Digging through and commercializing research in whatever field you may be interested in is one thing. But it would seem like you would be missing out on many m

Digging through and commercializing research in whatever field you may be interested in is one thing. But it would seem like you would be missing out on many more opportunities in unrelated fields. Many advancements in tech/science in general were born from research in other fields. How do you cross pollinate those ideas with other fields on a large scale?