The Great AI Divide

by | 2026-May-Mon | article

The Illusion of Progress AI is everywhere. In presentations, strategy decks, performance reviews. It writes faster than we do, answers questions instantly, and seems to make organizations more efficient overnight. The promise is seductive: more output, less effort,...

IDMP: We built a map. Pharma needs an instrument.

by | 2026-Apr-Mon | article

Two years ago, the IDMP ontology (IDMP-O) won the BioITWorld award [https://pistoiaalliance.org/news/pistoia-alliance-wins-2024-bio-it-world-innovative-practices-award-for-idmp-pre-competitive-collaboration/]. We built the first version at Novartis, released it into...

Driving System Thinking in Pharma

by | 2026-Apr-Wed | article

Pharma Organization Change Management – Driving System Thinking in Pharma Why Organizational Change is the Real Challenge   Many organizations in Life Sciences have already invested in data platforms, AI, and increasingly, knowledge graphs (KGs). The...

A Mindset Topology of IT and Business in Pharma

by | 2026-Apr-Tue | article

Business & IT: two mindsets, one organization A Story of Two Ways of Thinking In pharmaceutical organizations, innovation often stalls in unexpected places. Not in technology choices, not in data availability, not even in regulatory constraints, it stalls in...

What you Say is True but how is it Relevant?

by | 2026-Apr-Mon | article

Why graphs ways of thinking and working fail to land and what it really takes to show their value in the Life Science industry. When the Message Doesn’t Land Back in 2017, the demo went well. We had worked hard to articulate a clear and sound logic, supported by...

FAIR is Dead, Long Live FAIR

by | 2026-Feb-Fri | article

The Role of FAIR Principles in the AI Era The Rise, Evolution, and Exhaustion of FAIR When the FAIR Principles were introduced in 2016, they landed with unusual clarity and ambition. They were not a technology, not a data model, not a compliance checklist. They were a...