Free tools to download

Free, practical tools to help you build your edge

These free tools accompany podcast episodes.

The Manual of "Us"

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Building a Business You Can Rely On

Ken Valledy's REACT Framework

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

What are these free tools?

The guest on every episode of Build Your Edge leaves something behind:

  • A checklist
  • A cheat sheet
  • A decision guide
  • A framework
  • A template
  • Something else

Whatever it is, it’s something useful you can download and use straight away.

These aren’t vague summaries or fluffy quotes. They’re real tools created by the guest to help you apply what you just heard.

No paywalls. No email required. Just free resources to help you build an edge in how you think, lead, and deliver.

How it works
1. Listen to an episode

Each guest brings a specific topic or mindset they’ve mastered.

2. Grab the resource

Head here after the episode to download the supporting tool or guide.

3. Put it to work

Use the resource to improve how you think, lead, work, or grow.