Learning What to Unlearn

Can the experience that made you successful actually hold you back in your next role? In this episode of She Leads Biotech, I'm joined by Cathy Collis, Chief Commercial Officer at Renexxion Pharmaceuticals, to explore what happens when a career takes you from the structure and resources of big pharma into the unpredictable world of smaller biotech companies. Cathy shares her journey from public policy into pharmaceutical leadership, the lessons she's learned along the way and why adapting to a new environment sometimes means letting go of familiar ways of working. We discuss the importance of self-reliance, making decisions with limited resources, building the right commercial capabilities at the right time and recognising that the people who build a business aren't always the same people needed to scale it. We also explore patient advocacy, the importance of challenging assumptions and why commercial thinking should begin long before a treatment reaches the market. It's a conversation about career choices, leadership, adaptability and finding the confidence to do things differently. Because sometimes the most valuable thing we can learn is what we need to unlearn. 🎧 Join me for another insightful conversation on She Leads Biotech. #SheLeadsBiotech #CathyCollis #WomenInBiotech #BiotechLeadership #LifeSciences