These free tools accompany podcast episodes.

The Manual of "Us"
Download Tom Day’s Manual of Us to align your team before a project begins. Define roles, objectives, values, ways of working, and success criteria to improve collaboration, build trust, and prevent conflict in high-performing teams.

The Manual of "Me"
Download Tom Day’s Manual of Me to help your team understand your working style, strengths, communication preferences, and motivations. A practical template for building trust, improving teamwork, and preventing conflict before it starts.

The MindTactics™ Focus Framework
Struggling to focus at work? Download Zahra Saleh’s MindTactics™ Focus Framework to reduce distractions, manage overwhelm, build better habits, and make meaningful progress on your most important work every day.

How To Explain Technical Ideas to Anyone
Learn how to explain technical ideas clearly using Ben Pearce’s AOREN framework. A practical guide for engineers and technical leaders to improve communication, influence stakeholders, structure presentations, and drive action.

Sean O’Neill’s Hiring Debrief Template
Sean O’Neill’s Hiring Debrief Template helps teams make better hiring decisions. Capture interview feedback, use blind voting, compare candidates, and run structured debriefs to reduce bias and choose the best talent.

8 Tips to Keep Ahead in an AI-Driven World
AI survival guide: 8 tips to stay ahead in an AI-driven world. Learn how to use artificial intelligence safely, avoid bias, protect your data, improve critical thinking, and stay relevant without losing your human edge.

The Tech Leader’s Guide to Burnout
A practical guide to burnout in tech leadership. Andy Skipper, CEO & Founder of CTO Craft, explains how CTOs and engineering leaders can recognise burnout early, recover from it, and create healthier leadership environments.

How to Stay Relevant in Your Career
How to Stay Relevant in Your Career is a practical guide to navigating change, building adaptable skills, and future-proofing your professional growth. Learn how to stay valuable, confident, and resilient in a fast-changing world of work.

Building a Business You Can Rely On

Ken Valledy's REACT Framework
The R.E.A.C.T. model is a practical framework for turning a side hustle into a real business. Based on the Build Your Edge podcast episode, it shows how to explore your idea, build momentum, and get started without quitting your job too soon.

Joining the Dots Between Profit, Planet, and People
A practical guide to digital exclusion, the Triple Bottom Line, and how tech leaders can drive inclusion. Learn why access, affordability, and design matter, and get clear actions to support people, planet, and profit.

The Confident Interview Guide
Boost your interview confidence with this dating-inspired guide. Learn how to prepare, build rapport, answer clearly, and show up as your real self. Download the guide and listen to the episode for practical job interview tips that get results.

The Career Vectors Framework
Map your technical leadership skills, identify development areas, and compare roles with Meri Williams’ Career Vectors Framework — a clear tool for engineers, managers, directors, and CTOs.

The Multipliers Map
A practical self-assessment tool to break the “effort ceiling” and boost your impact. Discover the five levels of high-impact leaders and learn how to work smarter, lead better, and accelerate your career without burning out.

The Hidden Leaders In Your Workforce
A practical guide to recognising and supporting carers at work. Learn the hidden challenges carers face, the leadership strengths they bring, and the actions employers can take to improve culture, retention, and wellbeing.

5 Common Website Mistakes (and how to fix them)
Free guide from Craig Burgess on fixing common website mistakes. Learn how to improve speed, clarity, content, and design using free tools. Make your site perform better, look professional, and actually win you customers.

The Strategy-in-Action Toolkit
Learn how to turn strategy into action with Andy Toor’s practical toolkit. Includes conversation guides, manager scripts, and weekly reflection tools to help every team understand, own, and deliver the plan.

Tech Career Strategies
Build a deliberate career path with this framework for defining goals, choosing the right routes, and developing the superpowers to reach them. Turn your tech career from chance into choice.

Editing For Impact
Learn five pro editing techniques from retoucher Beth Perkins to make every photo look sharp, consistent, and credible. Perfect for LinkedIn, personal brands, and business profiles.
A Guide to the Turnaround Measure Tracker
Master David Crawford’s five-step system for rescuing troubled projects. This guide explains how to spot early warning signs, stabilise delivery, and rebuild progress with confidence.
Turnaround Measure Tracker
A simple five-measure tracker to help leaders regain control, rebuild trust, and deliver results on failing projects. Used by turnaround expert David Crawford.

The Interview Cheatsheet
Ace your next interview with real questions, model answers, and hiring insights. A must-have guide for both candidates and managers who want better interviews and smarter decisions.

The Impact First Career Growth Framework
Engineer your career around impact, not titles. Learn Dan Ashby’s framework for mapping skills to results, planning growth, and proving your value through visible impact.

How to Nail C-Suite Communication
Cheryl Warlow’s playbook for communicating with senior leaders. Learn how to earn attention, structure messages that land, and make every executive interaction count.

The Manager's Feedback Playbook
Clem Pickering’s toolkit for giving and receiving feedback that works. Learn models, frameworks, and habits to build trust, improve performance, and lead with confidence.

Values Starter Kit
Define, select, and activate company values that drive performance. Alya Lilani’s toolkit helps leaders turn abstract principles into daily behaviours that deliver results.

Post the Damn Thing
Jack Ralph’s bold guide to creating LinkedIn posts that stand out. Learn how to start strong, show your human side, and build authentic visibility that leads to opportunity.

10 Steps to Job Hunt Like a Sales Pro
Transform your job search into a sales pipeline with Marylin Schlamkow’s 10-step framework. Prospect smarter, tell your story with impact, and close the role you want.

Learning Through Doing and Sharing
Advance your career by taking action. Learn how to grow through side projects, public learning, and sharing progress — a hands-on guide to building skills that stick.

Results First Prioritisation
Charlotte Rooney’s framework to focus on what truly matters. Define outcomes, rank tasks by impact and effort, and create a plan that delivers results without burnout.
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Each guest brings a specific topic or mindset they’ve mastered.
Head here after the episode to download the supporting tool or guide.
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