Barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration or how to reach the high hanging fruits of the XXI century

Filippo Zan.

 Jargon
Rapid prototyping vs. vaso vasorum

Disciplinary conventions
Maps or Blue prints vs. X-ray or C-Scan (check whats up

and what down)

 Mutually destructive one-upmanship

University A vs. University B Company A taken over by company B

Professional jealousy
Ethics committees vs. innovators

Bureaucracy

 No common understanding of others perspectives Jargon, jargon and more jargon Funding bureaucrats need to be brave, talk to each

other, think across disciplines and excercise some imagination

 Obstructive conservatism (closed minded arrogance) Patient protection; I am a medical professional (...

Who knows best for my patients) and this treatment cant be right (in spite of empirical evidence) Incompatible cross-disciplinary mental perspective (big egos)

 Extended team knowledge base means that: It is more likely that novel perspectives and solution

will be identified There is a more efficient use of technology, money and time Real progress in shorter time frames and at lower cost

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