What does it actually take to reinvent yourself after your career pulls the rug out from under you? Andrew Brummer found out at 53 — no degree, no external network, and a company that was winding down after a decade of his best operational work. In this episode, he breaks down how he rebuilt from scratch, why he became a double author and co-founder of multiple companies, and what it means to make yourself operationally dispensable so the people around you can thrive without you.

Andrew and Ben get into the culture of trust that makes teams run without you in the room, the difference between listening to respond and listening to learn, how ageism is really just a failure to communicate across generations, and how AI can be your best thinking partner — or your worst echo chamber, depending on how you use it.

Andrew also shares the story behind My Story Told, his platform that uses AI to help people capture and publish their life stories — because everyone's earned the right to be remembered.

If you've ever hit a wall in your career and wondered what comes next, this one's for you.

Connect with Andrew Brummer:
Website: https://andrewbrummer.com 
LinkedIn: Andrew Brummer
My Story Told: https://mystorytold.ai 

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