Seek ways to create an environment and milieu that facilitates discovery, where imaginative scientists can communicate, create and flourish.

Managing discovery oriented scientists cannot be heavy handed using the same control mechanisms and systems that a company uses to move development projects and marketed products forward. Activities in development and marketing can be more tightly planned, controlled and reviewed than those involved in discovery.

Drug development comes with only one guarantee. The guarantee is that there will always be surprises.

When you cannot solve a complex problem easily or completely, divide it into pieces and address each of those separately. Almost all problems or issues can be divided into multiple components, each of which may be more easily resolved than a single large one.