Why do we need to innovate?
What are the drivers for innovation?
How much time would you invest in something if it made an awful task more bearable?
I really enjoyed this interview with Mike as we talked about his award-winning presentation.
Mike and I discuss innovation and the different factors that affect it.
We specifally mention the following points:
- Time is equally valuable
- Make time to play
- Be curious
- Play with purpose
- Culture effect
- Say ‘yes’ to opportunities
- Look for supportive managers
- Delivery is more important
- Failure
- Fail early. Fail often.
- Blameless post -mortem
- Communication
- Build relationships
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Mike Smith
Senior Director Statistics at Pfizer
Mike Smith boasts an illustrious 30-year career in the Pharmaceutical industry, predominantly with Pfizer. He identifies himself as a “professional geek,” adept at navigating the intersection of business requirements and IT solutions. His passion lies in exploring cutting-edge technical tools and software, always keeping an eye on future innovations with a pragmatic focus on implementation rather than mere speculation.
At Pfizer, Mike leads the R Centre of Excellence, where he heads a team collaborating closely with data scientists and R users across various business sectors. Their primary mission is to tackle complex challenges, pioneer new workflows, and contribute actively to the R community both within and outside Pfizer. Mike also plays a pivotal role in enhancing internal analysis platforms and workflows, leveraging his experience in developing and deploying analytical solutions as a lead business user.
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I want to help the community of statisticians, data scientists, programmers and other quantitative scientists to be more influential, innovative, and effective. I believe that as a community we can help our research, our regulatory and payer systems, and ultimately physicians and patients take better decisions based on better evidence.
I work to achieve a future in which everyone can access the right evidence in the right format at the right time to make sound decisions.
When my kids are sick, I want to have good evidence to discuss with the physician about the different therapy choices.
When my mother is sick, I want her to understand the evidence and being able to understand it.
When I get sick, I want to find evidence that I can trust and that helps me to have meaningful discussions with my healthcare professionals.
I want to live in a world, where the media reports correctly about medical evidence and in which society distinguishes between fake evidence and real evidence.
Let’s work together to achieve this.
