEAL was not for her (a pity, because Inger would have totally loved a 'gender flipped' Navy SEAL romance). This fact does mean, however, that Inger is still correct about the peer reviewed advice about the exacGot thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!This podcast was the first one recorded with Zencastr, which makes for a slightly nervewracking beginning, but the duo quickly hit their stride. Jason is enduring the Melbourne Covid hard lock down while Inger feels vaguely guilty for being able to get away from the ACT and eat croissants in a country cottage. At work, Jason ponders the problem of the executive summary and Inger shares her stakeholder DANCE steps (and missteps), along the way convincing Jason to buy one of her favourite books 'Project management for the unofficial project manager'. On the bookshelf this week, Jason is still powering his way through 'About Face' by Colonel David Hackworth, the ultimate 'soldier's soldier', and reckons he's getting to the good bits about leadership. Inger has taken a lead from Jason and actually finished a book called 'Snobbery' by David Morgan and tells Jason about the idea of inhabiting a 'snobscape.Two minute tips this week is all about just getting it done. Jason has cleaned his desk (even the 2 year old bits of blue tack) and Inger is trying to avoid endless follow up emails from meetings and confessing to being a piler, not a filer.Got thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!Where Inger and Jason eventually end up wondering if money is actually real, by way of promotion applications, the appalling badness of ReadCube and an American soldier who really liked to tell his superiors things they did not want to hear. Inger is reading: Just Too Efficient by Tim BrayJason is reading: About Face by Colonel David HackworthGot thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us!Inger and Jason talk about how work intensification is becoming more and more evident and how this impacts people in different ways - and how to cope. We dive into the topic of internal PR and why that's important - especially in uncertain times. Inger reveals how she REALLY feels about her promotion application to become a professor.Inger is reading: Leaving Academia by Cristopher Caterine - forthcoming from Princeton University PressJason is reading: The Mere Urgency Effect by Zu, Yang and Hsee 2018Got thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Where we talk about committees, working from your car, the 12 cups of coffee method. Oh yeah - plenty of Omnifocus as well. Jason is reading 'Remote: office not required' by Jason Fried at 37Signals.Inger is reading 'Non obvious mega trends: how to see what others miss and predict the future' by Rohit BhargavaGot thoughts and feel pinions? Want to ask a question? You can email us on <pod@ontheregteam.com> - Leave us a message on www.speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer. - See our workshop catalogue on www.ontheregteam.com. You can book us via emailing Jason at enquiries@ontheregteam.com- Subscribe to the free, monthly Two Minute Tips newsletter here (scroll down to enter your email address) - We're on BlueSky as @drjd and @thesiswhisperer (but don't expect to hear back from Jason, he's still mostly on a Socials break).- Read Inger's stuff on www.thesiswhisperer.com. - If you want to support our work, you can sign up to be a 'Riding the Bus' member for just $2 a month, via our On The Reg Ko-Fi site