The Future of Safety Analyses: Interactivity, Visualizations and the FDA

by Kim

Over recent years, a lot of interesting things happened around safety analyses and visualization. They help us to better understand our safety data and detect safety signals. Wei and colleagues have recently published an article about these topics.

How to play the game of business to build stronger, more innovative, and more inspiring organizations

by Kim

We often talk about “competing in the marketplace” – where do you think, this term is coming from?

Have you ever considered a career outside of statistics?

by Kim

Today, we interview Lucy on how can statisticians create an impact beyond statistics. Lucy has a very inspiring career, and she has started as a statistician and got further responsibilities.

Plotting your Career and Preparing the Terrain

by Kim

Diana Stuart, who is a Senior Manager in programming, shares with us her thoughts, lessons, and her vast experience in this field and what we can do to create a robust career with all the surrounding changes.

3 Time Management Hacks, That Actually Work

by Kim

Given the pandemic, this episode comes timely as it’s a challenge to manage time while working at home.

But even after the pandemic, this challenge of getting most out of your time will not end.

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I talk about different time management hacks to be productive and efficient while working at home.

We talk specifically about these points:

Things you should establish first:

Be clear on your goals and keep them in front of you
Focus on building great habits as these will carry you to success

Three time management hacks:

Saying no and turning things back – reflect work
Focus your efforts and concentration (schedule time, manage distractions)
Get and stay organized (calendar, to-dos, meetings, filing ….) – apply the 4 principles from Atomic Habits

Dr. Alexander Schacht

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Given the pandemic, this episode comes timely as it’s a challenge to manage time while working at home.

But even after the pandemic, this challenge of getting most out of your time will not end.

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I talk about different time management hacks to be productive and efficient while working at home.

We talk specifically about these points:

Things you should establish first:

Be clear on your goals and keep them in front of you
Focus on building great habits as these will carry you to success

Three time management hacks:

Saying no and turning things back – reflect work
Focus your efforts and concentration (schedule time, manage distractions)
Get and stay organized (calendar, to-dos, meetings, filing ….) – apply the 4 principles from Atomic Habits

3 Time Management Hacks, That Actually Work

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

Given the pandemic, this episode comes timely as it’s a challenge to manage time while working at home.

But even after the pandemic, this challenge of getting most out of your time will not end.

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I talk about different time management hacks to be productive and efficient while working at home.

We talk specifically about these points:

Things you should establish first:

Be clear on your goals and keep them in front of you
Focus on building great habits as these will carry you to success

Three time management hacks:

Saying no and turning things back – reflect work
Focus your efforts and concentration (schedule time, manage distractions)
Get and stay organized (calendar, to-dos, meetings, filing ….) – apply the 4 principles from Atomic Habits

The Story of Veramed – Love and Statistics

by Kim

I am sure that you’ll be very interested to hear the story of Matthew and Emma as they will share today their experience on how they started their own company, Veramed, in 2012 after leaving their established careers working in the industry for large pharma and CROs.

8 Steps to make a Smart Decision

by Kim

Imagine you need to choose a comparator for a head-to-head study. How do we usually approach it?

Debate
Meetings
More meetings with other stakeholders
Creating a slide deck
Revising the slide deck
Getting into time pressure
Getting conflicting feedback
Let’s just make a recommendation and find the data that supports this

In today’s episode, we discuss how to manage problems with efficiency, clarity, logic, consistency, alignment, and speed.

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

Imagine you need to choose a comparator for a head-to-head study. How do we usually approach it?

Debate
Meetings
More meetings with other stakeholders
Creating a slide deck
Revising the slide deck
Getting into time pressure
Getting conflicting feedback
Let’s just make a recommendation and find the data that supports this

In today’s episode, we discuss how to manage problems with efficiency, clarity, logic, consistency, alignment, and speed.

8 Steps to make a Smart Decision

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

Imagine you need to choose a comparator for a head-to-head study. How do we usually approach it?

