

The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI
Alexander Schacht and Benjamin Piske, biometricians, statisticians and leaders in the pharma industry
The podcast from statisticians for statisticians to have a bigger impact at work. This podcast is set up in association with PSI - Promoting Statistical Insight. This podcast helps you to grow your leadership skills, learn about ongoing discussions in the scientific community, build you knowledge about the health sector and be more efficient at work. This podcast helps statisticians at all levels with and without management experience. It is targeted towards the health, but lots of topics will be important for the wider data scientists community.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jan 2, 2023 • 18min
6 Problems Around Creating Data Visualisations
Just relying on a simple table without data visualisation
Not taking context (message, audience, circumstances, channel) into account
Lack of testing with the target audience
Having an unclear message to start the design
Incorporating every comment
Relying heavily on templates
Listen to this episode now and share the link with your friends!

Dec 19, 2022 • 26min
What You Can Expect in 2023 From Me
I share with you about my consulting job and how great it is to work with different, awesome people across the industry
How I help companies streamline their and automate processes
The Effective Statistician Academy and its two parts
Leadership Training
Publication work
other webinars and courses
Listen to this episode now and share the link with your friends and colleagues who might learn from it.
Happy Holidays!

Dec 12, 2022 • 32min
Leadership Characteristics of Exceptional Leaders
Webinar with Gary Sullivan
Statisticians are trained to be leaders and have many of the skills required for leadership positions
Statisticians can use their problem-solving, questioning, and decision-making skills to help resolve issues within an organisation
An example of how a statistician's leadership skill can be used when there is a case in manufacturing and how looking at data from all stages of production helped identify where the problem was occurring so it could be fixed
Do not underestimate the leadership skill set statisticians have - you may be able to influence and lead projects more than you think!

Dec 6, 2022 • 14min
Why you should be more active on LinkedIn
Find recruiters and search for the right candidates
Find new companies
Grow your network
Get motivation and be on trend
Showcase your expertise
Build your brand
Other ways to maximize LinkedIn

Nov 28, 2022 • 23min
First mover advantage and how it applies to statistics
First Mover Advantage gives the statistician the power to direct development and growth in relation to the creation of new solutions to problems that arise in the beginning and even in the third phase of the research before they are released for actual application by pharma companies.
The consideration of the first mover advantage requires that a statistician be more detailed in checking the data and using such advantage to offer a more effective solution to existing issues.
There is a need to start up early in determining the problem and communicating it with others.
For a person to take the first mover advantage, there is a need to speak out. It takes courage to do so, but with the right confidence and the right motivation, reaching out to the audience is easier and more effective for statisticians to consider.
Listen to this episode, you would be able to get the best value you can apply in your own profession as a statistician and as a leader in the industry.

Nov 21, 2022 • 16min
By country analyses for clinical trials and observational studies
Finding a common ground among the countries involved and using it to establish the foundation of the study.
Using the common ground as a basis for the variables that are to be used for sample measurement and analysis.
Improving how data is balanced between differences to create a singular and focused outcome.
Considering removing countries that do not fit within the common ground variable in a multi-country study.
It is expected that the lessons presented in this episode will help statisticians pay more serious attention to the differences in their base sample source to reduce the margin of mistakes once the data is already being analyzed.
Listen to this episode now to see how this information could personally and professionally help your journey in statistics.

Nov 15, 2022 • 41min
Leadership - what it means, how we built it, how it will help us shape the future of statistics
Interview with Alun Bedding
Get formal learning about leadership and reflect on it
Get a professional coach to get proper guidance and feedback
You learn by being proactive and by practicing the 7 habits of highly effective people
Deeply know your WHY before you start leading your team (see the book by Simon Sinek)
Review the fundamentals of leadership from time to time
Own the mistakes of the team
Do not micromanage
Motivate others to be leaders too
Giving your full trust to your team plays a big role to their success
and more....
Links and references:
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R Covey
Trust and Inspire - Stephen M.R. Covey
Start with Why - Simon Sinek
Leadership Strategy and Tactics - Jocko Willink
The Trusted Executive - Dr John Blakey
Podcast Episode: Lifting The Lid - The one with the internal coach from the pharma industry
Here is a link to Aluns other podcast appearance talking about his journey as a coach (Link).

Nov 7, 2022 • 41min
Answers to 7 questions you probably have about improving your presentations using stories
Interview with Helen Packham
Developing rapport with the audience is critical to convincing them that your message is something they can use.
Storytelling does not need to be in depth, but it needs to be connected with the topic that you are going to discuss in the presentation.
Storytelling enhances the way you connect with your audience through giving them an idea of what you have done and inspiring them the fact that they can achieve the same success that you have.
Storytelling takes different strategies depending on the topic being discussed in a presentation.
Listen to this podcast and learn more about how you can use storytelling to get the attention of your audience and send a message that triggers action and change.
Reference: 7 common questions

Oct 31, 2022 • 24min
Multitasking
Multitasking destroys your productivity more than build it up.
Focus takes practice before it gives you the outcome that you want from the tasks that you give attention to.
It is best to complete one task after another instead of doing them all at once.
Statistical research requires focus for them to be analyzed with full accuracy.
Understanding how to manage time is better than multitasking on several tasks and is more effective than accomplishing all job orders altogether.
This podcast is certainly something that can help everyone in every different industry within and outside the field of statistics.
You'll learn a lot from this episode and apply them to your own tasks and share it with others as well.
Head on to The Effective Statistician now and increase the rate of your productivity today.

Oct 26, 2022 • 46min
Practical steps to improve your leadership skills
interview with Gary Sullivan
In terms of courses, we specifically dive deeper on The Effective Statistician Leadership Program. You can find more on this program information here!