Seeking career opportunities | #15
Seeking career opportunities | #15
Changes at my job and new paths emerging
2023-11-15: Greetings readers. I’m writing you after a flurry of research work on nature inspired algorithms and career changes (more about that in the main post) over the past couple of months. The air in Santa Fe is cooling off and the transition from bright yellows of autumn in the high desert to the crisp blue sky of winter with its warmth of piñon scented chimney smoke lingering in the neighborhood. Seasons of change in both nature and life seem to coincide for me.
On November 1 I was laid off from Arbol. Due to restructuring the company eliminated my Director of Data Engineering position and let go me and a handful of my colleagues in Tech and Data. This was a surprise to me; I was aware the company was looking to cut costs, extend runway, and consolidate focus into main business drivers (like many startups right now), but I did not think I or my team were the targets for those savings. Those receiving the news rarely do, I believe.
I posted on LinkedIn about my situation and that I’m seeking career opportunities. One path I’m seeking is senior leadership roles at the intersection of climate, technology, risk, and capital. Another, as I mention in my LinkedIn post, is a relaunch of my consulting firm Emergent Outcomes LLC with a focus on analytics engineering and technology implementations for climate, risk management, and market driven businesses.
The outreach I received last week from my post was both staggering and inspring. I booked more than twenty calls with all kinds of creative, innovative leaders and professionals looking to test out or scale up an analytics idea. Currently I’m working on closing a few of those into booked contracts.
So what’s next for me? For one, while I am having these conversations and building my network I reflect on what kind of work I enjoy and am good at, and what I want to do less of. As a leader this is a question I always ask my team “what do you want to do more of, and what do you want to do less of?” - now I turn that question inward and explore it myself.
More work at the intersection of climate, technology, and capital
More team building
More networking with a wide variety of people
More research and deeper analysis with a systems science framework
More ownership and accountability of strategy
I’m still reflecting on what I want to do less of.
Do you want to book a call with me? Go ahead, I would love to hear from you 👉 https://calendly.com/christianlemp
Relaunching Emergent Outcomes LLC is full of excitement for me. The creative freedom to seek opportunity, build solutions, and work with all kinds of people from different backgrounds is inspiring to me. Thank you for reading, and stay tuned with me to be on this journey together.