I recently had the privilege of sitting through four investigator meetings, two in the United States and two in Europe. They comprised speaker after speaker with slide after slide. Topics included the disease, the drug, the PK, the efficacy and… Read More »Better Investigator Meetings
You may be aware that I’ve been going to investigator meetings and finding them kind of out-of-date. We’ve got to get away from what’s easy for the sponsor, and instead move toward what is effective for the investigators and their… Read More »Ideas for better Investigator Meetings
A very thoughtful client, and subscriber to our Presentation Pointers, sent me this email: I have a question – Can you offer me 1-2 tips for giving presentation feedback for senior and mid-level managers? Examples of areas where feedback is… Read More »Getting permission to coach
Just this morning, I was rushing to catch the Metro in Washington, DC and found myself staring at a refrigerator-sized ticket machine with buttons, bells, arrows, windows, slots, writing and numbers all over it. I had no idea where to… Read More »Information Design Disaster
As I said in another recent blog on complexity, most knowledge workers have to find the signal within the noise. In other words, we have to gather information, sift through it, and decide what is important and what is not,… Read More »How to clarify complexity – Part Two
Within less than a second, using your facial expressions, people make what are called spontaneous trait inferences about you. Warmth and competence are the two critical variables that other people use to assess your character and intentions. According to Amy… Read More »3 Ways to Avoid Communication Failure