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Wisepreneurs Podcast: Reinventing Work After 60
Wisepreneurs Podcast: Reinventing Work After 60
The Wisepreneurs Podcast, hosted by Nigel Rawlins, delivers thoughtful conversations and practical strategies for women 60+ building meaningful, independent careers. Tune in to master Networked Entrepreneurship, craft authentic brands, work smarter with tech, stay mentally sharp, and navigate career shifts—all with resilience and purpose. With 70+ episodes and backed by 100+ articles, each episode blends human-centered tools and collaborative wisdom to empower your reinvention. From launching consultancies to amplifying your voice, find frameworks that fit your life.
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Wisepreneurs: Transforming Expertise Into Authority

You've spent decades accumulating expertise younger professionals can't replicate. The economy rewards this accumulated wisdom - but only when systematically leveraged.

Hosted by Nigel Rawlins, Wisepreneurs features conversations with experienced independent professionals about transforming expertise into competitive advantage.

What we explore:
●Building sustainable independent practices around accumulated expertise
●Strategic positioning and authority development
●Leveraging modern tools while maintaining your experiential edge
●Cognitive productivity for solo professionals
●Navigating transitions from corporate to independent work

76+ episodes of real conversations
Your accumulated expertise is your competitive advantage. This podcast shows you how to systematically leverage it.

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Mark Trinham: Building Sustainable Art Practice Through Environmental Values and Collaboration
Nov. 27, 2025

Mark Trinham: Building Sustainable Art Practice Through Environmental Values and Collaboration

Mark Trinham has spent over 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 this conversation, Mark reveals how he moved from illustration…
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Jon Younger Why Keep Working at 73? On Talent, Wisdom, and Interesting Questions
Nov. 13, 2025

Jon Younger Why Keep Working at 73? On Talent, Wisdom, and Interesting Questions

At 73, Jon Younger has navigated from Exxon executive to business builder to independent advisor. In this conversation, he explores what makes professional wisdom valuable when AI handles routine knowledge work, why traditional career stages no longer apply, and most importantly—what makes intellec…
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Mayumi Kataoka: When Your Brain Needs Trees, Not More Productivity Hacks
Oct. 30, 2025

Mayumi Kataoka: When Your Brain Needs Trees, Not More Productivity Hacks

In this conversation, Nigel Rawlins speaks with Mayumi Kataoka, a certified forest therapy guide based in Sydney, about her journey from IT professional and martial arts instructor to nature photographer and finally to her calling as a practitioner of Shinrin-yoku (Japanese forest bathing). Mayumi …
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Anna Burgess Yang on Business Resilience and Smart Automation
Oct. 16, 2025

Anna Burgess Yang on Business Resilience and Smart Automation

When Anna Burgess Yang discovered she had a brain tumour just weeks before scheduled surgery, her three years of systematic business building became her lifeline. In this candid conversation, Anna reveals how strategic financial planning, automation systems, and operational frameworks allowed her b…
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Michael Best on Career Reinvention, Cannabis Research, and Learning at 80
Oct. 2, 2025

Michael Best on Career Reinvention, Cannabis Research, and Learning at 80

What happens when a 74-year-old doctor with 50 years of experience discovers a biological system he never learned about in medical school? Dr. Michael Best's accidental entry into medicinal cannabis research during COVID led to an extraordinary late-career transformation. Now 80, he's writing a…
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Robert Vlach Why Your Good Name Beats Personal Branding
Aug. 27, 2025

Robert Vlach Why Your Good Name Beats Personal Branding

The Core Revelation In this three-hour conversation, Robert Vlach, author of "The Freelance Way" and leader of Europe's largest freelance community, challenges conventional career advice for experienced professionals. Rather than competing through personal branding and social media, Vlach reveals …
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Amy Alkon Reclaiming Your Vitality in Menopause
July 31, 2025

Amy Alkon Reclaiming Your Vitality in Menopause

This episode features investigative science writer Amy Alkon, author of Going Menopostal, who reveals the alarming gap between scientific evidence and standard medical practice in women’s health. Alkon argues that the medical system often fails women during perimenopause and menopause due to a lack…
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Sönke Ahrens From Highlight to Insight—Making Your Experience Count
July 17, 2025

Sönke Ahrens From Highlight to Insight—Making Your Experience Count

In this episode of Wisepreneurs, host Nigel Rawlins sits down with renowned author and knowledge management expert Sönke Ahrens, to unpack how note-taking transforms experience into lasting insight. Drawing on his bestselling book How to Take Smart Notes, Ahrens outlines how the Zettelkasten me…
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A Realistic Guide to Starting a Business After 60 with Sue Ellson
July 3, 2025

A Realistic Guide to Starting a Business After 60 with Sue Ellson

Ask Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me. This episode is a masterclass in career reinvention after 60. For professional women considering entrepreneurship, the path can seem filled with challenges, from overcoming age discrimination to navigating financial uncertain…
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Laetitia Vitaud Networked Entrepreneurship
June 19, 2025

Laetitia Vitaud Networked Entrepreneurship

Career reinvention for women over 60 begins with your network and wisdom. In Wisepreneurs Podcast episode #71, Laetitia Vitaud, feminist and work-revolution thinker, shares how women can launch solo ventures using their 150 trusted relationships. “The most important asset to start a business is…
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Meredith Fuller Episode on Career Change

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Sue Ellson | Jan. 14, 2024

Most People at 78 Have Their Feet Up. I was Just Getting Started!

"To be honest, I was somewhat apprehensive to hear myself being interviewed by Nigel Rawlins on his renowned podcast Wisepreneurs - while up against a host of other people of note and accomplishment. …"

Laurie Smale | June 18, 2025

Empowering wisdom for professional women 50+

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