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  • Crisis Management

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  • Polymathy, or engaging in multiple domains, is linked to creativity and innovation.
  • Current academic and industrial cultures favor narrow specialization.
  • The COVID-19 crisis presents complex, transdisciplinary challenges ill-suited for specialization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue for the importance of polymathic thinking in addressing complex problems, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • To explore the relationship between trait polymathy and resilience.
  • To discuss strategies for developing and utilizing polymathic thinking.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review examining polymathy and personality constructs.
  • Theoretical predictions on trait polymathy and COVID-19 resilience.
  • Discussion of learnable strategies and societal capitalization of polymathy.

Main Results:

  • Polymathic thinking can be a crucial asset for navigating complex, uncertain, and adverse situations like the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Trait polymathy is theoretically linked to enhanced resilience.
  • Strategies exist to develop broader, deeper, and more integrated knowledge sets.

Conclusions:

  • Specialization is inadequate for solving complex, transdisciplinary problems.
  • Polymathic thinking is essential for individual and societal resilience in a complex world.
  • Current institutions may need re-evaluation to accommodate polymathic approaches.