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Wisepreneurs Podcast

AI-Augmented Work Episodes

Embrace technology to enhance your work. This category features Wisepreneurs Podcast episodes that demystify AI and digital tools for women 60+, empowering you to work smarter. Learn practical ways to integrate technology, from content creation to workflows, without overwhelm. Inspired by Esko Kilpi’s vision of networked innovation, guests share tips to harness AI, ensuring your skills stay relevant in a tech-driven world.
Darren Waldron Solopreneur AI Automation: How a Carpenter Built an Independent Technology Practice
Jan. 29, 2026

Darren Waldron Solopreneur AI Automation: How a Carpenter Built an In…

Darren Waldron, a Zurich carpenter-turned-solopreneur, built an independent AI automation practice with no coding background. A carpenter by trade, now based in Zurich, he developed AI-powered lead management systems after ex...

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Anna Burgess Yang Business Automation for Independent Solopreneur Practice
Oct. 17, 2025

Anna Burgess Yang Business Automation for Independent Solopreneur Pra…

Anna Burgess Yang helps experienced solopreneurs build automation systems that keep an independent practice running when the founder cannot work. Her FinTech writing business ran for two months while she recovered from brain ...

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Tomáš Baránek Deep Reading as Professional Edge: Why Books Still Build Expertise in the AI Era
May 23, 2025

Tomáš Baránek Deep Reading as Professional Edge: Why Books Still Buil…

Deep reading as cognitive investment for independent professionals building expertise when AI floods the world with shallow content. Tomáš Baránek runs Melvil Publishing in Czechia, selecting nonfiction titles with long-term ...

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Filip Drimalka The Future of No Work: AI Tools for Independent Professional Practice
Feb. 14, 2025

Filip Drimalka The Future of No Work: AI Tools for Independent Profes…

Filip Drimalka helps independent professionals build AI-enhanced workflows that turn one-person operations into sustainable businesses without traditional employment structures. He wrote The Future of No Work and explains why...

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Anna Burgess Yang Solopreneur Workflow: AI and Automation for Independent Practice
Nov. 29, 2024

Anna Burgess Yang Solopreneur Workflow: AI and Automation for Indepen…

Anna Burgess Yang runs a solopreneur content writing business using Airtable, Zapier, and generative AI, built on lean thinking principles after leaving a FinTech executive career to work independently while raising three chi...

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Eliška Šestáková Building Smarter Knowledge Systems for Independent Professional Practice
Sept. 6, 2024

Eliška Šestáková Building Smarter Knowledge Systems for Independent P…

In this episode, host Nigel Rawlins speaks with Eliška Šestáková, an academic and personal knowledge management specialist from the Czech Republic, about how structured note-taking systems support sustained independent profes...

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Leanne Shelton AI for Independent Professionals: Keeping the Human Edge
Aug. 30, 2024

Leanne Shelton AI for Independent Professionals: Keeping the Human Ed…

ALeanne Shelton helps experienced professionals integrate AI into independent practice without losing the human judgment that makes their work worth paying for. She spent ten years as a copywriter and content marketer before ...

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Peter Hatherley Semantic SEO and AI Tools: How Authored Intelligence Serves Independent Professionals
July 26, 2024

Peter Hatherley Semantic SEO and AI Tools: How Authored Intelligence …

Peter Hatherley built Authored Intelligence to give independent professionals practical AI tools for SEO and content strategy, including Semantic Author and Conceptuality. Peter explains the difference between generative and ...

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Michael Greenberg Digital Operations: AI Workflows, Automation, and Outsourcing for Independent Professionals
June 19, 2024

Michael Greenberg Digital Operations: AI Workflows, Automation, and O…

Michael Greenberg specialises in digital operations, helping businesses optimise workflows through AI tools, automation systems, and strategic outsourcing rather than adding more hours to the working week. Michael walks throu...

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Tomáš Baránek Expertise Building Through Knowledge Management: Recovery from Burnout
April 25, 2024

Tomáš Baránek Expertise Building Through Knowledge Management: Recove…

Tomáš Baránek rebuilt his working practice around tools like Readwise and Roam Research after experiencing burnout as a Czech publisher translating English-language books on productivity and personal development. He explains practical approaches to managing knowledge sustainably for independent pro…

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Gabrielle Sun on Integrating AI in Learning and Development
Nov. 20, 2023

Gabrielle Sun on Integrating AI in Learning and Development

Gabrielle Sun, originally from China, moved to the United States to pursue a Master's in Educational Technology. She works remotely as an instructional designer for a large corporation, creating training programs. She is well...

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