1. MyT-Me
How T-Shaped Am I?
Louis Freund, Ph.D.
Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
San Jose State University
Jim Spohrer
Director, IBM University Programs
World-Wide (IBM UP)
7. 5 Major Coding Categories for
T- Tops and T – Stem
• T-Top & T – Stem (1st 4 are the same for both)
1. Professional Identity/affiliations in area
2. Education related activities in area
3. Research and Development
4. Tools, Methods, Systems
• T-Top only
5. Boundary crossing competencies
• T-Stem only
5. Core discipline Practice/competencies
8. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
9. Professional Development of
Self and Others
Education of Self and Others
Research and Development
Discipline Tools,
Methods, Systems
Core discipline
Practice/competencies
Growthand
achievementsinyour
corediscipline
The first 4 T – Top Categories
are also used to define a
mapping for the T – Stem
One other is added as T –
Stem Category 5: Professional
Practice and Competence
10. Professional Development of
Self and Others
Education of Self and Others
Research and Development
Discipline Tools,
Methods, Systems
Core discipline
Practice/competencies
Growthand
achievementsinyour
corediscipline
The first 4 T – Top Categories
are also used to define a
mapping for the T – Stem
One other is added as T –
Stem Category 5: Professional
Practice and Competence
13. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
16. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
19. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
22. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
23. 4 Patent
1 Publish
2 File
3 Provisional
4 Award
4 Tools, Methods, Systems
1
Software / devices 1 Achive 50% proficiency with software/device
List each
2
Achieve >90% proficiency with
software/device
3 Use of software/device in project/work
2
Methods 1 Achive 50% proficiency with method
List each 2 Achieve >90% proficiency with method
3 Use of method in project/work
3 Recognized Expetise
1 Recruited for team
2 Recruited for position
3 Recruited for testamony
4 Recruited for panel/talk/authorship
5 Boundary crossing competencies
1
Cultural Competencies
Multi cultural
experience as:
1 multi-cultural work team member
2 multicultural work team leader/manager
3 Class re: culture
4 Residence in culture
5 Travel in culture
25. Defined 19 T-Top Nodes
in 5 Categories to Represent
4. Tools and
Methods
5. Boundary
Crossing
Competencies
3. Research and
Development
Evidence of Boundary Crossing Competency
1. Professional
Identity/ affiiations
in area
2. Education related
activities in are a
1. Professionalorganizations
2. Publications
3. Conferences
4. Recognitions/Aw
ards
1. Earned
degree
achieved
2. Classes/W
orkshohps/Certifications
3. Teaching
4. Sponsor student project
5. M
entoring/careerguidance
1. Research
2. Developm
ent/Im
provem
ent
3. Innovation/Startup
4. Patent
1. Softw
are/devices
2. M
ethods
3. Recognized
Expertise
1. CulturalCom
petencies
2. System
s Com
petencies
3. Governm
ent Com
petencies
MyT-Top
26. 3
Recognized
Expetise
1 Recruited for team
2 Recruited for position
3 Recruited for testamony
4
Recruited for
panel/talk/authorship
Boundary crossing competencies
1
Cultural
Competencies
Multi cultural
experience as:
1 multi-cultural work team member
2
multicultural work team
leader/manager
3 Class re: culture
4 Residence in culture
5 Travel in culture
2
Systems
competencies
1 Management systems
2 Financial systems
3 Productivity systems
4 Quality systems
5 Other systems
3
Government
Competences
1 City/Town
2 County/District
3 State
4 National
5 International
30. 1 Recruited for team
2 Recruited for position
3 Recruited for testamony
4 Recruited for panel/talk/authorship
5 Core discipline Practice/competencies
1 License 1
1 Section/team
2 Local Department
3 Local office
4 regional office
5 National
6 International
1 Local
2 Regional
3 National
4 Global
1 Local
2 Regional
3 National
4 Global
1 project participant
2 project leader / PI
3 Local officer
4 National committee
5 National officer
6 Bd of Dir
3
2
3
4
5
Recognized Expetise
Managerial roles
Team member
Team leader
Community/Volunteering
36. 3 digit coding system.
Example: 1.1.6
Served on the BOD of your discipline’s
Professional Society
1. 1st digit is the Category
2. 2nd digit is the Node in the Category
3. 3rd digit is the activity within the Node
• Authoring an internal report or
project report would be coded as:
1.2.9
• Attending (only) a professional
meeting in your core discipline
would be coded as 1.3.1
• Attending the meeting and serving
as a session chair would be coded as
1.3.3
37. Review all T-Stem
Categories and Nodes
• You will have at least (probably at most) one
Stem, your primary practice discipline. You
may have a second Stem, where you have
achieved equivalent preparation, knowledge,
and certification.
