D Additional Resources

Bayer R&DQ

Steering into The Future 2020

”The Future belongs to those who

believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt

D Additional Resources

1. Process Tools

2. The Futurist Terminology

3. Question Bank

4. Trends

D1 Process Tools Managing the Process

There are two aspects the team will need to manage:

1. The first one is the Cognitive elements of the team work – it is all about

managing the information, data, insights, interests, ideas, solutions,

conclusions etc... in an organized and intuitive way.

2. The second aspect is all about Productivity and Alignment – tasks,

assignment, responsibilities, data organizing and indexing,

accessibility, coordination, outcomes, workplan, etc...

In the following pages we have collected and reviewed some

options for you to choose from.

D1 Managing the Cognitive Process

Here are some options we have reviewed for you. Please discuss with

your team and choose which one you would like to experiment with.

Don’t worry – if you end up not being happy with the tool, you can

always change ☺

1. Mind Manager

• Can be used in the Bayer environment. The team members

only have to request to IT online and install on their laptops.

• Not sure how to share the map with the team members for

shared collaboration.

2. Mind Meister

• Can be used in mobile apps (phone, iPads, etc.)

• There is a free version that would be sufficient for the

purpose of this exercise.

• Not sure how to share with the team members and if it

would be difficult to integrate with other tools.

3. Traditional Mind Mapping using a white board.

• This would have the advantage to enable all team members

to add and share their contributions to a single map in a

transparent way; also, this is a very well know and easy tool

to apply.

D1 Managing the Work Process

We are sure that you already have your preferred way for managing

projects, process and people. Sines every team needs to choose a

management platform, we thought that this is also a good opportunity

for you to get to know some additional tools, explore their value and

level of comfort, and make new, or more educated choices. Here are

some options that we have reviewed for you. Please discuss with your

team and choose which one you would like to experiment with. Don’t

worry – if you end up not being happy with the tool, you can always

change ☺

D1 Managing the Work Process (Cont.)

1. MS Teams / Planner

• Available in the Bayer digital landscape.

• Can be used as an exercise / practice for future use in RDQ since it

will be used in the future somehow.

• Can easily integrate with other tools.

2. OneNote

• Available in the Bayer digital landscape.

• Can integrate with other tools.

• Not too sophisticated.

3. OneDrive

• Available in the Bayer digital landscape.

• Can be used as an exercise / practice for future use in RDQ since it

will be used in the future somehow.

• Can integrate with other tools.

D1 Managing the Work Process (Cont.)

4. MS Project

• Available in the Bayer digital landscape.

• Can be used as an exercise / practice for future use in other projects.

• Can integrate with other tools.

• Good for complex projects but too complicated for simple projects.

• Can be very time consuming to maintain.

5. Monday.com - Visual project management tool that helps transform the

way teams work together. It is a simple but intuitive tool that enables

people to manage work, meet deadlines, and build a culture of

transparency. A single board allows them to see who is working on what,

instantly providing information on where things stand. Users are able to

track what the team is working on, consequently empowering them to

achieve their goals and have fun while getting things done. Different

teams need different things at different times, so flexibility is key. Manage

any workflow or process and be ready to address any challenge from the

simple to the not-so-simple with total ease. Build and customize your

dashboards to gain important insights and a clear overview of your work.

D1 Managing the Work Process (Cont.)

6. Wrike - Wrike is an online project and work management platform that

has powerful tracking, collaboration, and reporting features. Features

such as dynamic request forms, interactive Gantt charts, and

customizable dashboards provide users the ability to streamline and

automate processes that help their business to be efficient, competitive

and productive. There are ready solutions also for specialized teams such

as Wrike for Marketers that comes with tailor-made tools fitting for

marketing and creative teams. Customizable workflows, fields, and

folder structures allow teams to be flexible in the way they do work, and

integrations are plenty, including for CRM, messaging, and accounting,

to name a few categories. A free plan and several premium plans on a

per user per month pricing are offered.

Can be very time consuming to maintain.

7. InVision - Design collaboration app.

8. Trello - Project management software (easy to use, simple, excellent

graphic interface).

D1 Managing the Work Process (Cont.)

Our recommendation:

Use one tool for overall management, and specific tools according to

the group’s needs.

9. Slack - Team communication app.

10. Zapier: Workflow automation for business (workflows can be

shared)

11. World Time Buddy: Time converter for distributed teams (helps to

schedule meetings for distributed teams).

