Karl Davis: An Engineer's Psyche, Changing Perceptions, Starting a Company & Offshore Wind

This week on CleanTalk Director/Producer Luke Harmer gets to peer inside the mind of the engineer-turned-founder, Karl Davis.

Karl has an extensive 24-year career spanning across multiple forms of engineering. With a passion for wind energy, Karl runs Empire Engineering, a consultancy specialising in offshore wind foundations.

Running right through Karl's life story, you'll get insight into what makes an engineer tick, how one views the world, and a few laughs along the way. Enjoy!

Connect with Karl on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdavisee/

Learn more about Empire Engineering's solutions: https://www.empireengineering.co.uk/

Connect with Stuart Pringle, Business Development & Marketing Specialist mentioned in today's episode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-pringle-320293b/

Join the CleanTalk community on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12991627/

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Produced by: Harmer Visuals

Director of Photography: Will Corcoran https://www.linkedin.com/in/willcorc/

Many thanks to...

- Empire Engineering for providing recording space for a full day of podcasting

- Stuart Pringle from Make The Break for helping co-ordinate guests

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Chapters for today's episode:

(00:00) Intro

(01:50) About the office

(02:25) Early career experience

(03:59) Karl's Education

(04:29) The perception of engineers in different countries

(05:21) Discovering Karl's interest in engineering as a child

(06:17) How Karl sees the everyday world

(07:01) Artistic Talent

(07:33) Walking through Karl's career roles

(10:03) Entering renewables & becoming entrepreneurial

(11:36) Problem solving, delegation & responsibility

(14:38) Growing commercial skillsets

(16:39) What an engineer can teach you about brand, influence and marketing in an age of B2C social media noise

(18:57) Perfectionism & precision

(19:42) Intro to Empire Engineering

(21:25) The future for Empire Engineering

(22:10) Cool projects

(23:18) Challenges of starting and running a company

(24:27) Approach to recruitment

(25:29) Stakeholder dynamics in offshore wind

(26:43) Thoughts & fun on Linkedin

(29:04) Quickfire Curiosity 🔥

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