Three members of our newly created specialist unit just quit yesterday. One consultant, our team lead and a senior specialist. The reasons for the latter two seems political.

I'm a tech specialist myself and weary after pumping out decks for what seems like an eternity.

My departing manager told me that we're in a good position for negotiating as leadership is dedicated to make our technology offering a success in the market.

What would you ask for to maximize the odds of succes?

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Political ... sounds potentially bad. In my experience people who have a more technical interest for their career path have little interest/aptitude/tolerance for politics and managing up. This could make it hard for your new specialist unit to be successful.

So "it depends" ... on how many people are left, are there some who will step up and willingly/successfully take on the more political/publicity/management interface/client facing roles ...

If not you need those replaced, with folks acceptable outward and inward to the team.

Good luck.

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Tbh, with a potentially protracted economic downturn on the horizon, I’m not sure being tied to a spec initiative that relies heavily on leadership investment (vs revenue and customers) to survive is the best position to be in for you personally if ever the axe needs to come down.

Maybe the news about a widespread long recession is all fodder and it’s an unnecessary concern, but that’s one personal risk I’d at least keep in mind. If it’s possible (no idea if it is in your situation) can you start winning customers and creating revenue asap to show there’s a path to success? This would at least insulate your job.

As for negotiating with leadership for more investment in the initiative itself, I’d probably make sure every request could be tied to the pathway of getting to market and generating revenue as a result. Not for more analysis, experimentation, research, piloting, etc. But, this is with having no idea at all what you’re working on or where it’s at in its lifecycle.

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