CPSA Everyday Conversation

Ismael Zamora, Molecular Discovery

“The presentation is not as important as the conversation.” – Ismael Zamora, Molecular Discovery

Ismael Zamora’s Everyday is an enlightening discussion on the changes in the life sciences industry during the pandemic, especially while many of us learn to balance life while working from home.  Balancing not only life, but the relationships we have in the workplace.  Isma has a team of computer scientist that can now code from home, producing more code than they ever have.  However, although productivity went up, he found that some of the normal conversations that we have in the office were missing – to where it created competitions that did not exist previously, as well as other seemingly small nuances that turned out to be bigger than originally thought.  With the observation of these changes, he asked his team to plan coffee meetings where they just talk – and not necessarily just about work.  It is really important to stay connected, even as we all work from home.  Isma finds this conversation parallel to the CPSA events.  A place where people can feel like they can just talk, to get to know each other, and to work together to solve complex challenges.