Many know that illustrative example / analogy is a sure shot way of teach a new concept. Story telling also works on the same philosophy. People having exposure to different fields tend to observe an analogy or a pattern across them. Expression commonly used is: "do you know how x applies, very close to that here is y - only difference being...":.
My practice school project (4th year in engineering) in CAD Division, NIC Delhi was one of that kind: marrying Genetic Algorithm concepts (of survival of the fittest, mutation, reproduction) to Optimization that results in quicker convergence to the problem.
Similarly today's claims to modern management germinate from applying home concepts (of care, nurturing, empathy, bonding and fun) to work place. Likewise, if one may reap some benefits by putting work place concepts like goal setting, division of responsibilities, operational excellence, leverage at home.
If one has researched and understood one field in depth, it is enough to easily digest other similar ones. If you've seen one, you've seen it all - applies to a great extent in many places. I think this is the reason why native language expressiveness and thinking prowess makes such a big impact on individuals in terms of expansiveness of thought and action.
This kind of cross domain concept application can be used as a strategy as well for problem solving. One takes their transferable skills and previous experiences to tackle new problems. Management skill is one such - 'project management', 'people/team management', 'operations management', 'financial management', 'business management' - multiple faces of a general manager. Once you become a true general manager (a bit of everything - breadth, and master of nothing as one can hire consultants for the depth), it doesn't really matter what is the domain underneath.
It looks like: instead of diversifying to become master of all trades, if one focuses on one thing and soaks in it from all dimensions, guess it would result in much better pay-offs in the end. This applies to learning new skills as well in be it art or languages or social. But to get there, one has to have had tremendous focus and unparalleled synthesis in previous avatars of career to root oneself as an effective 'general' manager!
Learn to say "Just like that" and that is the secret for success.
Ra
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