38. T - Tops
• You will very likely have more than one T –
Top, representing more than one area of
specialized practice experience based on the
fundamental knowledge base of your core
discipline (T – Stem).
• For example, Service Science is a T – Top we all
share at this point.
• Identify YOUR top 2 or 4 T – Tops at this point
in your career
39. A T-Top may be an area in which you
have specialized practice experience
• A service systems
view
systems that focus on flows of things
transportation & supply chain
water & waste
food & products
energy & electricity
ICT & cloud
systems that support people's activities
building & construction
retail & hospitality
banking & finance
healthcare & family
education & work
systems that govern
city secure
state scale
nation laws
40. A T-Top may be a specialized
technology application area
• A technology view Technologies that inform
educational technologies
diagnostic technologies
social communication technologies
information technologies
financial technologies
Technologies that produce
Food production
Electronics production
Building and construction materials
Drug production
Automobile production
Technologies that secure
Personal security
Venue security
Area wide security
41. A T-top may be your specialized
knowledge of culture
• Cultural view Specialized knowledge of cultures
Asian cultural knowledge
African cultural knowledge
Native and aboriginal cultural knowledge
Historical knowledge of culture or religion
Local and international knowledge of culture or religion
Specialized knowledge science
Service Science
…
Specialized knowledge of arts
42. For next time…
1. Code the T – Stem items in your vita
with three digit codes.
2. Do the same for each T – Top in turn
43. T-Top coding Cumulative
Points
1 Professional Identity/affiliations in area Wt Itm PtsNode
1 Member 0.5 10.5 21 1 1 1
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 10.5
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0 3 3
3 refereed paper 3.0 3 1
4 speical issue editor 5.0
5 journal editor 10.0
6 book chapter 3.0
7 book author 5.0
8 Internal project final report2.0 6
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0 2 2
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0 21 7
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend0.5 23
1 local 1.0
2 national 4.0
3 international 8.0 0
2 Education related activities in area
1 Earned degree achieved 0
1 1 - 2 day 0.5
2 3 - 5 day 1.0
3 semester course 3.0
4 certificate 5.0 0
1 invited lecture 1.0
2 1 - 2 day 3.0
3 3 - 5 day 5.0
4 semester course 10.0 80 80 8 1
4 Sponsor student projects 0 3.0 0
1 high school student 1.0
2 Jr. College student 1.0
3 University student 1.0
4 Professional colleague1.0
5 Program member 2.0
6 Program leader 4.0 72 72 18 1 1 1
3 Research and Development
1 team member 1.0
2 team leader 2.0 14 7 1
3 PI 4.0 20 5
4 Review Panel 2.0 34
1 Research
4 Recognitions/Awards
2 Classes/Workshops/Certifications/Degrees
3 Teaching
5
Mentoring/career guidance
1 Professional organizations
2 Publications
3 Conferences
Yr 47 Yr 46 Yr 45
2013 2012 2011
44. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Totals
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 0.5
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 0
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 3.0
4 Editorial Board 4.0
5 speical issue editor 5.0
6 journal editor 10.0
7 book chapter 3.0
8 book author 5.0
9
Internal project final
report 2.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend 0.5 0
Years
represented
in your vita
A Data Entry
Column (shaded)
for each year
. . .
A data entry Row for each
3 digit code. Code 1.3.2
uses this row.
Item weights
45. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Totals
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 0.5
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 0
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 3.0
4 Editorial Board 4.0
5 speical issue editor 5.0
6 journal editor 10.0
7 book chapter 3.0
8 book author 5.0
9
Internal project final
report 2.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0 1 1 1
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend 0.5 1
. . .
A conference
presentation in 2010
coded as 1.3.2 would
be shown as a 1 in
this cell
(Your only entry task)
Item weights
46. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Totals
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 1.0
2 Local committee 1.0
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.0
5 National officer 1.0
6 Bd of Dir 1.0
7 Fellow 1.0 0
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 1.0
4 Editorial Board 1.0
5 speical issue editor 1..0
6 journal editor 1.0
7 book chapter 1.0
8 book author 1.0
9
Internal project final
report 1.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 1.0
2 presenter 1.0 1 1 1
3 session chair 1.0
4 conference mgmt 1.0
5 conference chair 1.0
6 Co-author -no attend 1.0 1
. . .
