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We all want to be happy and satisfied at work and get some recognition. Yet, work is often a struggle.

What can we do to be happier at work?
How to work in a dynamic environment?
What are the different supervisory skills you can use to be happier at work?

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

This meaningful poem entitled “Invictus” is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). The poem is most known for its themes of willpower and strength in the face of adversity, much of which is drawn from the horrible fate assigned to many amputees of the day—gangrene and death and I find this really inspirational in relation with the topic today.

Listen to this episode while we also I discuss this interesting book entitled Ich arbeite in einem Irrenhaus or I work in a mad house (in English) which can help us be happier at work.

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How can you determine what control strategy to use for a manufacturing process?
What can you learn from this even if you are not working with manufacturing?

A control strategy for a drug manufacturing process is the overall approach to ensure that when you make the drug product, it’s going to be of acceptable quality. It is a great way to think about how you can optimize and control a very long process that has many factors.

The topics we discuss apply a lot for any other process that you are looking into where there many steps and where understand variability and what is driving quality is important.

In this episode, you will also learn about the design of factorial experiments.

Even if you are not working with manufacturing, you can still learn a lot.

Join Sam and I while we discuss the processes of determining the right control strategy for a manufacturing process:

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Book review with Stuart McGuire

Never Split the Difference written by Chris Voss, who was a former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home. He reveals the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. 

Today, the number of infected people in this pandemic has been increasing and the third wave is coming, but statisticians still cannot convince the government to act accordingly. They fail in negotiating their point and convincing others. This book gives us some tips and tricks, and some calibrating questions on how to make effective negotiation that lead us to a YES.

Join us while we talk about this practical guide which has ten effective principles—counterintuitive tactics and strategies—you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life:

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Interview with Sam Gardner

In this episode, we talk about non-clinical research and development and how statisticians contribute to these efforts. Join us while we talk about the following important phases of R&D.

Statisticians support more than just clinical trials in R&D. Some non-clinical areas where statisticians contribute to drug development include:

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Interview with Sam Gardner

What is non-clinical pharmaceutical statistics?

Join us while I talk about this topic with Sam and dive deeper into these points:

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