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

Squiggly Careers

The Squiggly Career

Management, Careers, Business

5 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We spend so much of our time at work on autopilot that we often miss what's right in front of us. In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the art of noticing — how paying closer attention can unlock creativity, spark new ideas, and help you learn and lead in more meaningful ways. They share 9 simple and practical ways to start noticing more at work, from tuning into what’s left unsaid in meetings to spotting the tasks that never seem to get done.

00:00 Introduction

01:20 What is noticing?

03:57 Idea 1

05:04 Idea 2

07:15 Idea 3

10:35 Idea 4

12:36 Idea 5

15:37 Idea 6

18:42 Idea 7

22:27 Idea 8

26:33 Idea 9

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Helen and this is the squiggly careers podcast. Every week we talk about a different topic to do with work and we share ideas and actions so we can all navigate our squiggly careers that bit more confidence and control. And if you'd like some extra squiggly support then sign up for our weekly newsletter squiggly careers in Action. You'll get all the links to the podcast and the tools that go along with it,
0:24.9	as well as some behind the scenes pictures of things that we've been up to that week. And there's
0:29.1	some extra insights from Sarah. Sarah shares Borrow Brilliant, things she've been reading, watching,
0:33.5	and listening to, and I do a random video. It depends where I am that week. But there are some practical insights in the videos.
0:39.6	They're called Helen's how-toes.
0:41.0	So the link to that will be in the show notes,
0:42.9	or if you go to our website, Amazingif.com,
0:45.0	there'll be a probably quite annoying pop-up that will come
0:47.2	and you'll be able to sign up there.
0:49.0	We also share if there's any events coming up. Yeah. Or Squiggly Career conversations on LinkedIn that you can join.
0:55.5	And we do have a few of those coming up in the calendar over the next few months.
0:58.4	So if you want to come along, spend some time with some other Squiggly Career learners.
1:02.2	They're pretty much all free or I think some of them are very low cost.
1:05.6	So please do get involved if that sounds interesting for you.
1:08.2	What are we talking about in this episode?
1:10.3	The Secret Skill of noticing.
1:13.0	Ooh.
1:13.9	Which I think we've actually both really enjoyed researching.
1:17.2	Noticing's been a really nice topic.
1:19.4	So what is it?
1:20.5	It means paying attention sometimes to what other people might be missing.
1:25.9	I think noticing is very intentional, very thoughtful,
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