A conference
presentation in 2010
coded as 1.3.2 would
be shown as a 1 in
this cell
(Your only entry task)
This is the activity’s row sum
Item weights - Hidden
Item scores and node
scores – Hidden
47. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Totals
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 0.5
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 0
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 3.0
4 Editorial Board 4.0
5 speical issue editor 5.0
6 journal editor 10.0
7 book chapter 3.0
8 book author 5.0
9
Internal project final
report 2.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0 1 1 1
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend 0.5 1
. . .
A conference
presentation in 2010
coded as 1.3.2 would
be shown as a 1 in
this cell
(Your only entry task)
This is the activity’s weighted row score
(row sum x row weight)
This is the activity’s row sum
Item weights
48. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Totals
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 0.5
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 0
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 3.0
4 Editorial Board 4.0
5 speical issue editor 5.0
6 journal editor 10.0
7 book chapter 3.0
8 book author 5.0
9
Internal project final
report 2.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0 3 3 3
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend 0.5 3
. . .
If you presented at 3
conferences in 2010,
Enter a 3 in this cell
This is the activity’s weighted row score
(row sum x row weight)
This is the activity’s row sumThis is the node
score across all
activities
Item weights
49. yellow is I crossed with T-top same item (cross I)
Row 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Total
s
1
Professional Identity/affiliations in core competency
area 0
1
Membership in
discipline's prof
org
1 Member 0.5 3.5 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Local committee 0.7
3 Local officer 1.0
4 National committee 1.5
5 National officer 3.0
6 Bd of Dir 5.0
7 Fellow 3.0 3.5
2 Publications
1 opinion 1.0
2 reviewed paper 1.0
3 refereed paper 3.0
4 Editorial Board 4.0
5 speical issue editor 5.0
6 journal editor 10.0
7 book chapter 3.0
8 book author 5.0
9
Internal project final
report 2.0 0
3 Conferences
1 attendee 0.5
2 presenter 1.0 3 3 3
3 session chair 1.5
4 conference mgmt 3.0
5 conference chair 5.0
6 Co-author -no attend 0.5 3
. . .
If you joined a
professional society
supporting your core
discipline in 2007
and have been a
member each year
Enter a “1” in the row for
1.1.1 for each year you
have been a member
Item weights
50. Category 5 T - Stem
5
Core discipline Practice/competencies
1 License 1
2 Managerial roles
1 Section/team
2 Local Department
3 Local office
4 regional office
5 National
6 International
3 Team member
1 Local
2 Regional
3 National
4 Global
4 Team leader
1 Local
2 Regional
3 National
4 Global
5 Community/Volunteering
1 project participant
2 project leader / PI
3 Local officer
4 National committee
5 National officer
6 Bd of Dir
51. Category 5 T - Top
5 Boundary crossing competencies
1
Cultural Competencies
Multi cultural experience as:
1
multi-cultural work team member
2 multicultural work team leader/manager
3 Class re: culture
4 Residence in culture
5 Travel in culture
2 Systems competencies
1 Management systems
2 Financial systems
3 Productivity systems
4 Quality systems
5 Other systems
3
Government Competences
1 City/Town
2 County/District
3 State
4 National
5 International
52. Enter
Values
Score
Google Citations 0
Google h-Index 0
Cumulative impact factors refereed papers 0
Likes for your blogs 0
Twitter Twitter Followers 0
Linked in Linked in connections 0
Linked in LI profile views 0
Klout Klout score 0
Scope Score Total 0
Citations h-Index
Cum Journal
Impact
Likes for your
Blogs
Twitter
followers
Linked in
connections
Linked in
Profile Views
Klout score
3.2 20 2.7 4.3 10.1 23.4 14.3 47
“Persona” worksheet
53. Enter
Values
Score
Google Citations 320 3.2
Google h-Index 0
Cumulative impact factors refereed papers 0
Likes for your blogs 0
Twitter Twitter Followers 0
Linked in Linked in connections 0
Linked in LI profile views 0
Klout Klout score 0
Scope Score Total 0
Citations h-Index
Cum Journal
Impact
Likes for your
Blogs
Twitter
followers
Linked in
connections
Linked in
Profile Views
Klout score
3.2 20 2.7 4.3 10.1 23.4 14.3 47
54. MyT-Span 3.2 20 2.7 4.3 10.1 23.4 14.3 47
12.5 Citations h-Index
Cum Journal
Impact
Likes for your
Blogs
Twitter
followers
Linked in
connections
Linked in Profile
Views
Klout score