abstract
- The transdisciplinary approach revolutionises engineering by re-framing its work to include stakeholders' needs and requirements to solve complex problems. Solution teams often benefit from quantitative and non-quantitative disciplines in the process. They face challenges, including different thinking processes, notation, and professional culture. International businesspeople are used to dealing with other political systems, laws, cultures, and languages. This paper describes how such practitioners deal with these challenges and compares their practice with the needs of transdisciplinary engineering work. The contribution of this paper is twofold: a) a literature review of international business executive skills proven necessary for successful practitioners, and b) a transdisciplinary framework to aid engineers in identifying skills required to carry out successful transdisciplinary projects. This research aims to focus transdisciplinary engineering teams on the executive skills required to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their work. © 2024 The Authors.