Cross Functional Working

September, 2016    SAI-054 Cross Functional Working This article looks at the flawed approach to cross functional working that permeates business today and advises how organisations might address this to improve our success.

Choosing Destiny

September, 2016    SMM-147 Choosing Destiny This follows on from my previous two articles in this series. I described the forces shaping the life science industry (see Under Pressure, PME Feb 2016) and the subsequent emergence of 26 new business...

Targeting’s Book of the Dead

September, 2016    SMM-148 Targeting’s Book of the Dead Why might companies full of bright, educated people do something that is, frankly, not very bright at all? The answer lies in its evolution; this article looks at why it happens and how...

Explosive Evolution

June, 2016    SMM-146 Explosive Evolution This article builds on a preceding article (title: Under Pressure) about the selection pressures shaping the life sciences industry. It describes a small part of my research into how life science business...

The Genetically Modified Organisation

June, 2016    SMM-145 The Genetically Modified Organisation To paraphrase Darwin, it is not the strongest nor most intelligent life science company that will survive, it is the one most able to change. Yet many companies find it very difficult to...

A Frugal Future

May, 2016    SMM-143 A Frugal Future Looking at the future of the life science industry, it’s evident that value will dominate the industry environment. As a result, free-spending life science companies will be replaced by frugal, ruthlessly...