Working From Home – Is this for you?

by Kim

The COVID-19 outbreak forces many of us to work from home. But even before this, working from home became a growing trend, most especially at the moment.

Problems For Statisticians To Take On

by Kim

In today’s episode, Stephen and I discuss the main points of his presentation and the take-away learnings for every statistician – even if you don’t work in a large pharma company.

RWE Demystified

by Kim

There are lots of buzzwords floating around and especially with the FDA having a bigger focus on RWE it’s top of mind for many stakeholders. Many teams in the different pharma organizations concentrate on this type of evidence.

How and Why to Increase your External Profile!

by Kim

In today’s episode, Liz Cole and I will dive deep into a topic called content marketing. It’s kind of meta, since this podcast itself originates on these ideas. Does this sound frightening or disturbing? It shouldn’t.

The Data Ops Manifesto from a Data Science Perspective

by Kim

In today’s episode, we will talk about the data ops manifesto which addresses such problems. There are actually a couple of such manifestos out there such as the agile manifesto or the dev ops manifesto. These sound similar to Demings 14 principles outlined in his “out of the crisis” publication.

Baseline Testing – a widespread but difficult to treat disease

by Kim

In today’s episode, Benjamin and I discuss some backgrounds for baseline testing in randomized studies.

How to leverage time-boxing to reduce overwhelm being a Statistician

by Kim

One of the most effective skills you can have in life is effective time management. According to Michael Hyatt: “What gets scheduled gets done. ” If you’re not managing your time well, there’s no way you’re going to reach your goals at work and the life outside of it.

What you need to know before you try to increase productivity

by Kim

You are not alone. Sometimes, it’s easier to wait for someone else to tell you what things you should work on rather than to assess yourself.

My story of the Effective Statistician and what you can learn from it

by Kim

Are you curious about why and how I started The Effective Statistician?
What’s in it for you?
Why I’m passionate about it?

It all started when I became a new supervisor and had my first direct reports I thought I needed to learn about supervisory skills but I had very limited time. I found out that podcasts really help to learn while I commute to work – it’s effective.

Dr. Alexander Schacht

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My story of the Effective Statistician and what you can learn from it

Dr. Alexander Schacht

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Are you curious about why and how I started The Effective Statistician?
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Why I’m passionate about it?

How to become a leader in a cross-functional team

by Kim

As statisticians, we work in cross-functional teams, but many people, especially junior people prefer to follow rather than to lead – and that’s okay.