The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI

Interview with Nicholas Lowthorpe Join us in today's episode as we are talking about the following points: LyricAnswerQuestion"Cherry lips, crystal skiesI could show you incredible things."Taylor talks of her mastery of colour, as she alludes to the incredible insights she can display through just a splash of red against a crystal-clear background.What are your key learnings regarding colour?"Find out what you wantBe that girl for a month."Unlike many data projects, Taylor's will succeed - because she takes the time to find out what her stakeholders want, and agrees clear deadlines.How does your practice look like to learn about the needs of the stakeholders?"So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames."Unlike many data projects, Taylor's will succeed - because she takes the time to find out what her stakeholders want, and agrees clear deadlines.How does your practice look like to learn about the needs of the stakeholders?"But I've got a blank space, babyAnd I'll write your name."Taylor's only mistake. My advice would be to leave that space blank and clutter free.How do you measure the success of your visualization? Reference blog: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6709808936557580289/ Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Interview with Victoria Gamerman In this episode, Victoria and I talk about the following points: What is design thinking?Why is it important?What are the different aspects of design thinking?What are the examples for application of design thinking within data science and statistics? Reference: Design Thinking Comes of Age

Very tricky situation! In this episode, I will show you through this example how you can get what you need and have the other person feel good about it. Does this sound like manipulation? No, this is finding a common way that helps everybody.  Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Interview with Stephen Bungay In this episode, you will take a lot of learnings for your everyday life. Specifically, we also discuss the following: How did the Romans and French organize their military?What can we learn from the military's way?How to give support and boundaries the right way?How to take action?How to achieve good results? Listen to this episode to learn more and share this with your friends and colleagues.

In today's episode, I am sharing about my experience I had earlier in my career when I was working on a lot of different publications with different physicians who were responsible with these studies. Listen to this episode and share this with your friends and colleagues who can learn from it!

Book review with Stuart McGuire You will see from our discussion the AHA moments Stuart had by reading this book and the important points I've learned. Here are a few, we dive in more deeply: How to be good in negotiationSeparate the people from the problemFocus on interests, not positionsWork together to create opinions that will satisfy both partiesNegotiate successfully with people who are more powerful, refuse to play by the rules, and/or resort to “dirty tricks” Listen to this episode now and share it with your friends and colleagues!

It seems to be the curse of our time. Being busy. Being overwhelmed. Not reaching our goals. Feeling bad about working too long and not spending enough time with our loved ones or for other relevant activities like sports and meeting friends. I often get asked about how I can get all these things done. Having a great career with consistent promotions, growing a team in a new company, being active for the community as a PSI board member and leading the communication committee, running a weekly podcast, being active on social media like LinkedIn, creating online courses for improving leadership skills for statisticians and data scientists. And last but certainly not least being a father of 3 kids and a husband. I surely apply some productivity tricks and I will talk about these in the webinar, but the real big levers are not found in the usual productivity books. They have nothing to do with getting more done in less time. The key is to get the right things done in the right way.  But what are the right things?What is the right way? Sign-up for the upcoming webinar to learn about how you can identify the right things and then get these done in the right way. September 29th or October 1st at 4pm Central European Time/10am Eastern Summer Time. Click the link now to register! https://theeffectivestatistician.com/free-webinar-feeling-overwhelmed-learn-the-best-tricks-and-the-real-big-levers/

Interview with Mike Smith Mike and I discuss innovation and the different factors that affect it. We specifally mention the following points: Time is equally valuableMake time to playBe curiousPlay with purposeCulture effectSay 'yes' to opportunitiesLook for supportive managersDelivery is more importantFailureFail early. Fail often.Blameless post -mortemCommunicationBuild relationships Listen to this podcast and share this with your friends and colleagues!

Here are some major causes of failure: Lack of Ambition to Aim Above MediocritySetting exciting goals, thinking biggerLack of Self-DisciplineKnow what motivates you Ill HealthSleep, exercise and foodProcrastinationWaiting for more data, better time, other circumstances Lack of PersistenceNot closing loops, follow upLack of a Well Defined Power of DecisionBias to action and acceptance of not all information available Lack of Concentration of EffortToo many things going onCombination of tasksRepurposing Repeating Lack of EnthusiasmPassion and interest starts often with going deep IntoleranceOpen and curious Inability to Cooperate With OthersOnly teams achieve big results Delegation Leadership  Reference: https://wealthygorilla.com/30-major-causes-of-failure - Napoleon Hill Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues!

AnticipateBe clear on your goalsWhere is the stakeholder nowPrepare slides and review these from the audience perspectiveCreate potentially a pre-read ActivateSet the expectations for the meetingCreate a common objective depending on what the interest of the stakeholders areEngageAvoid too long monologuesRemove distractions for all participantsGet the participants to do somethingRemind about your key pointsAnticipate roadblocks and critiqueActionClarify and ask questionsGet feedbackAmplify key messagesHave a specific call to actionsNext steps Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues who might learn from it!