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Relational Cognition Episodes

The relationship between a Wisepreneur and AI produces capabilities that are genuinely new, not bigger versions of what existed before. When you work well with AI, the interaction generates insights and solutions that neither you nor the AI could produce alone. Annie Murphy Paul's Extended Mind theory supports this: cognition extends through tools, systems, and environments. Your thinking is never purely internal. Episodes in this category explore how experienced professionals work with AI as a thinking partner, build systems that extend cognitive reach, and create the conditions for emergent intelligence through human-tool interaction.
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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Sönke Ahrens Turning Professional Experience Into Lasting Insight with Smart Notes
July 18, 2025

Sönke Ahrens Turning Professional Experience Into Lasting Insight wit…

Sönke Ahrens helps experienced professionals turn accumulated expertise into structured knowledge systems that support writing, consulting, and thought leadership. He wrote How to Take Smart Notes and uses tools like Obsidian...

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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 for Independent Professionals
Nov. 29, 2024

Anna Burgess Yang Solopreneur Workflow: AI for Independent Profession…

Anna Burgess Yang shares her solopreneur workflow for building independent professional practice with lean thinking, automation, and AI.After leaving a FinTech executive career, Anna built a content writing business around Zapier, Airtable, and ChatGPT Pro. She explains why operations is the part…

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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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Tomas Baranek Expertise Building: Knowledge Tools for Independent Professionals
April 25, 2024

Tomas Baranek Expertise Building: Knowledge Tools for Independent Pro…

Knowledge management tools for independent professionals who need to curate information without burning out. Tomas Baranek is a Czech publisher who rebuilt his working practice around tools like Readwise and Roam Research after experiencing burnout himself. He explains practical approaches to manag…

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Gabrielle Sun Expertise Building: How AI Is Changing Corporate Learning
Nov. 20, 2023

Gabrielle Sun Expertise Building: How AI Is Changing Corporate Learni…

Gabrielle Sun explains how AI is reshaping expertise building in corporate learning, from instructional design principles to the tools every knowledge worker should explore. After completing a Master's in Educational Technology at Carnegie Mellon, Gabrielle became an instructional designer working …

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli Expertise Monetisation: Story Structure and AI for Solopreneurs
Sept. 3, 2023

Lisa-Marie Cabrelli Expertise Monetisation: Story Structure and AI fo…

Lisa-Marie Cabrelli turned expertise from acting, eCommerce, and a PhD in Creative Writing into a location-independent coaching practice spanning four countries. A digital nomad since 2006 with seven published novels and a sold multi-million dollar business, she returns to Wisepreneurs to share how…

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