MathematicalArt

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I'm actively developing and socializing a thought pattern at this moment that directly addresses this called omnidisciplinary thinking (or Thinking OMNI). Omnidisciplinary thinking is a generic, holistic, nonlinear thought pattern that focuses on blending insights between two or more areas which seem unrelated yet actually share a thought pattern structure by focusing on the similarities between them. In essence, instead of trying to learn many things, learn the patterns of information and how to apply those patterns.

MathematicalArt

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We do have the right math. It’s just that no one is using it. The planet is focused on differential and metric invariants (differential algebraic equations and statistics) and should be leveraging topological approaches to analyzing dynamical systems and networks. Almost no one is doing the latter yet there is already enough research to start applying the theory.

MathematicalArt

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The “shape-shifting” organization. At the moment, organizational dynamics are largely created and maintained by gut feeling, rules of thumb, and inertia. There will be a shift towards flexible organizations that can purposefully change form in response to needs internal and external.

Consider one common pattern. Startup CEO grows successful startup, then the board inevitably replaces said CEO with a more traditional CEO and organization structure. What made the company innovative then slowly goes away as it becomes entrenched in the same paradigm as the established companies the startup had been disrupting. Rinse and repeat.

Why must this evolution be so one-way and so rigidly predictable? Eventually, organizations will be able to flexibly shift to nearly any reasonable state, identifying which resources are needed to initiate such a change as well as when and where to apply them.

MathematicalArt

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Interesting take. However, consider that if one could learn multiple lifetimes of knowledge in one, it might achieve the same result. I’ve been developing a mindset called omnidisciplinary thinking (or “Thinking OMNI”) which encourages us to Engage with the Root of ideas and thought patterns in order to recognize and leverage their interconnectedness. The Root assumptions we make influence heavily how we can express and explore ideas. One can only express in a given language what that language allows. Right now, we have a boundary- and disciplinary-driven engagement with both knowledge and organizational structures which while a valid way to see the world isn’t the only way. The Thinking OMNI thought pattern is being made rigorous as we speak, yet even an intuitive understanding of it can help you today to manage complexity and reduce uncertainty.

Check us out on YouTube—“Omni Artisans”. If one could reduce the amount of effort it takes to accrue knowledge and drive powerful experiences, would one need to live forever per se?

MathematicalArt

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In “Culture’s Consequences”, Hofstede mentions five key aspects of culture based on extensive research.

1. Individualism (IDV)

2. Masculinity (MAS)

3. Power Distance (PDI)

4. Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI)

5. Long-Term Orientation (LTO)

Furthermore, there is a distinction made between values and practices. Practices are comprised of symbols, heroes, and rituals. Whereas values refer to the meaning to people of their practices. People can thus have the same practices (watching same TV shows, dressing similarly, leisure activities) while have drastically different values. Values and practices together define key aspects of the organization.

Values are more important as you move towards national identities whereas practices tend to dominate at the organizational level. Furthermore, values tend to be instilled earlier in life through family and community while practices are learned later in life, for instance, once one enters the workforce itself.

Some factors of practice include professionalism, distance from management, trust in colleagues, orderliness, hostility, and integration. Likewise, some factors in values include personal need for achievement, need for supportive environment, machismo, workaholism, alienation, and authoritarianism.

The main thesis of this comment is that if one understands the factors that go into culture, one can be better equipped to actually probe the organization thoughtfully and develop their own questions in order to do so.

MathematicalArt

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I recommend “How to Read a Book” by Mortimer Adler. In short, not every sentence, paragraph, chapter, or even book is of equal informative importance. To read all literature as if everything is equally important is really a mistake. Once one recognizes this, it is then ideal to read only at the level of detail and focus as is required for the particular work.

What does it mean to have read a book? To read every single word and symbol? To understand the key ideas and points?

Is every book going to be one hundred percent new ideas to you or are there thematic riffs that allow you to shortcut portions of it without loss of understanding of the entire work?

MathematicalArt

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Confidence also feels a certain way. When you are confident, there is a certain tightness in your chest that you “hang from” in a sense. You should feel confident that you could physically hang from this confidence were it to physically manifest. There’s a stability in stance, a sureness. And when your confidence wavers, this sureness and stability wavers.

While balance is key, there is merit to taking steps to stay in this confident body language as it translates to the confidence you have in your beliefs, actions, and statements. People can and do tune into this. When they are feeling a lack of confidence in whatever you are conveying, you surety can put them at ease. The only other thing for you to do is to make sure you are actually correct in being confident, because we should be confident and correct.

MathematicalArt

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As an example, there are only 16 categorical manifestations of software exceptions based on the following categories:

- Synchronicity, Scope, Origin

For Synchronicity we have:

- Synchronicity

- Asynchronicity

For Scope we have:

- Process-specific

- Cross-process

For Origin we have:

- Data origin

- Temporal origin

- External origin

- Process origin

Then you combine them such as "Synchronous-CrossProcess-Temporal Origin." The total is 16 ways. Even if something were somehow to be missing from this categorization scheme, it would only add a finite amount of possibilities to the permutations. Yet this taxonomy seems quite complete as is.

See: “Error Handling in Process Support Systems” by Casati & Cugola.

MathematicalArt

5 năm trướcdiscuss

Actually, there are only finite ways to fail. It just happens to be a large number. Thinking of interactions of the world as propagations of signals and considering Kolmogorov-style descriptions of entropy would lead one to this conclusion of finiteness. See: "Kolmogorov complexity"

Further, there are a finite number of patterns of failure, which is of course less than the number of absolute ways things could fail.

The biggest detriment is not that things can fail, but that people get overwhelmed by believing that such things are infinite in scale.

MathematicalArt

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Desired Position: Chief of Staff (or similar executive role)

Location: USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Applied Philosophies: Organizational Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Art & Expression, B2B Consulting, Category Theory

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About: I have developed a novel thought pattern called omni-disciplinary thinking (“Think OMNI”) which helps companies and individuals better engage with complexity by blending philosophies in order to lower the energy/effort required to deal with them.

Results in:

    - risk mitigation
    - innovation in saturated, complex markets
    - identification/integration of holistic talent
    - pooled insights between industries, disciplines, and domains
    - "Think inside of _all_ the boxes"

This Think OMNI thought pattern is exactly what modern companies need to drive their organizations forward in our complex and interconnected world. I would like to help you steer your organization with powerful and internalized insights.

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Xavier Waller

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