How to Make Critical Thinking Your Best Skill!

I started my career as a CRA when hauling a bag full of completed CRF pages back to the office was the sign of a good day's work! In the 27 years that have followed, I have been fortunate enough to have been on a growth journey that has seen me in both in site-facing roles, as well as local and global study management, project management and for the last several years in data management, which is still evolving to Clinical Data Science. The ability to see several different perspectives is a great asset to my work, which often involves collaboration with cross-functional teams.
As well as being involved in clinical trial work, I am often to be found participating and leading non-study projects to help shape and evolve how we work, which, apart from delivering high quality data that ultimately changes peoples lives, is one of my greatest passions, as it helps us get there so much more efficiently. Such projects have included those related to Risk-Based Monitoring and more recently Risk-Based Data Management, both of which involve a great deal of change management and embedding the necessary soft skills to be successful, with critical thinking being key as we evolve in line with technological advancements that enable data to be accessed in a more real-time manner and visualized to tell a "data story".
When I am not focusing on what matters at work, I turn my focus to what matters at home, which are my close family members and 2 very bouncy dogs!