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How can we solve the challenges?
Access to the multidisciplinary scientific community
A wide range of solutions have been identified for Connect: Health Tech using opportunity and feasibility criteria.
By considering overlaps and synergies, the solutions were narrowed down to a defined and agreed list of five top solutions to implement for the future. The diagram below highlights the top five solutions developed by workshop participants, and how they ranked in order of high feasibility and high opportunity. The development of Connect: Health Tech and this report coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic and the solutions below, particularly the digital platform and navigation system, will be incorporated into post-pandemic recovery planning at the University.
Provide training, resources and collaboration tools to equip the community with the skills necessary for effective collaboration. Create a bigger network of market-oriented mentors and "buddy schemes" to support growth. Train new mentors and adopt a purposeful approach to fostering and managing mentors and their training.
Build a drop-in/hang-out space that is open to all and used by leading figures to create a sense of community. Identify all existing opportunities and make them more accessible to everyone.
Create showcases and case studies which demonstrate impact highlighting themes and strengths of Cambridge. Real-life examples of academic-business collaboration and enterprise success stories actively used to stimulate more examples.
Engage the community with networking and virtual events that cross disciplines and identify common goals. Looking outwards to engage with similar communities outside of the cluster. Foster a digital culture of serendipity - purposeful and deliberate design to facilitate chance interactions and matchmaking between the right people. Focus on events that will engage interdisciplinary participation.
Develop an efficient navigation system and digital platform for the cluster which gives support and access to stakeholders to find the right person or parts of the ecosystem to meet their interests and needs.
Opportunity - the magnitude of the opportunity plausibly available to the organisation e.g.:
- identifiable benefit to multiple stakeholders (internal and external)
- reduces or removes barriers or streamlines processes to achieve the aims of Connect: Health Tech
- provides the opportunity to develop strong partnerships
Feasibility - how well prepared the organisation is to grasp the opportunity e.g.:
- ability to sustain competitive position (e.g. IP rights, brand strength)
- availability of resources to implement the solution
- additional value of Connect: Health Tech in delivery of the solution