<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">How to trans/inter relate to the concept of "modern polymath" that is used in business and design literature. An extension of the "T-shaped individual" ==> "pi shaped individual" ==> "broken comb individual." The idea is to combine breadth of knowledge with depth in one discipline. T=one area of depth; pi=two, broken comb= integrated and deep breadth with multiple depths to varying degrees. Modern polymath=integrated web of knowledge.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">I have telling software developers for 20 years or so that they must become modern polymaths.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Wed, May 27, 2020, at 11:10 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="qt-gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for the simple but wonderful graphic, Marcus. And where are you?<br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:18 PM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com" target="_blank">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Head for the bottom right of this plot to avoid being replaced by automation.<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><img style="width:3.0937in;height:3in;" id="qt-gmail-m_8742734288956463314gmail-m_-1910198707443065965Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:17259a7e50d4cdccc1" alt="figure3" width="297" height="288"><u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><div style="border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(181, 196, 223);padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">From: </span></span></b><span style="color:black;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> on behalf of Merle Lefkoff <<a href="mailto:merlelefkoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">merlelefkoff@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Reply-To: </b>The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br> <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 5:16 PM<br> <b>To: </b>The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br> <b>Subject: </b>Re: [FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p></div><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course Tom. We need both. But they are not the same and require different problem-solving processes.<u></u><u></u></span></span><br></p></div></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:42 PM Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u><br></p></div><blockquote style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:1pt;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Can't it be both "trans" and "inter"? <u></u><u></u><br></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"></p><div><br></div><div>============================================<br></div><div> Tom Johnson - <a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br></div><div> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br></div><div> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br></div><div> <a href="http://nmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(11, 83, 148);">NM Foundation for Open Government</span></b></a><br></div><div> <b><span style="color:blue;">Check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671" target="_blank"> It's The People's Data</a></span></b> <u></u><u></u><br></div><p></p></div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">============================================<u></u><u></u><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:18 PM Merle Lefkoff <<a href="mailto:merlelefkoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">merlelefkoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u><br></p></div><blockquote style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:1pt;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, Jon, when I talk about complex systems science, I refer to it as "transdisciplinary", as opposed to "interdisciplinary". <u></u><u></u></span></span><br></p></div></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:14 PM Jon Zingale <<a href="mailto:jonzingale@gmail.com" target="_blank">jonzingale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u><br></p></div><blockquote style="border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:1pt;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="font" style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt;">Thank you, Merle.<u></u><u></u></span></span></span><br></p></div></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"></p><div>-- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - 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