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NPP: from New Product Planning to New Product Possibilities
In the foggy mornings, the Karl the Fog* mornings, of drug development - those early phases where biology is more art than science, and data points are…
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Embracing Asymmetry: Why Symmetric Learning is the Real Default Trap in Strategy Development
In the world of pharmaceutical innovation and strategy, ideas that challenge the status quo often get dismissed as “made up” or overly theoretical.
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Grokking: The Sudden Leap in AI Learning and What It Means for Pharma Innovation
A few days ago, I stumbled across a fascinating thread on X (formerly Twitter) about a quirky phenomenon in neural networks called “grokking.”
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Jumping Together: Consilience as the Engine of Asymmetric Learning
I’ve been back on an etymology hack, after my post on what the word ‘patient’ means, did so well…
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Revisiting Asymmetric Learning: Pharma's 2025 Sprint and the 2026 Horizon Ahead of JPM
In late November 2025, I was deep in one of those Wikipedia/ Grokipedia spirals - this time chasing the etymology of “asymmetry” through game theory and…
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
2025: Pharma's Asymmetric Learning in Real Life(science)
Winners Explored, Laggards Predicted
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Planned Serendipity
I first explored the concepts of purposeful agility and planned serendipity in a LinkedIn post several years ago, emphasizing how non-linear approaches…
 • Mike Rea, SAI/ IDEA Pharma
Asymmetric Learning - Pharmaceutical Innovation
Asymmetric Learning - Pharmaceutical Innovation
Innovations in Pharmaceutical Innovation A blog/ part-work from Mike Rea, CEO of IDEA Pharma, exploring pharmaceutical innovation in general, and more specifically the approach to using the learning process for competitive advantage
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