- Context
- A Note on Integrated Teamwork: Cross-Disciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary
- Inspirations for This Book
- Section 1: Architecting the Vision
- Section 2: Assessment: Opportunity Recognition and You
- Section 3: Opportunity Recognition: Discovery and Formulation
- Section 4: Value Creation: Opportunity Shaping
- Section 5: Putting It into Practice: Stories from the Field
- The Disruptive Innovation Approach
A Note on Integrated Teamwork: Cross-Disciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary
Throughout the book, you will see the four terms used at times interchangeably because our authors each prefer a different term for various types of integrated teamwork. As a basic overview, we offer this explanation: Cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary are both additive (2+5=7) and imply both a dependency across functions for performance and a cumulative impact from integration. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary both refer to the fuller integration of functions and as such are multiplicative (2×5=10), offering a transformative impact. In both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary endeavors the whole becomes much more than the sum of its parts. This book offers examples, tools, frameworks, and tactics for all cross-disciplinary/multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary endeavors.