At Biointegrates in Cambridge this month, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on “Future Proofing Biotech: Cultivating Diversity, and Innovation for a Thriving Workforce”. The context for the discussion was set up by the excellent panels that had preceded this discussion. They discussed Collaboration, Location, AI and Funding, each of which drives the need for having a workforce [...]
What does it really mean to be strategic? Early in my career I heard that “In order to succeed you have to be strategic”. Think strategically and that's how you will advance. And then I had a performance appraisal. “Doing really well in all areas – projects are great, you deliver on everything that's expected.” But, (you know that “but” in performance [...]
After the recent post on think not do, the work of a leader. I was challenged to describe the internal and external business factors that will prompt a leader to take some time out to reflect with their team. My quick answer was that it’s always a good time (!), but on reflection (!!), there are some key triggers when [...]
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”. Japanese Proverb. Some people love to plan and others hate it, believing it restricts their flexibility to respond and arguing they work in such a changeable environment that its simply not worth it. Maybe they’ve experienced a turgid bureaucratic process that was only focused on financials and over time [...]
Setting annual goals for an organisation can be challenging, when you don't have a long-term plan and don't have the time or resources to create one. But it doesn't stop you from looking ahead and engaging your team to ensure that everyone is working towards the same end goal and that you will have a successful 2018. If you do [...]
