Hello Reader, This week on Wisepreneurs: Discover how the cognitive intelligence you've spent decades building becomes your greatest advantage and why slowing down might be the smartest move you can make. FEATURED ARTICLE SERIES: Engaged Epistemology & Knowledge Work This series challenges the assumption devaluing experienced professionals: that valuable knowledge work means detached, analytical expertise—the sort of thing AI increasingly automates. Instead, the most sophisticated knowledge...
12 days ago • 1 min read
When Your Business Has to Run Without You Anna Burgess Yang had six weeks between diagnosis and brain surgery. Most solo entrepreneurs would panic. Anna built systems. I spoke with her recently on the Wisepreneurs Podcast, episode 77, about what happened when she couldn't work for two full months. Her FinTech writing business kept running. Clients stayed engaged. Content flowed. Revenue remained stable. This wasn't luck. It was three years of systematic thinking about financial buffers,...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader,This week: why your body knows more than you think, an 80-year-old doctor mastering AI while researching a body system most physicians have never heard of, and why medical literacy after 60 isn't optional. Your Body Already Knows What Your Mind Hasn't Named Yet Professional wisdom isn't just in your head—it's encoded in your nervous system through decades of pattern recognition. That gut feeling about a client situation or market shift? It's your body processing information...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, Part 3 of the Engaged Epistemology Series - 3-minute read Where we are in the series: We’ve established that knowledge work is becoming relational (Part 1) and explored how to structure learning partnerships (Part 2). Now we tackle the economics: how does this actually make your work more valuable as a solo operator over 60? My late mentor Denis Hitchens, a brilliant marketing strategist, found himself increasingly frustrated. Project after project, he was applying the same...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, Building on last week's exploration of engaged epistemology Last week we explored how knowledge work is shifting from individual expertise to collaborative creation. This week: how to actually structure this approach for the problems that matter most. The Meta-Skill That Defines Expertise "Knowing what to do when you don't know what to do." This paradox captures what separates truly accomplished, dare I say grounded, professionals from those who simply apply formulaic frameworks...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, The Great Reframe: Why Your “Soft” Approach Is Actually Advanced Two major shifts are happening in the business world right now. First, AI is rapidly taking over consulting work that can be systematised—applying frameworks, analysing data, and generating recommendations based on best practices. Second, the problems organisations face are becoming more complex and unpredictable, requiring a different kind of thinking altogether. A Perfect Opportunity This creates a perfect storm...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader, The Expertise Trap: Why “Being Professional” Is Sabotaging Your Best Work Intelligence Insight: While younger consultants race to establish expertise credentials and deliver "data-driven solutions," experienced professionals possess something far more sophisticated: the ability to create knowledge collaboratively rather than delivering it individually. Yet most of us have been conditioned to question our natural collaborative instincts, wondering if we should be more like those...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hello Reader,I have some good news to start—the Wisepreneurs Newsletter is officially returning to a weekly schedule. I've been writing a lot more lately and have so much to share with you. I'd like to dive right in with a question that might feel a little close to home: What if the greatest obstacle to your success isn't your competitors, but your own approach to pricing your services? This isn't just a professional observation for me; it's personal. I suffered from this exact mindset for...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Strategic Intelligence Brief The “Good Name” Advantage: Why Your Reputation Beats Personal Branding After 60 Strategic insights from a 3-hour deep dive with Europe’s leading freelance expert Strategic Intelligence Insight: While younger professionals obsess over personal branding and social media presence, experienced professionals possess something far more valuable: the ability to build what freelance expert Robert Vlach calls a “good name”—a reputation forged through years of proven...
2 months ago • 3 min read