230 Chapter 6 Supplementary material Supplementary Table 1: Elements of collaboration with supporting quotes Positive elements Challenging elements “Real collaboration” –dependance on one another, modifying and using each other’s work “I enjoyed the fact that we were really collaborating with the people from a [sub-department] on a project together. And we did that before, but I think [this] was a different way because we depended on them. And in the end, they really, really collaborated quite intense[ly] with us to interpret the results and to think about how to put it in the right perspective, and that was really nice.” (Researcher3, 8 years) “It helped a lot, the collaboration between Blood Bank and Research because we really needed each other. And I think from both sides, we could see that there was a lot of benefit from the interaction between the two.” (Management2, 17 years) Some organizational barriers were relaxed, but not gone, so difficulties remained [Interviewer] “You mentioned the organisational barriers you’ve encountered. Could you reflect on if Sanquin as a whole changed in terms of its flexibility or its decisiveness?” [Respondent] “No. I don’t think it changed. And I think this was an exercise in showing that that flexibility could be organised a little bit better, but I also realise it’s very difficult, especially with all the fail-safes that are in place... You need to ensure that the correct rules and procedures are followed. And often, that was a very-- and it’s still often a big problem to actually do something meaningful. You stumble across those hurdles.” (Researcher1, 16 years) Greater awareness of each other’s situations “During these projects there has been increasing understanding for each other’s difficulties and possibilities.” (Coronary Steering Committee summary report of lessons learned, p. 3) Could have joined forces earlier and/or harmonize efforts better “So we were kind of working in different corners. We have the Blood Bank and we have Research. We were working not completely as a synchronous team, but we could have… But I think we could have started earlier, had we just joined forces and decided…So we did it on an individual level instead of hierarchical level.” (Researcher1, 16 years)
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