Multidisciplinary collaboration is crucial
Yesterday I did watch a documentary
about urbanization. Besides the fact that by 2050 more than 50% of
the world's population will live in cities, the most interesting part
was that urbanization was considered from different perspectives.
Technology (Siemens) provided a very
interesting view on the infrastructure and control systems, parts of
which are currently piloted in Masdar City. Ikea is also very
innovative in the sense that they are building houses in Sweden and
are setting up complete blocks of houses in London (LandProp).
The mosts interesting perspective was
form a physician (Geoffrey West) who looked at cities 'with biology
glasses on'. His main finding is:
We all know that we can't predict the
future with 100% certainty, however we can be quite accurate if we
innovate with a multidisciplinary team. And I mean really
multidisciplinary, so not a team consisting of different departments
from just one company. What is tremendously beneficial is to have
e.g. a historian, a biologist, a painter, and a nurse in your team.
The world is so complex that you really
need all these different perspectives to reach a workable solution
for all stakeholders.
Are you building multidisciplinary
teams?
Enthusiasm
drives Excellence!