02185nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245008800055210006900143260004200212300001000254490000600264520147200270653002701742653002401769653002201793653003301815100001701848700001401865700001601879700002201895856003801917       2018                        eng d  a1927-032100aTransdisciplinarity at the Crossroads: Nurturing Individual and Collective Learning0 aTransdisciplinarity at the Crossroads Nurturing Individual and C  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/2018  a41-490 v83 aPractitioners of transdisciplinary inquiry, which we define to include research, learning, collaboration, and action, encounter innumerable tensions. Some tensions are universal, while others are unique to that particular inquiry at that point in time. Resolving these tensions requires innovative practices, which emerge through experience with transdisciplinary inquiry. In this article, we reflect on two decades of transdisciplinary inquiry at the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Drawing on that experience, we argue that one crucial innovative practice is to create space for collective, reflective learning. Such learning frequently takes place in spaces we call “crossroads”. These are formal and informal spaces where practitioners who have been on their own transdisciplinary learning journeys (experiencing diverse tensions and applying diverse approaches) come together in dialogue to share, reflect, critically and constructively question, imagine, challenge, and synthesize their experiences into collective organizational learning. Crossroads can emerge spontaneously but can also be consciously nurtured. In our experience, they help us to sustain the innovation needed for transdisciplinary inquiry and to avoid stagnation or routinization. At these reflective, and often times transformative, crossroads, we make sense of our messy, non-linear transdisciplinary journeys and develop innovations to take our transdisciplinary practices forward.10acollaborative research10acollective learning10alearning journeys10atransdisciplinary innovation1 aRiedy, Chris1 aFam, Dena1 aRoss, Katie1 aMitchell, Cynthia  uhttps://timreview.ca/article/117702095nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245015800055210006900213260004200282300000900324490000600333520135800339653001301697653001301710653001801723653002801741653001501769653003301784100002201817856003801839       2018                        eng d  a1927-032100aUsing Constructive Research to Structure the Path to Transdisciplinary Innovation and Its Application for Precision Public Health with Big Data Analytics0 aUsing Constructive Research to Structure the Path to Transdiscip  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/2018  a7-150 v83 aNew approaches to complex societal challenges require a diverse mix of resources and skillsets from different disciplines to create solutions that are of a transdisciplinary innovation nature. The constructive research method enables the purposeful creation of methods, modules, tools, and techniques that have applicability well beyond the case study that motivated their creation. This research presents a bottom-up approach that follows a structured path to transdisciplinary innovation. A method is presented that demonstrates how a set of innovative research collaborations progress from disciplinary innovation to multidisciplinary innovation and ultimately onto interdisciplinary innovation. Anchored in overlapping computer science concepts, drawing on the constructive research methodology for purposeful synthesis and integration between the projects, a greater transdisciplinary goal can emerge. This method is demonstrated through a case study involving a set of big data analytics research projects involving diverse disciplines such as computer science, critical care medicine, aerospace, tactical operations, and public health. The resultant collective vision for transdisciplinary innovation that has resulted offers new approaches to maintaining individual wellness within communities across their entire lifespan on earth and in space.10aadaption10abig data10acritical care10aprecision public health10aresilience10atransdisciplinary innovation1 aMcGregor, Carolyn  uhttps://timreview.ca/article/1174