The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI

Being brilliant at stats is really important, but it is not the only thing one must be good at. In this episode, I talk about my good and bad experiences and discuss what we can learn from them. I also discuss the following points: What you must do if you are: Not being understood Working on irrelevant things Getting into big arguments and losing themNot being able to appropriately pushing backGetting a bad reputation Getting a bad rating Becoming frustrated and unmotivated The solution for many of these topics is becoming a better leader - not as a supervisor but as a leader without a title. So in summary, balance your investment into methodological skills with developing your leadership skills. Listen to this episode now and share this with your friends and colleagues!

I will be talking about these interesting points: Why personal leadership principles are important? Reflect on who you want to beRemind you to hold yourself accountableHelp you focus on your learningBe aware of the flip sides of these My personal leadership principles: Exerting a bias toward action and taking calculated risks (entrepreneurship, performance)Striving for sustainability and balancing family and work (care and performance)Building trust and listening first (integrity and accountability) and then be accountable and demand accountability Always consider delegation firstContinuously learn and innovateEmbodying a positive attitude Listen and learn from this episode and share this with your friends and colleagues!

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!