Dr. Taylor leaving his current role into a consulting role means THE COMPLEX TECHNICAL WORK ARE DONE, AND IT'S TIME TO PRODUCE TO MAKE MONEY WITH THE NEW PARTNER(S).

What is there to fear of? This is very positive news. If I'm an engineer and I keep doing the same task for a very long time, then there's some issue going on and I need to fix it until it's working the way I planned or the way the customer wanted it. If Dr. Taylor is leaving his current task, then the work is done and successful, handing off to the other engineers to produce it.