Debate
Meetings
More meetings with other stakeholders
Creating a slide deck
Revising the slide deck
Getting into time pressure
Getting conflicting feedback
Let’s just make a recommendation and find the data that supports this

In today’s episode, we discuss how to manage problems with efficiency, clarity, logic, consistency, alignment, and speed.

Present like a Pro – 14 Presentation Tips

by Kim

Have you been sitting through boring presentations?
Have you felt that the presenter lost the audience in seconds?
Have you found yourself after a presentation thinking – so what?

When you are presenting, you don’t want the audience to feel this way. But how can you deliver a knock-out presentation and wow the audience?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss 14 presentation tips that really work. We speak about:

Be clear on your goals
Have a strong start
- Start with a story, conclusions, then introduce yourself
- Enter the room or stage with confidence
Speak to Ethos, Pathos and Logos
Establish a powerful position
Make eye contact
Smile
Never lean back when sitting – better stand up
Dress appropriately
- Avoid anything distracting
- Appear confidently
Position your camera well
Use pauses intentionally

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

Have you been sitting through boring presentations?
Have you felt that the presenter lost the audience in seconds?
Have you found yourself after a presentation thinking – so what?

When you are presenting, you don’t want the audience to feel this way. But how can you deliver a knock-out presentation and wow the audience?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss 14 presentation tips that really work. We speak about:

Be clear on your goals
Have a strong start
- Start with a story, conclusions, then introduce yourself
- Enter the room or stage with confidence
Speak to Ethos, Pathos and Logos
Establish a powerful position
Make eye contact
Smile
Never lean back when sitting – better stand up
Dress appropriately
- Avoid anything distracting
- Appear confidently
Position your camera well
Use pauses intentionally

Present like a Pro – 14 Presentation Tips

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

Have you been sitting through boring presentations?
Have you felt that the presenter lost the audience in seconds?
Have you found yourself after a presentation thinking – so what?

When you are presenting, you don’t want the audience to feel this way. But how can you deliver a knock-out presentation and wow the audience?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss 14 presentation tips that really work. We speak about:

Be clear on your goals
Have a strong start
- Start with a story, conclusions, then introduce yourself
- Enter the room or stage with confidence
Speak to Ethos, Pathos and Logos
Establish a powerful position
Make eye contact
Smile
Never lean back when sitting – better stand up
Dress appropriately
- Avoid anything distracting
- Appear confidently
Position your camera well
Use pauses intentionally

Failed Study, New Safety Finding, Mistakes – Breaking Bad News

by Kim

As statisticians, we often need to bring terrible news to the team. We’re the first to know, that a study didn’t reach the primary endpoint, or that safety analyses showed some new signals, or that some analyses contained mistakes, that need to be corrected.

How do you deal with such situations?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss the following points:

First mover advantage
Preparing and planning
- Be clear on your goals
- Who do you want to move from A to B
- What questions will come up?
- What will be our replies?
- What will be the follow-up questions?
- Who will be affected?
- Who needs/must know first?
- How do you communicate it?

Dr. Alexander Schacht

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How do you deal with such situations?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss the following points:

First mover advantage
Preparing and planning
- Be clear on your goals
- Who do you want to move from A to B
- What questions will come up?
- What will be our replies?
- What will be the follow-up questions?
- Who will be affected?
- Who needs/must know first?
- How do you communicate it?

Failed Study, New Safety Finding, Mistakes – Breaking Bad News

Dr. Alexander Schacht

All Episodes

How do you deal with such situations?

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss the following points:

First mover advantage
Preparing and planning
- Be clear on your goals
- Who do you want to move from A to B
- What questions will come up?
- What will be our replies?
- What will be the follow-up questions?
- Who will be affected?
- Who needs/must know first?
- How do you communicate it?

How to create win-win situations?

by Kim

Upon observing on our daily business, we have the tendency to view situations not as win-win but as win-lose. Is it really possible to create these win-win situations?