July 20-24

Hey Gang,

It was a big day around here. I got a haircut! First post-COVID cut of 2020, and it feels a lot like a hot shower after a long camping trip. (Not that I’d know what that feels like, but I can imagine.) The hairdresser pivoted to a fully outdoor salon back in May, long before others figured it out (he made a ‘glam tent’ in his parking lot, apparently something they do in the fashion business), and he established a mobile salon business offering at-home services in the Bay Area. He went from fearing homelessness to a booming business in a matter of weeks. That’s what entrepreneurs do. They figure it out.

Speaking of pivots, I was listening to the podcast Pivot this week, and Scott Galloway said something I really like: “This just proves that the world belongs to the fast and not to the big.” It made me think about all of you, moving at lightspeed to adjust your lives and your businesses. Even in normal times, you get done in one week what it takes big companies months – sometimes years – to accomplish. You do the job of 15 people every day, and you accomplish much more. That’s worth acknowledging and celebrating! Be proud of those glam tents, y’all! Make it work!

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan, American astronomer & planetary scientist

“Fix your wig. Get your life together.” – Cody Rigsby, fabulous Peloton instructor

News & Resources

Business, Leadership & Self

• HBR: The Implications of Working Without an Office

• Your 'Doomscrolling' Breeds Anxiety. Here's How To Stop The Cycle

• McKinsey: Make it better, not just safer: The opportunity to reinvent travel

News of Interest

• An Evangelist for Remote Work Sees the Rest of the World Catch On – we can’t repeat all of these things in our business, but I still really liked the perspective and comments on eliminating bias

• Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too. – makes so much sense… partnership with the parks, perhaps?

• PWC: Global Pharma & Life Sciences quarterly deals insights

• Digital health’s IPO window is back open

Diversity & Inclusion

• NYTimes: Want More Diversity? Some Experts Say Reward C.E.O.s for It

• RRA: The Time Is Now: How Companies and Leaders Can Join the Fight for Racial Justice

• RRA: The Next Frontier in D&I: Developing Your Leadership Pipeline

From the Community

• Amazon is piloting worker healthcare clinics near its warehouses – huge news for Crossover Health! Congrats, Scott Shreeve & team!

• Partnered and backed by AbbVie, but cancer I-O biotech Tizona targeted by Gilead – awesome news, Scott Clarke & team (it’s a good-news-for-Scott week! 😊)

Food Fight – Send me yours!

This week’s winner is Mary Rozenman, CBO/CFO at Insitro. Mary, I miss sushi EVERY. DAY! I’ll take a yellow tail roll, a spicy tuna roll, a seaweed salad…

Chef’s comments: “These reflect developing paranoia that the guys at your local sushi place(s) may not always wear gloves or masks.” [ish…]

Point of View – What are you seeing out there? (Share anonymously if you prefer.)

This week’s view comes from Monique Levy, Chief Strategy Officer at BlackThorn Therapeutics.

Monique’s perspective: “Truckee, CA. The America we love.”

A Little Levity

• Best Hair in Biopharma Race Heats Up As Bristol-Myers Squibb Elicker Pulls Ahead – My colleague Sara found this gem from 2015… slow news day!? Regardless, we want to bring this contest back! Maybe this year, it’s for the best beard?

• Feeling antsy? Join the club. Nearly 2 million people on Facebook are pretending to be ants.

Be well,

Jackie