Range & Multidisciplinary
Specialization makes you efficient. Range makes you dangerous.
The world doesn’t need more narrow experts — it needs people who can connect the dots between them.
The future belongs to generalists with depth — those who can learn fast, think across domains, and see patterns specialists miss.
Patterns I See
Over-specialized systems: Teams built like silos, fluent in jargon, allergic to new ideas.
Credential addiction: People confuse expertise with authority, knowledge with wisdom.
Creative atrophy: Leaders so buried in their lane they forget how to see sideways.
What Leaders Miss
Breadth isn’t distraction; it’s leverage.
When you expose yourself to multiple disciplines — art, science, theology, design — you build analogical range. You start seeing the same structure inside different problems.
Great strategists aren’t geniuses in one field; they’re translators between many. They think in patterns, not categories.
Range breeds humility. It reminds you that your view is partial — and that’s where curiosity starts.
When organizations prize integration over isolation, innovation becomes natural.
Working With It
Build polymath teams. Mix disciplines deliberately. The friction is the point.
Cross-train your brain. Read outside your field. Collaborate across functions. Host collisions of thought.
Delay specialization. Don’t lock in too early — mastery comes from synthesis, not tunnel vision.
Reward analogical thinking. Recognize those who bridge ideas, not just execute tasks.
Questions Worth Asking
Where have we stopped learning because we think we already know?
What other fields might hold metaphors for this problem?
Who’s missing from this conversation that sees the world differently?
What could we create if we connected our knowledge instead of defending it?
Field Truth
Depth wins battles. Range wins wars.
The edge belongs to those who can think in stereo.
