Defining Transversal Rationality

The relevance of the concept of Transversality has already been cataloged, perhaps obliquely, in many different circles and within various disciplines. Mathematicians define transversality as a generalization of orthogonality, enabling a line to intersect two or more lines without achieving coincidence. Physiology understands it as a means of describing the networking of bands of fibers. Keep in mind that the task of any good networking system is to communicate your value and net worth, and to discern how to use each connection in its own court. Transversality, as applied to networking, involves a series discourses, modes of thought, and configurations to a wide range of “constellations of powers and decision makers” to effects maximum results.

Perhaps a concrete illustration at this point will help us understand this concept better. In a social context, the idea of transversality involves having the ability to communicate to a wide range of various types of people and authority. Felix Guattar, a practicing psychiatrist, describes in his book, (“Molecular Revolution: Psychiatry and Politics” / Penguin Books, NY / 1984, page 22) a practical application of the use of the term. Guattar explains that transversality involves the networking of different “constellations of power” that are involved in the psychiatric practice. The institutional setting is structured by a network of various groups and subgroups, much like any corporate company. There are administrators, the doctors, the nurses, the patients, and the families of the patients. All these various constellations play some important role in the overall program and process of healing of the patient. The realm of decision making used by the CEO understands that there are multiple rationalities within each group and sub-group, and therefore he/she needs to comport themselves in a transversal way. One would not speak to the doctors in the same way one would speak to the family members, and clearly in a different way to the actual patient.

Keep in mind that the task of any good networking system is to communicate your value and net worth, and to discern how to use each connection in its own court. Transversality, as applied to networking, involves a series discourses, modes of thought, and configurations to a wide range of “constellations of powers and decision makers” to effects maximum results.

The effectiveness of communication the CEO would have depends on the degree of transversal rationally he/she has mastered, and his/her ability to have meaningful dialogue across the various groups. This type of mastery of Transversal Webs of Connection holds a great deal of benefits and promise:

 Heightens self-understanding in and towards each group as to the overall function and part they play within the system;
 Leads to a dialectical / conversation enrichment;
 Sets the requirements for needed adjustments and accommodations in recognitions of the various contributions of the others;
 It moves us beyond the purely vertical and merely horizontal impasses in communication and allows for a deeper, wider, communication style and influence.

Mastering Transversal Networking Skills opens the door to maximum communication amidst different levels within the corporate structure of any company. It enables us to have great accomplishments in advancing ourselves by opening channels of better understanding, mutual acknowledgement of goals and objectives, conversational interaction, and better decision making. It provides and equips us with greater insights, deeper discernment, wider reflective understanding, articulation, and assessment. By mastering this technique, we are capable of encompassing the play of power relations that congeal into a variety of social forms.

Transversal Webs of Connection effects a unification and integration, a communication across differences, without blurring the lines of distinction. Consider for a moment if you were a job seeker. Transversal rationality, as it applies to your networking, is a powerful tool that opens us up to a wide range of opportunities, moving you into deeper, wider spaces, and transcends you from your small limiting local existence. Transversal rationality opens up the possibility to communicate into a wide spectrum of connections and various discourses and actions. It enables you to move across a wide spectrum of experiences. It is a technique that enables you to both extend over and link yourself with the rainmakers you need to communicate with. It is an intersecting of various levels of communication, modes of thought, and actions. For example, in launching your marketing material, you can use this concept to line inter-connecting lines of thought and value to a wide range of rainmakers within the following groups:

 Recruiters;
 Venture Capitalists;
 Directors of Trade Shows;
 Directors of Various Associations;
 Networking Friends and Associates;
 Alumni Groups;
 Influential People;
 Contacting Potential References;
 Spotting Hidden Opportunity.

Mastering Transversal Networking Skills opens the door to maximum communication amidst different levels within the corporate structure of any company. It enables us to have great accomplishments in advancing ourselves by opening channels of better understanding, mutual acknowledgement of goals and objectives, conversational interaction, and better decision making.

This method of Transversal rationality thus emerges as a place in time and space where multiple connections can be formed in a meaningful way. By using Transversal Rationality as it relates to a serious job search, we begin to operate in a transversal play of intersecting relationships, all designed to move us towards our goal of advancement. It is the best way to de-secret-ise yourself. In this way, you place yourself in a powerful position we can refer to as a chronotopal field of transversality. Chronotope simply means the meeting place of various voices, i.e. the place where the knots of a narrative (your story) are tied or linked to the goals and objectives of the companies you are seeking to connect with. Employing this method opens your search to a wide spectrum of engagements where you can project your value and the bottom-line benefits you can bring to an organization.