wisepreneurs Podcast
1) The Tradie Who Built an AI Business: Darren Waldron's Journey
In this episode of the Wisepreneurs Podcast, host Nigel Rawlins speaks with Darren Waldron, an Australian who has made a remarkable career pivot from carpenter to AI automation specialist while living...Show More
2) Building a Sustainable Consulting Practice with Melisa Liberman
Melisa Liberman accidentally started consulting 13 years ago when her CEO asked her to stay on after she resigned to move to Hawaii. That unplanned beginning revealed something most consultants learn ...Show More
3) 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 contrib...Show More
4) 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 mainta...Show More
5) 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...Show More
Jon Younger Why Keep Working at 73? On Talent, Wisdom, and Interesting Questions
1:07:12 | Nov 14th, 2025
6) 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 Kata...Show More
7) Anna Burgess Yang on Business Resilience and Smart Automation
Ask Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me. When Anna Burgess Yang was diagnosed with a brain tumor just weeks before surgery, her three years of systematic business buil...Show More
8) Michael Best on Career Reinvention, Cannabis Research, and Learning at 80
Ask Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me. At 74, a routine phone call during COVID changed everything for Dr. Michael Best. After 50 years practicing medicine, he disco...Show More
9) Robert Vlach Why Your Good Name Beats Personal Branding
Ask Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me. Most career advice tells experienced professionals to modernize, rebrand, and compete with younger workers on their terms. Rob...Show More
10) Amy Alkon Reclaiming Your Vitality in Menopause
Ask Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me. For many accomplished women, the sudden arrival of brain fog, fatigue, or memory loss can feel like a professional crisis, spa...Show More