I spent years as a petroleum geophysicist. Then the industry shifted, my career ended, and I had to figure out what came next.
What I built from that process — frameworks, conversations, tools — is what you’ll find here.
The in-between
If I’m not that job, who am I?
In 2015, I got laid off. I thought of it as temporary — a horrible inconvenience, an annoying hole in my CV.
Ten years later, I don’t think that anymore.
The thing I keep coming back to — in the podcast, in the writing, in the conversations — is not what comes next. It is the long middle. The period between identities. The quiet part of a career no one tells you about in advance.
Most advice is about getting out of it fast. I don’t think fast is what most of us need. I think we need to know the in-between is where the interesting work actually happens — and that we are not the only ones in there.
So this is a site about that. The podcast. The writing. A small tool for thinking. And sometimes, a conversation.
Was that a detour — or a doorway?
The Quiet Pivot
What if the change doesn’t have to be dramatic?
Most career-change stories start with a crisis and end with a reinvention. A clean break. A before and after. I don’t think that’s how it actually works for most of us.
What I keep seeing — in the conversations, in my own experience, in the letters people send me — is something quieter. A slow turning. A series of small decisions that only look like a pivot in retrospect. I started calling it the quiet pivot because that’s what it felt like from the inside.
I made a series about it.
A five-part podcast series
The Quiet Pivot
- 01 When the Plan Changes Shape
- 02 The Identity Gap
- 03 What Comes After the Title
- 04 Building Without a Blueprint
- 05 The Long Game
A thinking tool
What if you could see around the corner?
FutureVision started as an experiment — a way to take the frameworks I use in conversations and put them somewhere you could reach on your own. You tell it where you are. You pick a time horizon. It gives you something back.
Not a career plan. Not a personality quiz. A way to see what you might be missing — built on futures methodology and the belief that you already have more to work with than you think.
Where are you right now?
Built on IFTF futures methodology and Seligman’s agency model. Not generic career AI — a tool with a point of view.
Listen and read
What does meaningful work look like when the rules change?
Over four years, I’ve spoken to geoscientists, founders, coaches, policymakers, writers, and people who didn’t know what to call themselves yet. Every conversation starts in a different place — but they tend to circle the same questions.
Here are a few ways in, depending on where you are.
If you’re questioning what comes next…
If I’m Not That Job, Who Am I? On Identity After the Title Disappears.
If you’re considering a quiet pivot…
The Quiet Pivot — a five-part series on non-dramatic career change.
If you’re navigating the energy transition…
Not Rowing. Rafting. What This Season Is Really About.
If you’ve already made the leap…
Screw Up Happy. On Mistakes, Playfulness, and Being Human.
If you suspect it’s not really about productivity…
Would Leonardo da Vinci Survive the LinkedIn Algorithm?
If you’re tired of shouting into the algorithm…
I Will Not Shout on Command.
Where this leads
What are you looking for?
Try the tool
FutureVision takes five minutes. No signup. No commitment. Just a different way to think about what’s ahead.
Try FutureVision →Listen
Start with an episode matched to where you are. Four years of conversations — searchable by topic, not just date.
Browse episodes →Read
Writing that goes deeper. Essays on the in-between, coined frameworks, and ideas that don’t pretend change is simple.
Read on Substack →Talk to me
I work with experienced professionals who know something needs to change but aren’t sure what comes next. Not coaching. Not a programme. A conversation about what’s ahead — with someone who’s been through it.
Book a conversation →Grab a chair. There’s no rush.