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An ever-growing series of tutorials (with detailed notes) filled with practical, experience-driven tips and tricks for being effective, happy and successful in modern day academia and related careers.
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- Matchmaking Problems and Solutions · 10 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 10🚨 New Hacking Academia video out on Matchmaking Problems and Solutions in research It's *that* time of year again - submissions for the main international robotics conference…
- Two or Three Steps from Disaster · 8 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 9I've caught up with a large number of senior research leaders recently, and have had a particularly interesting experience repeat itself a lot: I will congratulate them on some…
- Screwing Up · 10 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 8𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫? 💥 I have - and it can be a challenging situation to detect, navigate, repair, and learn from. That's the topic of today's…
- Running Effective Meetings · 12 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 7𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 👥👥 If you go into an academic or research career, chances are you'll spend a lot of your time in meetings. I am by no means an expert (and don't always…
- Should I Do a Postdoc? · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 6𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜? 🤔 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜? These are two of the questions that I get the most often, and also one of the most requested…
- Hitting Your Actual Ceiling · 7 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 5🛑 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 🛑 One of the nuanced phenomena in academic and research careers occurs when individuals put great effort into developing themselves, persisting…
- Dealing with Difficult Situations · 9 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 4🤯 A somewhat less cheerful but oh-so-important topic to cover in #HackingAcademia: dealing with Difficult Situations! I'm always happy when I'm learning, and as I've stepped up…
- On Expertise · 18 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 3A slight twist on my normal Hacking Academia video intended audience: today's "On Expertise" video is targeted more at the myriad industry, government and other sector workers…
- Do You Ever Sleep? The ins and outs of how many hours people work · 15 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 2Do You Ever Sleep??? 😴 I periodically get variants of this question: "When do you sleep?", "Do you ever sleep", and the more constructive, "how the heck do you manage your time?"…
- Separating Process from Outcome · 13 Min. · Staffel 3 Folge 1I have a massive backlog of #HackingAcademia videos to shoot: right at the top of the pile, prompted by a heap of conversations in recent months, is this one: the art of…
- Adapting to Changed Circumstances · 10 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 31🍕 Free leftover food in the kitchen – first come, first served! As a PhD student, those emails were great - I’d drop everything and sprint to the tea room. Free food - what's not…
- The Four Combinations of Student Supervisor Meetings · 8 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 30🎓 Did you know there are (at least) four ways to combine supervisors and PhD students for your regular meetings — and that each serves a different purpose? That's the topic of…
- Fakes Frauds and Fallacies · 12 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 29🎥 New #HackingAcademia episode just dropped – and it's a sensitive but hopefully somewhat cathartic one, perfect for a Friday afternoon: 𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 🤯 “That guy…
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Context-Framing Questions for Industry and Government Meetings · 13 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 28They say you should see the forest for the trees 🌲🌳 - to understand the larger context rather than getting lost in the details without grasping this vital bigger picture 🧩 That’s…
- "I don't have time" · 7 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 27There's a laundry list of phrases that trigger me in #academia and related professions: one of the most frequent ones is "I don't have time" / "They don't have time." The reason…
- Simplifying and Not Trying to Achieve Everything at Once · 7 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 26When is having a good awareness of the "big picture" in a PhD or general research not helpful? When you need to focus in on the "little picture", to preserve your sanity, lower…
- Talent Strategy Recruiting and Retention · 12 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 25This week I had coffee with a new colleague and the conversation got onto the realities and challenges of recruiting, and retaining, the talent you want to work with and need to…
- Tearing Your Hair Out in Meetings · 11 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 24This meeting is driving me INSANE 😡🤯 I regularly take requests for my #HackingAcademia series: today's request was one of many about how to deal with meetings where you're…
- Why Me? Why Not Me? · 9 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 23🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐞? 🤷♂️ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐞? In your career, you’ll regularly hit moments where your confidence doesn’t match everyone else’s. 🤔 “Why Me?” Someone suggests nominating you for an…
- Experiences With and Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence: April 2025 Update · 13 Min. · Staffel 2 Folge 22Time for an update on #ArtificialIntelligence, from my personal perspective in a professional context: my continued exploration of its intense usage in a day-to-day career (2 and…
