Happy Friday! I will pretend I did not miss last week 🤦♂️ & once again thanks to the loyal readers that shame me into staying consistent EVERY Friday. No excuses. I also had an awesome serendipity call with one of the subscribers this week - love meeting new people from all walks of life especially in finance and audit :) Finally, someone sent me the pic below as a response to the “Oreo Cookie Effect In Innovation” - apparently Oreo cookies need to survive the apocalypse too. 😂😂😂
It’s just so easy to say ‘no’ right? Large corporations are set up with processes and procedures which of course are needed for scale, especially in regulated industries. Over time these processes & procedures are accepted as THE “rule” & there are teams of people working on that particular process or that particular procedure, so people forget to question it and many assume that if it’s in “The Book” it should not be changed. Many individuals use that process or procedure to say ‘no’ quickly since their KPIs and bonuses depend on flawless adherence to the process. “Where it that TPS report again?”
For an intrapreneur (and especially in the health space) this is the most frustrating thing... If only people would say ‘yes if’ - but what happens when you are the one that needs to push back for team focus? Some good anecdotes coming in the book :)
What are your pharma “TPS” stories?
Till Next Week,