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Learnings from the COVID crisis for statisticians

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As statisticians, we are one of the most capable professionals to understand and to relay the right information to the general public about the most talked-about situation – the Corona Virus.

In today’s episode, I want to express what’s on my mind and on my heart about this topic. It’s a bit of an unusual episode, as I’m very passionate about the topic. You can agree or disagree with my thinking. Please let me know what you think about it.

I discuss my learnings, my reflection about this, and what it says about us as statisticians. I covering:

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Problems for statisticians to take on

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Interview with Stephen Pyke

Many statisticians stay in the statistics department for their entire career. But not Stephen Pyke. After climbing the corporate ladder in statistics very high at GSK, his career brought him to various parts of the pharma world – and his new job is a combination of lots of aspects – including statistics and data. 

Stephen shared some important learnings from his career during the PSI strategy day in 2019. 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. We specifically cover following questions:

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How and why to increase your external profile!

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Interview with Liz Cole

Do you know what your external profile is?

Do you know how to improve it?

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. 

Listen to our conversation and understand:

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The data ops manifesto from a data science perspective

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Interview with Christopher Bergh

Do you feel you’re working like a firefighter?

Do you have the perception, you’re solving the same problems over and over?

Do you worry about ever changing requests from your business partners?

Then you are not alone – not even alone in the pharma world.

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.

The data ops manifesto can be found here and lists these 18 points – some of which are discussed in more detail in this episode:

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Helping statisticians having a bigger role

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Interview with Andy Grieve

Do you want to have a bigger impact?
Would you like to play a bigger role?
Did you have a moment in your career, where you thought you as a statistician felt being put in a box or labeled in such a way that limits your influence?

Today’s interview is surely beneficial to every statistician – both early and later in their career as Andy Grieve shares from his wealth of experience across the industry and academia working in senior roles.

We specifically talk about the following points:

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How to lead being an introvert

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Interview with Fritz Lehmann

How do you know if you are an introvert?
Is it possible to lead successfully even as an introvert?
Do you know how to be successful being an introvert?

People who are introverted tend to be inward turning, or focused more on internal thoughts, feelings and moods rather than seeking out external stimulation. They tend to be more quiet, reserved, and introspective. Unlike extroverts who gain energy from social interaction, introverts have to expend energy in social situations.

Now, how is it possible for introverted leaders to succeed in the workplace? In today’s episode, I discuss with Fritz these key points:

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