Highlights on Applied Science and Strategy


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- HIGHILIGHTS ARCHIVES -
  • Available both as a PDF and online from Issue 1(9)
  •  podcast means there is a corresponding podcast episode

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(1), March 16, 2009
  • Letting the Bandwagon Pass on By podcast
This episode includes some tips on how to keep your best efforts on target in spite of the excitement and push of popular bandwagons and scientific opinion!
  • Pipeline Maintenance podcast
A good strategic pipeline may be important for effective translation of science to therapy but pipeline maintenance is what saves the time and money!

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(2), March 23, 2009
  • Relationships That Clear the Head and the Path podcast
Progress isn’t always hampered by lack of information but by a struggle to process it and find the significance in all of it.
  • Managing Teams in a Knowledge Environment podcast
Life science companies are knowledge environments that rely on a wide range of expertise. Management is the glue that holds it together!

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(3), March 30, 2009
  • No wine before its time podcast
While there is a squeeze on start-up money, there is still a strong push of science toward application - to start new companies or get a jump on the latest trend. Will the effort fizz of fizzle? How can you tell?
  • Evaluating Core Competencies podcast
You might like to think, “If we can’t do it nobody can.” How can you be sure your company has what it takes?

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(4), April 6, 2009
  • The Marriage of Efficiency and Effectiveness podcast
In a start-up, efficiency and effectiveness enjoy wedded bliss but as development tasks mount the stress can cause the two to separate.
  • Waiting for Godnot... podcast
A common mistake when looking to the outside for help is timing. Ideally, outsourced expertise shouldn’t solve problems, it should prevent them!


1(1)Highlights Issue 1(5), April 13, 2009
  • What Lies at the Root of Success? podcast
What is THE key to successful biotech? Experience? Technology? Money? Or none of the above?!
  • Weighing Fit Over Fashion  podcast
Biological Fit Versus The Lure of an In Vogue Market

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(6), April 20, 2009
  • Research for Development podcast
Making your life science R&D a cooperative continuum
  • The Fast Fail Approach to Success podcast
Fail fast to preserve your chances for success

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(7), April 27, 2009
  • The Most Pressing Risk in Life Science podcast
  • Cancer Therapies on Trial podcast

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(8), May 4, 2009
  • The Power of a Multi-Level Experimental Plan podcast
  • Turning Believers Into Achievers podcast

1(1)Highlights Issue 1(9), May 11, 2009
  • Not Moving Fast Enough? Delegate! podcast
  • Management By Crisis podcast
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(10), May 18, 2009
  • Calibrating Performance
  • Growing Better
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(11), May 25, 2009
    • Summer is a Great Time For...
    • Correcting Myopia and Presbyopia
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(12), June 1, 2009
    • Proving Value
    • The Good and Bad of Serial Entrepreneurism
1(13)Highlights Issue 1(13), June 8, 2009
    • Hiring the Best Ph.D.
    • Throwing Away Money
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(14), June 15, 2009
    • Effort That is Neither Fish Nor Fowl
    • The Zen of Being an Employed Professional
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(15), June 22, 2009
    • What is Innovation?
    • Comfortable Innovation
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(16), June 29, 2009
    • Is There an Art to Productive Science?
    • Reigning In Technology
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(17), July 6, 2009
  • Pivotal Nonclinical Data
  • Do You Have a Preclinical Plan?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(18), July 13, 2009
  • Building Your Organization Up Rather Than Out
  • A Few Good Words Can Be Gold In These Tight Times
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(19), July 20, 2009
  • Devil's Advocates Apply Within
  • Strong Hypotheses On A Budget
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(20), July 27, 2009
  • 'Strategic Thinkers' Hard To Find
  • Strategic Thinking - Use It Or Loose It
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(21), August 3, 2009
  • Focusing On The Short-Term For A Short Term
  • Is Your Management Creating Risk?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(22), August 10, 2009
  • The Smart Vs. "The Matrix"
  • Are Your Procedures Gumming Up The Works?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(23), August 17, 2009
  • Lost In Translation
  • What Does Getting To The Clinic Really Mean?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(24), August 24, 2009
  • The Breakthrough, The Hokey Idea & The Cutting Edge
  • Is There A Place For Science In Product Marketing?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(25), August 31, 2009
  • Managing For The End Game - Commercialization
  • What Is Important To Eventual Commercialization?
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(26), September 7, 2009
  • Six Things That Can Keep Innvovation Percolating
  • Gaining And Keeping Precious And Powerful Momentum
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(27), September 14, 2009
  • Too Much Money, Too Little Value
  • Proof-Of-Concept And The Value Of Clinical Trials
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(28), September 21, 2009
  • Your Expert Team As Educators
  • Pipelines, Deals And Dollars
1(1)Highlights Issue 1(29), October 19, 2009
  • It Is Time For True Innovators To Shine
  • Tasks Are Always For A Purpose