Social Technology
The greatest improvements in productivity in an R&D organization come from enhanced teamwork, rather
than the technologies one usually considers (high-throughput screening devices, computer algorithms, specialized assays).
We use the phrase social technology to embrace a variety of different ways we can work with you to improve teamwork, and otherwise enhance the people skills of your organization.
The defining characteristic of how an R&D organization is set up is how scientific conflicts are resolved . This is partly an issue of the organizational chart, and partly an issue of the culture. We're all familiar with the mode where the top guy calls all the shots. This works, but it may not utilize all the talent of the people inherent in your organization.
Our perspective is that drug discovery is a team sport. No one person has all the answers. Many disparate disciplines must all come together to discover a novel therapeutic. "End-to-end thinking" within a team - where each person understands both his/her own role, and those of the others on the team - is the single factor most predictive of a team's success.
If each discovery team achieves its goals, the entire R&D organization will be successful. With the right starting point in the science, the right technology, excellent leadership and appropriate funding, the gating factor for R&D productivity will always be teamwork within the interdisplinary teams.
Enhancing teamwork is partly an issue of having the right culture and organizational structure in place, partly an issue of having goals and objectives properly aligned, and partly an issue of having the right incentives in place to reward teamwork.
In collaboration with Bob Putnam of Action Design, we can help you improve teamwork and boost organizational effectiveness. In collaboration with Breck Arnzen, we can ensure your leadership is performing at its peak.
We use the phrase social technology to embrace a variety of different ways we can work with you to improve teamwork, and otherwise enhance the people skills of your organization.
The defining characteristic of how an R&D organization is set up is how scientific conflicts are resolved . This is partly an issue of the organizational chart, and partly an issue of the culture. We're all familiar with the mode where the top guy calls all the shots. This works, but it may not utilize all the talent of the people inherent in your organization.
Our perspective is that drug discovery is a team sport. No one person has all the answers. Many disparate disciplines must all come together to discover a novel therapeutic. "End-to-end thinking" within a team - where each person understands both his/her own role, and those of the others on the team - is the single factor most predictive of a team's success.
If each discovery team achieves its goals, the entire R&D organization will be successful. With the right starting point in the science, the right technology, excellent leadership and appropriate funding, the gating factor for R&D productivity will always be teamwork within the interdisplinary teams.
Enhancing teamwork is partly an issue of having the right culture and organizational structure in place, partly an issue of having goals and objectives properly aligned, and partly an issue of having the right incentives in place to reward teamwork.
In collaboration with Bob Putnam of Action Design, we can help you improve teamwork and boost organizational effectiveness. In collaboration with Breck Arnzen, we can ensure your leadership is performing at its peak.