Adapted Ambitions

Ada Offonry

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  1. 1D AGO

    0206 Why Smart People Make BAD Career Choices

    Ada Offonry explores why highly capable, intelligent people still make career decisions they later regret. She breaks down the hidden psychological traps that keep us over optimising for salary, security or titles, staying too long in roles that no longer fit, or leaping into new ones for the wrong reasons. Today, you'll learn about: Optimising for the wrong thing Fear disguised as “safety” A smarter way to choose what’s next Data Sources: Job regret (72%): Joblist U.S. Job Seeker Survey 2024 Staying too long out of fear (58%): CIPD UK Employee Outlook 2025 High earners + comp-only decisions: Harvard Business Review, "The High Earner's Dilemma" 2024   To be reminded of all future episodes, please FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE. For more from Ada: https://adaoffonry.com/ Follow Ada: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaoffonry/ Find out more about Ada's new venture: https://www.inferencesearch.ai About your Host: Ada Offonry Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology. She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory. Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.

    20 min
  2. FEB 4

    0205 Reinvent Without Resigning - How to Pivot Your Career From the Inside

    In this episode, Ada challenges the myth that reinvention requires quitting your job and starting again. Instead, she breaks down how you can strategically reshape your career within your current organisation, often with more stability, influence and financial upside. From gaining clarity on what you really want, to navigating internal power structures and negotiating pay with confidence, this episode offers a practical, low-risk path to meaningful career change. Highlights: Reinventing without quitting. Power mapping your organisation. Negotiating scope and pay confidently. To be reminded of all future episodes, please FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE. Follow Ada: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaoffonry/   About your Host: Ada Offonry Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology. She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory. Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.

    13 min
  3. JAN 21

    0203 Redundant at 40 : Reinventing Yourself After Redundancy

    Ada Offonry reframes redundancy after 40 as an opportunity for strategic reinvention rather than defeat. Drawing on her experience supporting professionals through career transitions, she shares practical steps to regain control, clarity and confidence. Learn how to: Negotiate your exit : maximise your redundancy package and leave on the best possible terms. Write your “never again” list :  identify what you’ll no longer tolerate in your next role or workplace. Build your next chapter strategically:  focus on career design, nurturing your network, and embracing new forms of work like consulting or fractional roles. To be reminded of all future episodes, please FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE. Follow Ada: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaoffonry/ Find out more about Ada's new venture: https://www.inferencesearch.ai About your Host: Ada Offonry Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology. She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory. Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.

    19 min
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Are you looking to pivot your career, start a new business or reinvent yourself completely? Join Executive Career Coach Ada Offonry for weekly content that’s easily applied to your life.