Welcome back to Second Opinion. In this month’s issue, we’re tackling one of the biggest paradoxes in our industry – the timescales of change.

Change is constant in the Life Sciences industry. We have to get used to dealing with extremely short and long timescales at the same time, fielding decade-long development pathways while constantly evolving our patient engagement techniques. Throw in persistent key trends like technology, patient expectations and global backdrops, and organisations will inevitably double down on their people and processes.

Any transformation that aims to be effective will need to deliver change at every step. Organisations may see opportunities to make changes from the top down, but they often don’t take the time to test the changes on the ground to see how they will work.

We’re going to explore how you can overcome these barriers to get you on the path to success. To kick things off, we’ll talk about change as a whole, why it can be so scary, and what we should be thinking about when executing transformation.