* Warning: Beware of self-proclaimed experts on the internet. Do your own due diligence. 🐳️ diff --git a/content/consult/index.md b/content/consult/index.md index 30817f260..84ff8a561 100644 --- a/content/consult/index.md +++ b/content/consult/index.md @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ type: page cover: image: /consulting-logo.webp alt: Logo of Yanir Seroussi's consulting services, depicting a wave and an up-and-to-the-right graph. - caption: Helping nature-positive startups and scaleups grow faster. -summary: Yanir Seroussi's Data & AI consulting services, mostly targeting startups and scaleups focused on nature-positive outcomes. + caption: Helping positive-impact startups and scaleups grow faster. +summary: Yanir Seroussi's Data & AI consulting services, mostly targeting startups and scaleups focused on positive-impact outcomes. comments: false editPost: disabled: true diff --git a/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/data-and-ai-for-impact-logo.png b/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/data-and-ai-for-impact-logo.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a374bdc14 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/data-and-ai-for-impact-logo.png differ diff --git a/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/index.md b/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/index.md similarity index 72% rename from content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/index.md rename to content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/index.md index 194c72486..4dfef5e42 100644 --- a/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/index.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ --- -title: 'New decade, new tagline: Data & AI for Nature' +title: 'New decade, new tagline: Data & AI for Impact' author: Yanir Seroussi type: post date: 2024-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 -url: /2024/01/19/new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/ +url: /2024/01/19/new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-impact/ cover: relative: true - image: data-and-ai-for-nature-logo.png + image: data-and-ai-for-impact-logo.png alt: Logo of Yanir Seroussi's consulting services, depicting a wave and an up-and-to-the-right graph. -summary: Shifting focus to 'Data & AI for Nature', with more nature-positive content, increased posting frequency, and deeper audience engagement. +summary: Shifting focus to 'Data & AI for Impact', with more nature-positive content, increased posting frequency, and deeper audience engagement. tags: - artificial intelligence - blogging @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ Exactly a decade ago, on 19th January 2014, I published my first post on this we While I've never abandoned my software engineering roots, the broadening of data science means that [many data scientists can no longer be assumed to possess solid engineering skills](https://yanirseroussi.com/2023/06/30/was-data-science-a-failure-mode-of-software-engineering/). Therefore, I changed the tagline last year to _Engineering Data Science & More_. However, this didn't feel quite right – some people now have an adverse reaction to any mention of data science, after negative experiences of failed projects. -Recently, **I switched the tagline to be both broader and narrower: _Data & AI for Nature_.** With this change, **I'm also aiming to revitalise my approach to publishing and audience engagement.** +Recently, I switched the tagline to be both broader and narrower: _Data & AI for Nature_. However, upon reflection and given some feedback, I realised that the _Nature_ bit may be off-putting to some people who do impactful work in the space but have different motivations. Therefore, I decided to go with _Data & AI for Impact_. What does this mean in terms of focus areas? * Still publish technical and high-level posts on Data & AI. -* Aim to highlight nature-positive applications of Data & AI tech. +* Aim to highlight positive-impact applications of Data & AI tech, especially in the climate and nature-positive space. -More importantly, I'd like to improve some things around posting and engagement: -* Produce content that's useful for those who find the tagline compelling – especially people working on startups and scaleups that are using Data & AI to make a positive impact on nature (i.e., the biosphere and our shared environment). +More importantly, I'm aiming to revitalise my approach to publishing and audience engagement: +* Produce content that's useful for those who find the tagline compelling – especially people working on startups and scaleups that are using Data & AI to make a positive impact on the biosphere and our shared environment. * Post more frequently – aiming for weekly from February onwards. * Use the mailing list to email full posts, and as a two-way avenue for comments and conversations (as opposed to public comments, which are now closed). @@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ With more frequent posts, what I publish should be quicker to produce and consum * Best practices and opinions on a startup's first data hire * Answering questions people ask on the future of data science * My experience as a Data Tech Lead with Work on Climate -* Nature isn't only Green: De-politicising nature positivity * Use cases for ChatGPT and other LLMs * Catching up on different aspects of LLMs / AI tech * Opportunities for Data & AI professionals in the energy transition Historically, for each post I've published, about 5-10 ideas went unpublished. I hope that by aiming for shorter and lower-friction publishing, more posts will see the light of day. -My long-term aims are to learn by publishing, do more nature-positive Data & AI work myself, and help others in the space. Rather than sinking into doom and gloom, I'd like to focus on positive applications of Data & AI tech that make our world better (in the spirit of publications like [Volts](https://www.volts.wtf/)). +My long-term aims are to learn by publishing, apply my Data & AI skills towards more positive impact myself, and help others in the space. Rather than sinking into doom and gloom, I'd like to focus on positive applications of Data & AI tech that make our world better (in the spirit of publications like [Volts](https://www.volts.wtf/)). **Call to action:** * If this all sounds uninteresting to you, you're welcome to unsubscribe – no hard feelings. diff --git a/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/data-and-ai-for-nature-logo.png b/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/data-and-ai-for-nature-logo.png deleted file mode 100644 index 877beb046..000000000 Binary files a/content/posts/2024-01-19-new-decade-new-tagline-data-and-ai-for-nature/data-and-ai-for-nature-logo.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/static/fractional-chief-data-officer/index.html b/static/fractional-chief-data-officer/index.html index fb505f500..584dcfa5d 100644 --- a/static/fractional-chief-data-officer/index.html +++ b/static/fractional-chief-data-officer/index.html @@ -168,20 +168,20 @@
- In recent years, I've switched my full-time focus to nature-positive work, especially around climate and - biodiversity. + In recent years, I've switched my full-time focus to work I consider to have a net-positive impact, + especially around climate and biodiversity. This has included hands-on Data & AI leadership work with Orkestra (a renewable energy startup), as well as with the Work on Climate and Reef Life Survey nonprofits.
- The Fractional CDO offering is a way for me to help multiple nature-positive startups achieve their goals + The Fractional CDO offering is a way for me to help multiple positive-impact startups achieve their goals faster.
- A: Funded Australian nature-positive startups that don't have their own CDO. + A: Funded Australian positive-impact startups that don't have their own CDO.
If you don't quite fit my ideal client rubric, e.g., if you're not in Australia or if you run a non-profit,