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In this short seminar, I'll explain how your hand on the thermostat of the meeting room influences the quality of your team's thinking. If you would like the PDF of the article this is based on on, send me a mail on [email protected] if you would like to chat to me about it, use the same email to get in touch.

In this short seminar, I'll explain the concept of decision hygiene and how you can use it to make better decisions. If you would like the PDF of the article this is based on on, send me a mail on [email protected] if you would like to chat to me about it, use the same email to get in touch.

In this short seminar, I'll explain why the way we're approaching AI-enabled drug discovery may be storing up problems for the future. If you would like the PDF of the article this is based on on, send me a mail on [email protected] if you would like to chat to me about it, use the same email to get in touch.

In this short seminar, I'll explain how our competely natural tendency to focus on the numbers makes us stupid when we're trying to solve complex issues. If you would like the PDF of the article this is based on on, send me a mail on [email protected] if you would like to chat to me about it, use the same email to get in touch.

Have you ever noticed that some companies seem to thrive — not just commercially, but culturally?Better teamwork. Better morale. Better retention.A major reason for this is how they make strategy. It turns out that a good strategy process doesn’t just create good strategy — it creates good organisations.By the end of this five-minute seminar, you’ll understand why that is — and how to design your strategy process to deliver more than just strategy. If you would like a copy of the article on which this video is based, please get in touch.

Have you ever noticed that some companies seem to thrive — not just commercially, but culturally?Better teamwork. Better morale. Better retention.A major reason for this is how they make strategy. It turns out that a good strategy process doesn’t just create good strategy — it creates good organisations.By the end of this five-minute seminar, you’ll understand why that is — and how to design your strategy process to deliver more than just strategy.If you would like a copy of the article on which this video is based, please get in touch.

Do you ever spend more time managing the politics than executing the strategy? Or found your cross-functional team stuck in disagreement — not because anyone’s wrong, but because everyone sees things differently?That’s not just frustrating. It’s predictable.And by the end of this five-minute seminar, you’ll understand why that is — and how to reduce the conflict that comes from differing perspectives.

Do you ever disagree with your colleagues about how to fix a difficult problem? I often see teams go round and round in circles, arguing about how to address some important, difficult issue. Eventually, they reach a weak compromise, but not the best solution. The problem isn’t which of their different solutions is best, it’s that they don’t have a shared understanding of the problem. And by the end of this five minute seminar, you will understand why that is and how you can better address complex problems.If you would like a copy of the article on which this video is based, please get in touch.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the complexity of our industry?You’re not alone.Our market isn’t just complicated — like an airliner with millions of parts.It’s complex — like a rainforest teeming with millions of species, constantly adapting to each other. The best way to understand your market environment is to think of it as an ecosystem. And by the end of this five minute seminar, you will understand more about how to think about our industry as an ecosystem. If you would like a PDF of the article on which this email is based, please mail me at [email protected]

Do you ever feel like your brand team just isn’t working — even though everyone’s smart and motivated?You’re not alone.Many of the brand team leaders I work with tell me that the team isn’t delivering what they hope forWhen good people aren’t delivering, it’s not a people problem — it’s a process problem.And by the end of this five-minute seminar, you’ll know how to diagnose and fix it.And if you would like a PDF of the article on which this seminar is based, please mail me at [email protected]

Have you ever wanted your team to bring you more innovative ideas? If you do, you're in the majority of leaders in our industry and what you're experiencing is borne out by my own research. Much of what I see described as radically innovative is, in fact, old wine in new bottles. There’s a reason creativity is difficult. And the way to encourage creativity is counterintuitive to a lot of leadership thinking. By the end of this five minute seminar, you will understand why that is and how to get your team to be more creative.

Have you ever read or listened to an analysis of the market and thought: So what? Most market analysis tell us nothing that we didn’t know already. It just slices and dices data to create nice slides. And they don’t help us to decide our strategy.This isn’t because we don’t have enough data. It’s because we don’t use the data the right way. And by the end of this five minute seminar, you will understand why that is and how to make your market analyses useful.

Have you ever sat through a strategy presentation that dazzled but didn’t deliver? All senior managers are used to seeing strategy presentations that are slick, brilliantly delivered -and strategically empty. They’re all spin and no substance. You might think this is the fault of the presenters, but it isn't.It’s the fault of the leaders sitting in the audience. And that means it's a completely fixable problem, if you understand its root causes. And by the end of this short video, you will. This video is a summary of my article "Big Hats, No Cattle" published in PME magazine. If you would like PDF, please comment on this video and mail me on [email protected]

Is it your job to develop talent in your company? Do you find that your leadership and management development programmes don't work as well as they should? This problem is faced by all pharma and medtech companies, whose their success depends on a supply of bright, competent people. Your talent development programmes will work better if you understand something called the Anna Karenina effect. And by the end of this short video, you will. This video is a summary of "Coach Tolstoy", an article published in PME magazine. If you would like a PDF of that article, please comment on the video and mail me at [email protected]

Does your strategy team get stuck in "analysis paralysis"?Or do you write strategic plans and then can't implement them?These are symptoms of astrategia, better known as strategy blindness. It's a common problem in pharma and medtech companies, caused by the necessary cognitive and professional diversity in your team.Common, but fixable if you understand the problem. And by then end of this short video, you will.This video is a summary of "Astrategia", an article published in PME magazine. If you would like a PDF of that article, please comment on the video and mail me at [email protected]