

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
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Oct 23, 2019 • 37min
CALC Episode 1: From Molecule to Patient: The Statistician’s Role in Developing New Medicines
The Drug Development Process
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Oct 21, 2019 • 1h 10min
Current trends in pharmaceutical and how they will affect you as a statistician
Interview with Richard Zink
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In this discussion, we’re covering a wide range of topics:
Probabilistic matchingPropensity scoringRWE before and after approvalUnderstanding populations outside of RCTsUnderstanding background treatments and rates of adverse eventsAugmenting RCTs with RWEData from different data sourcesData from Devices and wearablesNatural language processing and unstructured wayPragmatic trialsAI and machine learningData scienceBusiness analyticsPrices of productsCost-effectiveness and budget impact modelsUmbrella studies
Listen to this episode and learn to be an effective statistician!

Oct 14, 2019 • 37min
Natural language processing - how the analyses of unstructured text data can help us
Interview with Jennings Xu
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In this episode, I speak with Jennings Xu, who works as a Director in Quid - an AI natural language processing company. Here are the points you can learn from the interview:
What is zettabyteWhat are the different modes of dataWhere in the medical field is the biggest problem amongst text dataWhat are the other concepts used in text miningWhat is the difference between text mining and natural language processing
Listen to this episode and share it with someone who might benefit from it as well!

Oct 9, 2019 • 4min
CALC Episode 0: Introduction to PSI CALC Podcast Series
Do you have a passion for numbers and want to save lives?
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Oct 7, 2019 • 40min
What statisticians can learn from Leonardo Da Vinci
Interview with Tricia Aanderud
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In this episode, Benjamin and I speak with Tricia Aanderud, a very good data storyteller. Here are the points you can learn from the interview:
How to think about the story within the dataHow to reveal your Aha momentsHow to get into details while keeping the big pictureHow to build tension and have an impact on the visualization

Oct 7, 2019 • 40min
Learning from Leonardo Da Vinci
Interview with Tricia Aanderud
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Storytelling is one of the great leadership skills that play a role in communication. Through stories, you can create alignment and you can influence others. It's one piece of a puzzle to be an effective statistician.
In this episode, Benjamin and I speak with Tricia Aanderud, a very good data storyteller. Here's what you can learn from the interview:
How to think about the story within the dataHow to reveal your Aha momentsHow to get into details while keeping the big pictureHow to build tension and impact the visualization
Listen to this episode and share it with someone who might learn from it!

Sep 30, 2019 • 43min
Statisticians stepping up - leadership success stories - Part 2
Interview with Shahrul and Vanja
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In this episode, I'm speaking with two members of The Effective Statistician Leadership program. One is coming from academia and one is from a pharmaceutical organization - they both have interesting and inspiring success stories.
These are the points we have talked about:
How they took action to improve on their leadership programHow to help others understand your storyHow to refine things from other's reaction What impact the improvements in your leadership skills can have on your lives

Sep 23, 2019 • 39min
Statisticians stepping up - leadership success stories - Part 1
Interview with Ludi and Sam
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These are the points we have talked about:
What they find most helpful about the programWhat skills they have improved onWhat they learned from the leadership assignmentsWhat they think about the mastermind conceptWhat they learned about business acumenHow the program helped them to have more influence at work
Listen now and be inspired to become a leader.

Sep 16, 2019 • 40min
4 reasons why statisticians fail to lead
Webinar recording with Gary Sullivan
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In this episode, Gary and I will be talking about these major reasons why statisticians fail to lead and to overcome them. Specifically, we'll address:
MindsetBias toward technical skillsLack of leadership understandingLack of big picture thinkingHow to address the issuesSpecific actions to take
Listen to this episode and learn about the opportunities to overcome challenges in leadership!

Sep 9, 2019 • 41min
Don't be a victim
Do you actively kill your career without knowing it?
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According to Jon, the key is to differentiate between some venting, that we need from time to time, from systemically and constantly complaining.
Take this Power of Positive Leadership Self-Assessment and complete the questions to know your Positivity Quotient Score. By knowing your score you will be able to establish a baseline for growth. You'll also receive Jon Gordon's 6 Quick Tips to Help Stop Negativity in It's Tracks.
In this episode, Benjamin and I will discuss the following:
Ask for advice on how to work togetherMake proposals of what the manager could do to help with the situation Clarify roles and responsibilitiesBe a role model to othersFocus on what you can doConcentrate on changing yourself


