The Wisepreneurs Podcast
For independent professionals building practice on their own terms.
Working lives have extended far beyond what anyone predicted.
Organisations need people who can navigate complexity and ambiguity—and increasingly, these professionals want to work independently.
Hosted by Nigel Rawlins, Wisepreneurs features conversations with experienced professionals about what it actually takes to build sustainable independent practice.
What we explore:
● Turning accumulated expertise into visible market presence
● Building business through partnerships and collaborative networks
● AI tools that amplify rather than replace experienced judgment
● Navigating the transition from employment to independence
● Sustaining cognitive capacity for the long term
80+ episodes of real conversations
Your accumulated expertise is your competitive advantage.
This podcast shows you how to systematically leverage it.
80+ episodes. Real conversations. No motivational fluff.
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Podcasting since 2020 • 81 episodes
The Wisepreneurs Podcast
Latest Episodes
Making Space for Deep thinkers with Meredith Fuller OAM
Psychologist Meredith Fuller returns for her fourth Wisepreneurs conversation to address a challenge facing many experienced professionals: feeling invisible at work despite making substantial contributions. Drawing from over 45 years counselin...
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Mark Trinham: Building Sustainable Art Practice Through Environmental Values and Collaboration
Mark Trinham has spent 30 years building a thriving full-time art practice without formal business training—creating large-scale public artworks, running a successful collaboration company, and maintaining creative independence. In...
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Jon Younger Why Keep Working at 73? On Talent, Wisdom, and Interesting Questions
At 73, Jon Younger has spent his career understanding how talent evolves—from HR executive at Exxon to business builder to independent advisor on the future of work and AI. In this conversation, Jon addresses the positioning challe...
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Mayumi Kataoka: When Your Brain Needs Trees, Not More Productivity Hacks
In our hyperconnected world, we respond to time scarcity by optimising, accelerating, and implementing more productivity systems. But what if the solution isn't doing more—it's doing less?Mayumi Kataoka, a certified forest therapy guide ...
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Anna Burgess Yang on Business Resilience and Smart Automation
When Anna Burgess Yang was diagnosed with a brain tumor just weeks before surgery, her three years of systematic business building became the difference between collapse and continuity. In this conversation, Anna shares how strategic financial ...
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