12. Taskworld (cloud-based project management: remote team

project work, visual project timeline, visual time tracking).

https://taskworld.com/de/remote-

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D2 The Futurist Terminology

• A futurist is someone who makes predictions about what

is going to happen, on the basis of facts about what is happening now.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/futurist

A survey of 108 futurists found the following shared assumptions:

Futurists are motivated by change. They are not content merely to

describe or forecast. They desire an active role in world

transformation.

• Complexity - Futurists believe that a simple one-dimensional or single-

discipline orientation is not satisfactory. Trans-disciplinary approaches

that take complexity seriously are necessary. Systems thinking,

particularly in its evolutionary dimension, is also crucial.

D2 The Futurist Terminology

• The term "futurist" most commonly refers to people who attempt to:

predict the future (sometimes called trend analysis) such as authors,

consultants, thinkers, organizational leaders and others who engage

in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise private and public

organizations on such matters as diverse global trends,

possible scenarios, emerging market opportunities and risk

management.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist

Visionary writers such as Jules Verne, Edward Bellamy,

and H. G. Wells were not in their day characterized as futurists.

D2 The Futurist Terminology

• Modern futurists -

More generally, the label includes such disparate lay, professional, and

academic groups as visionaries, foresight consultants, corporate

strategists, policy analysts, cultural critics, planners, marketers,

forecasters, prediction market developers, road mappers, operations

researchers, investment managers, actuaries, and other risk analyzers,

and future-oriented individuals educated in every academic discipline,

including anthropology, complexity studies, computer science,

economics, engineering, urban design, evolutionary biology, history,

management, mathematics, philosophy, physical sciences, political

science, psychology, sociology, systems theory, technology studies,

trend analysis, and other disciplines.

D2 The Futurist Terminology

• Technological Unemployment:

the potential for robotics and AI to replace workers of all stripes is

significant, leading to worries of massive rates of unemployment and

subsequent social upheaval.

• Substrate-Autonomous Person:

In the future, people won’t be confined to their meat space bodies.

This is what futurist and transhumanist Natasha Vita-More describes as

the “Substrate-Autonomous Person.” Eventually, she says, people will

be able to form identities in numerous substrates, such as using a

“platform diverse body” (a future body that is wearable/usable in the

physical/material world — but also exists in computational

environments and virtual systems) to route theiridentity across the

biosphere, cybersphere, and virtual environments.

• 20 Crucial Terms Every 21st Century Futurist Should Know:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/20-crucial-terms-every-21st-century-futurist-

should-kno-1545499202

D2 The Futurist Terminology

• Futurology or "futures studies", futures research, and foresight—can be

summarized as being concerned with "three P's and a W", i.e. "possible,

probable, and preferable" futures, plus "wildcards", which are low-

probability, high-impact events, should they occur. Even with high-

profile, probable events, such as the fall of telecommunications costs,

the growth of the internet, or the aging demographics of particular

countries, there is often significant uncertainty in the rate or

continuation of a trend. Thus, a key part of futures analysis is the

managing of uncertainty and risk.

• The Futurist Toolbox:

http://foresightr.com/2016/05/05/a-dozen-traditional-tools-in-the-

futurists-toolbox/

D3 Question Bank

1. How will my organization interact with the Q network across the

divisions moving forward?

2. How do we remain compliant but offer our customers a better

experience when working with the Q team?

3. How will we address the various Q “levels” with cosmetics v.

nutritionals v. OTC drugs?

4. How will the communication platform and technology for exchanges

and interaction look like for Bayer and for R&DQ in particular?

5. How can we as a department adapt to the faster-growing decisions

and processes? (e.g. integrating more technology, automated

processes, trust)

6. Will “human connection” (e.g. face-to-face meetings) still be

important in the future or will we “meet” mainly virtually?

7. Where could AI support an auditor or the audit process in future?

8. What are the strengths and skills of a human auditor compared to AI

(replacement difficult)?

9. How can we move to a strong partnership with CROs (preferred

providers) to ensure high quality data and to make Bayer an

attractive partner?

10. How will the climate crisis affect us in the next 25+ years?

11. How will my job routine look like in the next 20+ years?

12. Will there still be the power of regulatory bodies or will

13. blockchain change the fundamental way of thinking?

14. How AI will transform the audit process?

D3 Question Bank

15. Will Blockchain technology allow sharing any type of data, incl.

audit data between Pharma companies or Pharma and Suppliers?

