60 minutes

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

innovation@work

In this webinar, Bayer’s Corporate R&D team shared key design factors for a transformational data science and intrapreneurship program, co-created with MIT Sloan Executive Education.

They discussed the ingredients of their program's "secret" sauce, which over a three year period accelerated more than twenty projects across the entire R&D value chain, secured millions of Euros in funding of these projects beyond their program, and trained about a hundred participants from across R&D, who, in turn, amplified the learning by sharing with thousands of colleagues via various multiplication activities.

(You can also read about their journey in this related blog post).

During this conversation, you will learn more about:

• Purpose and why behind the program
• Design principles behind the program "journey"
• Value of cross-functional teams
• Types of data science projects and types of metrics utilized
• Supporting infrastructure needed to maintain focus and accountability.

Guests include:

• Alon Harris – Program Co-lead at Bayer Corporate R&D
• Dr. Mike Devoy – Chief Medical Officer and Head of Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance for Bayer’s Pharmaceuticals Division
• Stephanie Kammerath – Chief of Staff to Bayer Chief Medical Officer, Bayer Pharma - alumna of cohort #1
• Faidra Stavropoulou – Medical Affairs Statistician, Clinical Data Science & Analytics, Bayer Pharma – alumna of cohort #3
• Swantje Behnken – Head of Target Biology, Bayer Crop Science - alumna of cohort #2 and coach of cohort #3

Moderated by:

• Court Chilton – Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

Learn more about custom programs at MIT Sloan Executive Education.