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‘An individual who maintains consistent, ongoing contact outside the organization, who understands the way in which outsiders differ in their perspective from their organizational colleagues, and who is able to translate between the two systems.’4 or: ‘A gatekeeper is a person with a communication task. He understand two different cultures and strives for durable communication between two cultures by transferring knowledge and connecting people.’5 I had the pleasure of meeting two such gatekeepers Ed van Hinte6 [Lightness Studio>>] is working as intermediary between lightness material developers and architects. Mariëlle Weghorst7 is working as designer in a technical research institute TNO [TNO >>] [<<] |