The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI
The podcast from statisticians for statisticians to have a bigger impact at work. This podcast is set up in association with PSI - Promoting Statistical Insight. This podcast helps you to grow your leadership skills, learn about ongoing discussions in the scientific community, build you knowledge about the health sector and be more efficient at work. This podcast helps statisticians at all levels with and without management experience. It is targeted towards the health, but lots of topics will be important for the wider data scientists community.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 459
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Working in an english work environment as a non-native speaker
🧠 What You’ll Learn:
✔ How I improved my English on the job (despite not having great grades in school)
✔ Why consuming high-quality English content (like podcas…
R-shiny - how to set it up effectively and avoid common mistakes
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔ Why interactive visualizations are such a game changer
✔ How R-Shiny makes scenario planning and data exploration easie…
3 personal stories of how soft skills have helped me as a statistician
🧠 What You’ll Learn:
✔ Why I believe “soft skills” is the wrong term—and what we should call them instead
✔ How I built trust in just 15 minutes with someon…
R-packages - best practices and useful tools
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔ Why creating R packages is a game-changer for code reuse and collaboration.
✔ The most common challenges we face when re…
Statistics and Market access - from foes to friends
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔ Necdet’s Journey
✔ Breaking Down Key Market Access Concepts
✔ The Real Cost of Poor Collaboration
✔ How We Can Work Togeth…
Beyond logic - how to convince others of your ideas
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔ Why logic alone isn’t enough to persuade others
✔ How emotions play a crucial role in decision-making
✔ The importance of…
P-value and confidence intervals - the good, the bad, and the ugly
Building the Influence as a Statistician in a Clinical Trial Team
Key Points:
- Building Influence
- Negotiation
- Trust Pillars
- Collaboration
- Proactivity
- Impact
- Actionable Strategies
Building influence as a …
Effective self-management and taking care of your mental health
Key Points:
- Workload & Mental Well-being
- Five Dimensions of Self-Management
- Relationships
- Priorities
- Decision-Making
- Taking Action
- Stress Manage…
Taming AI for Biostatistics: Darko Medin on Bio AI Works & Reliable AI Models
Key Points:
- AI Challenges: Hallucinations, Accuracy, Reliability
- AI Solutions: Validation, Cross-checking, Domain-specific rules
- Use Cases: Oncology, Precision Me…
Slow Productivity
Key Points:
- Slow Productivity
- Three Principles
- Workload Management
- Meetings
- Seasonality
- Overhead Tax
- Quality vs. Perfectionism …
Behind the Scenes of Writing a Book About Casual Inference
Key points:
- Causal Inference – Hot topic in statistics
- Justin Belair – Guest, statistician, book author
- Book Writing – Motivation, challenges, process
- Balanc…
What Is The MDLC and How It Will Help You?
Key points
- MDLC Introduction
- Leadership Growth
- Career Development
- Three Tiers
- Learning Formats
- Real-World Application
- Impact on Healthcare
- M…
Endless To-Do Lists
Key points
- Endless To-Do Lists
- Causes of Overload
- Problems
- Key Strategies:
- Prioritization
- Single Bridge System
- Task Breakdown
- Say No & De…
Struggling With A Full Calendar?
Key points:
- Meeting Overload
- Root Causes
- Impact
- Strategy 1: Priorities
- Strategy 2: Meeting Practices
- Strategy 3: Saying No
- Long-Term Approach …
Breaking Free from the Beliefs Keeping You Stuck in Long Hours
Key points
- Key Points from the Episode:
- Long Hours Trap
- Workload Pressure
- Belief Shifts
- Limiting Beliefs:
- "Hard Work = Value"
- "Busyness = Pr…
What Are GAMS and How Can You Leverage Them?
Key Points:
- GAMS Overview
- Distinction
- Applications
- System Components
- Examples
- Mathematical Functions
- Convexity
- Getting Started
- Documentation an…
Why Becoming a Long-Haul Leader Matters
Key points
- Hustle Culture
- Mental and Physical Health
- Long-Haul Leadership
- Continuous Personal Growth
- Adaptability and Change
- Nurturing Relationshi…
Negotiation for Statisticians: Advocating for Yourself and Your Work
Key points
- Negotiation as an Essential Skill
- Examples of Negotiation
- Importance of Preparation
- Effective Strategies
- Professional Impact
- Broader Ap…