16. What types of controls, if any, will Pharma be able to implement

for ensuring quality of data that is generated by emerging

technologies?

17. How are the audits and inspections going to be conducted in the

future?

18. Will my job / QA be relevant in the future?

19. How can I / QA adapt to the future?

20. Which criteria are important for us to assess employees as talents

in R&DQ?

21. How can we as LT support and develop our talents and make sure

that they are influencing the culture in our organization already

now?

22. Which are the most important challenges with regard to shaping

the future and leading the organization?

23. How will AI change life / the Pharmaceutical business

24. What will be the role of QA in 10 years from now?

25. How can we in R&DQ ensure to be fit for future (considering

regulatory requirements, knowledge, information gathering,

resources…)

26. What will my job look like in 10 years?

27. How do I stay knowledgeable with how fast technology is

changing to make sure I’m not left behind?

D3 Question Bank

28. Will Bayer become more progressive and even become a leader in

adopting new technology and the way we work?

29. How can we best prepare / train us (RDQ) to support the R&D

business on our digital journey?

30. Can the R&D-LT establish a working atmosphere where trust is

key?

31. Will we be able to establish a culture where failure is acceptable to

ensure that experimentation can happen?

32. What can we do to speed up the decision-making process within

R&DQ (e.g., for implementation/testing of new ideas, changes to

processes and etc…)?

33. How can we stimulate groups/functions within R&DQ to work even

more closely together and to understand more the other groups’

point of view/needs/expectations, so that we hear more “our” and

less “my”?

34. How can we support R&DQ colleagues’ development in a way that

they are prepared for the upcoming business needs posed by our

customers (i.e., changes to the environment with digitalization,

more dynamic processes and etc.)?

35. How is R&DQ going to look like in 2025 after the project “Bayer

2022”?

36. How will clinical trials be conducted, verified and issues addressed

as advances are made in the digital world?

37. How will process automation/robotics impact R&D and R&DQ in

particular?

D3 Question Bank

38. How will process automation/robotics impact R&D and R&DQ in

particular?

39. What will be the impact of the green agenda on face to face

interaction in a global organisation?

40. My working environment: How will it change and affect my own well-

being? (change of job roles & responsibilities, social aspects, trust,

self-determined work, local networks, cross-functional cooperation,

sustainability, travel, working remotely, virtual teams, culture, social

interactions with colleagues, face-to-face interactions)

41. If I would be a patient: What are my roles, responsibilities and

options? (alternatives for treatment, still need to go to the doctor,

form of medication: pills/ tablets, technical implant to ‘read out’ my

disease remotely, customized medication for me and my disease,

patient social networks, engagement, information access)

42. Data privacy and protection: Can we continue sticking on these

values? Or does it contradict the democratic approach of sharing and

requesting data and services on individual basis? Do we need strict

data privacy rules, or will this hinder future development for great

new services? Can we regulate it and who would be able to do that?

(misuse of personal data by various parties, control by government

or the mass) Where does the fear come from – is it really a problem

and what is the risk for the individual?

D3 Question Bank

43. If I would be a patient: What are my roles, responsibilities and options?

(alternatives for treatment, still need to go to the doctor, form of

medication: pills/ tablets, technical implant to ‘read out’ my disease

remotely, customized medication for me and my disease, socializing:

patient networks, engagement, information access)

44. Data privacy and protection: Can we continue sticking on these values?

Or does it contradict the democratic approach of sharing and requesting

data and services on individual basis? Do we need strict data privacy

rules, or will this hinder future development for great new services? Can

we regulate it and who would be able to do that? (misuse of personal

data by various parties, control by government or the mass) Where does

the fear come from – is it really a problem and what is the risk for the

individual?

45. How can R&DQ support Bayer’s commitment to sustainability (e.g.

carbon neutrality by 2030 etc.)?

D4 Trends

In the last three~ years we have started to “Steer Into the Future”. We

have already focused on trends, skills, and technologies. This year we

are going to focus on THINKING.

But thinking is influenced by the world around us, and this world is full

of emerging platforms, materials, processes, business models,

technologies, etc...

The following pages describe trends we studied last year, and by doing

so we became more aware of their potential and impact on our

business.

We ask you to consider these trends (and their potential effect) by

answering the following questions:

1. What is going on, or is starting, that will have an effect on our

research?

2. What is expected to happen?

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