Expertise profiles comparison matrix table

Summary

An appendix matrix table titled "Deep Dive: Expertise Profiles": six profiles across the columns, seven attribute rows down the side, each cell listing that profile's top items with a small coded suffix.

Visual description

Pale warm-cream background, "APPENDIX" header and page number "63" on a hairline rule (this slide runs nearly full-bleed with little vertical margin). A dark-grey title sits upper-left. Below it a wide grid: six column headers name the profiles with their counts (Polymaths N=25, Deep Generalists N=28, Generalists N=19, T-Shaped N=17, Connectors N=14, Adaptive Learners N=10). Seven row headers run down the left in salmon (Competencies, Skills, Knowledge Areas, Specialisations, Work Settings, each "Top Indexed vs. Total"). Each cell holds a short bulleted list of that profile's leading items, many tagged with a small orange parenthetical code (U, EV, R, SK, CXK, CD, NW, SSK) keying to underlying categories; sub-rows show an average value (for example Ø 9.4, Ø 8.8). Thin horizontal rules separate the attribute bands; cells alternate against faint white and cream banding.

Key takeaway

Turning five separate per-profile breakdowns into one dense cross-tab so every profile can be read down a column or compared across a row. The tiny orange category codes let each entry carry a second dimension without widening the cell, and the salmon row headers anchor the eye on the left.

Reuse notes

The reference slide for a high-density comparison matrix: use it when readers need to compare many entities across many attributes at once, and a chart would lose the detail. It is deliberately information-dense and not meant to be read from across a room; it belongs in an appendix or a leave-behind, not a live-presented body slide. Keep a legend for any coded suffixes you introduce.