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April 30th, 2023

Spinning Plates: Overcoming guilt, time-boxing, being adaptable in a VUCA world and feeling able to let it go!

  1. Spinning Plates: Overcoming guilt, time-boxing, being adaptable in a VUCA world and feeling able to let it go! Lucy Rowell 33:19

This week I spoke to Kim Hacquoil. Kim has worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistician for over 15 years. She is Chief Data Scientific Officer at Exploristics, a global provider of biostatistics consultancy services and specialised statistical software supporting the development of new medicines, medical diagnostics and devices. Her work there helps deliver dynamic and innovative analytics solutions to the biomedical sector and she is passionate about harnessing data more effectively to drive better decision-making.

 

Kim is also an active member of PSI. As Careers Director she leads initiatives promoting medical statistics to school and university students as well as supporting members working in the industry with continued professional development

What you’ll hear about:

  • Overcoming the feeling of guilt when you’re balancing many commitments
  • Prioritise and sequencing 
  • What’s a future me problem
  • Living in a VUCA world
  • Learning to say No
  • Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone
  • Using time-boxing to give yourself more control
  • Stop worrying about what others think of you

Weekly Challenge : Consciously think about what you have on your plate. What could you take away? Being mindful about what you add.  

Power of Music : You spin me around (Like a record) – Dead or Alive

Links:

Kim’s LinkedIN

Exploristics Website

PSI Website

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Lucy Rowell Founder Impactful Authenticity

Lucy is driven by a purpose to catalyse the impact of people, teams and organisations through their individual authenticity and started in 2022 a company called Impactful Authenticity.

Having spent over 20 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry leading cross-functional and functional teams through the highs and lows of molecule and machine learning product development. Lucy has experienced first hand the opportunities that can be unlocked in your career by shedding expectations and perceptions and finding your authentic style. She has developed her own brand of authentic leadership taking numerous roles outside of the traditional data science space she grew up in.

Lucy has also worked to broaden the impact of statisticians beyond traditional roles, as Chair and Board Member for the Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI), a global community of 1500 people.

As the only person in her extended family to have completed higher education she is passionate to create and give opportunities to people on all education and career paths.