The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI

These kinds of visualization helped me a lot to open new doors and made me amazingly easy to stand out from other statisticians. In this episode, I am sharing the following points: Visualization help you sell your workEasily understandableEasy to stand outIs fun to createLots of opportunities beyond our usual graphsShowing the variabilityShowing the individual patientsScatterplotsLine graphsHeatmapsCumulative distribution functionsHistograms or fitted density functionsAnimations to show changes over timeInteractivity to showcase subgroups or different endpointsProduce multiple graphs at once for different audiences and documents Listen to this episode and share this with your colleagues!

In this episode, I talk about the important questions that we need to answer and the points we need to consider to ensure an effective meeting. Here are the steps you can follow and what can you do if these steps are not followed in a meeting you’re invited to: What is the goal you want to achieve?Do you need a meeting at all?Who is really needed for the meeting?Who will contribute?Who could derail the outcome?Who would you need as an ally potentially?How long do you need the meeting to be?Additional tip - start 5 minutes after the hour and stop 5 minutes before the hourSend the meeting agendaAlways include the goals of the meetingInclude any pre-readsAny action items specifically for some of the attendees (do you need to prepare someone 1:1 beforehand)Start on time and end on timeStart with the goalTable any topics that derail from the goalAsk also those that are quieterOrganize minutes from the start (maybe display them on the screen)Who does what by when - clearly identify action itemsVirtual meetings - turn on the video and set this expectation beforehand Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues!

An Interview with Daniel Saure In today's episode, Daniel and I talk about these questions and discuss more about the following points: Bucher vs MAIC - advantages and disadvantagesMethodik MAICNICE technical document (http://nicedsu.org.uk/technical-support-documents/population-adjusted-indirect-comparisons-maic-and-stc/) - including R codeWhich baseline variables to include?What to do if you have multiple studies on one side?patient-level data meta-analysesliterature studies meta-analysesHow to compute the “average” baseline variables?How to adjust for baseline variables?What are the different ways to adjust? (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30661638)How does it relate to network meta-analyses Reference: Case study IXE vs SECU Listen to this episode and share this with your friends and colleagues who can learn from it!

Interview with Wei Wang In today's episode, Wei and I dive deep into the future of safety analyses and discuss the following topics: For interactive tools - how can we achieve traceability of what we looked at demonstrating transparency on the decision process in an interactive tool?What are your experiences in developing an interactive tool?What are the best practices for data visualizations for safety?How can we give external parties like the FDA access to such tools? Listen to this episode and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Interview with Stuart McGuire - VERAMED Episode Click this link to go to the homepage of this episode! Stuart and I talk about the following: Simon Sinek's latest book speaks about “the infinite game” - What is your take on this and how do you see this applying to our industry?Do you have any examples, where this has helped our industry moving forward?What behaviours do you see, which correspond to a finite game mindset and which limits us from achieving what we could achieve?What can we do personally to adopt an infinite game mindset? Books:The Infinite GameRebel Ideas - The Power of Diverse Thinking

Learn from Lucy Rowell We also talk about the following points: You started as a statistician in your career, but then you got further responsibilities. How did this happen?How has your knowledge as a statistician helped you to be successful in your new roles?Which things did you need to learn new?What does leadership mean for you personally?Do you have a story where you struggled in terms of your leadership skills and how you grew out of it?When do you think is the right time to switch into a career outside of statistics?Which leadership skills have helped you the most? Listen to this episode and become an effective statistician!

Interview with Diana Stuart Click this link to go to the homepage of this episode! We also debate these important points: Ways to work with your line managerEmbrace changeGreat self-awareness about your strengths and limitations and about how they change over time (technical and non-technical skills)Create networks to ensure being invited into opportunities: create exposureMotivation (mastery, purpose, autonomy) is key for long-term successConstantly invest in yourself and own your self-management  Listen to this episode and learn more!

Click this link to go to the homepage of this episode! In today's episode, Benjamin and I talk about different time management hacks to be productive and efficient while working at home. We also talk about these following important points: Things you should first establish: Be clear on your goals and keep them in front of youFocus on building great habits as these will carry you to success Three time management hacks: Saying no and turning things back - reflect workFocus your efforts and concentration (schedule time, manage distractions)Get and stay organized (calendar, to-dos, meetings, filing ….) - apply the 4 principles from Atomic habits References: Atomic habitsMake it obviousMake it attractiveMake it easyMake it satisfyingDeep workThe one thing3 biggest time management hack all experts agree on Listen to this episode and learn the effective hacks and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Interview with Emma and Matt Jones Click this link to go to the homepage of this episode! If your answer is yes, I am sure that you'll be very interested to hear the story of Matthew and Emma as they will be sharing today their experience on how they started their own company, Veramed, in 2012 after having their established careers working in the industry for both large pharma and CROs. We also talk about the following points: What is the founding story of Veramed?Why did you start it in early 2012 after being a freelancer for some time?Leaving a nice and “secure” job at Lilly, how did that feel like and why did you leave?How does the business model for Veramed look like?How did you grow your company in terms of getting more business, recruiting new people while retaining the right people and also securing the right quality/culture?How did you manage to balance family vs work being the owners of the company? Listen to this episode to learn a lot and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Click this link to go to the homepage of this post! In today's episode, we discuss how to manage problems with efficiency, clarity, logic, consistency, alignment, and speed. Also, the 8 steps to make a smart decision : ProblemObjectivesAlternativesConsequencesTradeoffsUncertaintyRisk ToleranceןLinked Decisions Listen to this episode and learn from it!