# Tam Blind Spots > Search the structural blind spots that network mapping misses — domain practitioners, justice/reconciliation voices, worship/liturgy, academic theologians, and marketplace leaders who embody movemental DNA without participating in the explicit Forge/5Q/Exponential network - Skill: `joshuashepherd/tam-blind-spots` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add joshuashepherd/tam-blind-spots` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/joshuashepherd/tam-blind-spots/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: JoshuaShepherd (https://skillmd.com/u/joshuashepherd) - Updated: 2026-09-08 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/joshuashepherd/tam-blind-spots --- # TAM Blind Spots: Find What Network Mapping Misses Network mapping (co-authorship, conferences, podcasts, org rosters) is excellent at finding the structural core of the movement ecosystem. But it systematically underrepresents five clusters of people who embody movemental DNA without circulating in the Forge/5Q/Exponential network: 1. **Soul care / formation practitioners** — therapists, spiritual directors, emotional health leaders 2. **Justice / reconciliation voices** — CCDA, urban ministry, racial justice, community development 3. **Worship / liturgy practitioners** — worship theologians, liturgical renewal, sacred arts 4. **Academic theologians** — scholars whose frameworks shape the conversation without being practitioners 5. **Marketplace / social entrepreneurship** — faith-and-work, BAM, vocational stewardship This skill searches these specific blind-spot domains for people with movemental DNA. ## Invocation ``` /tam-blind-spots $ARGUMENTS ``` **Arguments:** - A domain to search, or no args for a full sweep. Examples: - `/tam-blind-spots soul care` — search the soul care / formation domain - `/tam-blind-spots justice` — search justice / reconciliation / CCDA - `/tam-blind-spots worship` — search worship / liturgy - `/tam-blind-spots academic` — search academic theologians - `/tam-blind-spots marketplace` — search faith-and-work / social entrepreneurship - `/tam-blind-spots` (no args) — sweep all five domains --- ## Before Starting 1. **Read the current alphabetized TAM** at `intelligence/leader-research/tam-search/09-PLAUSIBLE-TAM-ALPHABETIZED.md` to know who is already included 2. **Read the master list** at `intelligence/leader-research/tam-search/01-MASTER-RANKED-LIST.md` to cross-check existing candidates 3. **Read the content search strategy** at `intelligence/leader-research/tam-search/05-CONTENT-SEARCH-STRATEGY.md` for keyword clusters --- ## The Movemental DNA Test These candidates will NOT appear in Forge/5Q/Exponential networks. The inclusion question is different: **Does this person's work embody movemental orientation even though they don't use movement vocabulary?** Signals of movemental DNA in non-movement people: | Signal | What It Looks Like | |--------|-------------------| | **Formation over information** | Their approach to growth is practice-based, embodied, relational — not lecture/content delivery | | **Multiplication over accumulation** | They train trainers, create practitioners who create practitioners | | **Community over individual** | Their work assumes communal context, not isolated self-help | | **Incarnational over institutional** | They emphasize presence, proximity, everyday practice | | **Prophetic over safe** | Their work challenges status quo, disrupts comfortable patterns | | **Kingdom over church** | Their vision extends beyond Sunday/institutional church to all of life | A person can score high on these signals while never using words like "missional," "APEST," or "movement." --- ## Domain-Specific Search Strategies ### Domain 1: Soul Care / Formation **Why network mapping misses them**: They circulate in therapy/counseling conferences, spiritual direction networks, and formation retreats — not Exponential or Forge. **Search vectors:** - Transforming Center network (Ruth Haley Barton) — faculty, contributors, cohort leaders - The Allender Center (Dan Allender) — training faculty, story work practitioners - Emotionally Healthy Spirituality/Discipleship network (Pete Scazzero) — certified trainers, key leaders - Soul Care conferences and organizations - Spiritual Directors International — Christian practitioners with published work - Search: `"soul care" Christian author practitioner leader` - Search: `"spiritual formation" director author embodied` - Search: `"emotional health" Christian leader author` - Search: `"contemplative" practitioner author "kingdom" OR "mission"` - Search: `"trauma" "spiritual formation" Christian author` - Search: `"neuroscience" "spiritual formation" OR "discipleship" Christian` **Cross-reference**: Check if candidates have been endorsed by or have endorsed anyone on the existing TAM. ### Domain 2: Justice / Reconciliation **Why network mapping misses them**: They circulate in CCDA, urban ministry networks, and racial justice conferences — structurally separate from Forge/Exponential. **Search vectors:** - CCDA (Christian Community Development Association) — board, speakers, authors - Duke Divinity Center for Reconciliation — fellows, contributors - Missio Alliance justice track contributors - Christian social justice conferences and organizations - Search: `"Christian community development" author leader practitioner` - Search: `CCDA speaker author leader` - Search: `"racial reconciliation" Christian author practitioner` - Search: `"incarnational" "justice" Christian author leader` - Search: `"beloved community" Christian practitioner` - Search: `"place-based" ministry Christian author` - Search: `"shalom" justice author practitioner Christian` **Key question**: Does this justice practitioner's work assume an incarnational, community-rooted, kingdom-oriented frame? Or is it purely political/activist? ### Domain 3: Worship / Liturgy **Why network mapping misses them**: They circulate in worship conferences (Worship Leader Magazine events, Calvin Symposium on Worship), liturgical renewal networks, and denominational worship commissions. **Search vectors:** - Calvin Symposium on Worship speakers - Worship Leader Magazine contributors - Ancient-future worship leaders and authors - Search: `"liturgical mission" OR "formative worship" author practitioner` - Search: `"worship theology" Christian author leader` - Search: `"ancient-future" worship leader author` - Search: `"embodied worship" theologian practitioner` - Search: `"participatory worship" leader author` - Search: `"worship" "formation" "kingdom" author` **Key question**: Does this worship leader see worship as formative mission (sending people out differently) or purely as aesthetic/performance? ### Domain 4: Academic Theology **Why network mapping misses them**: They publish in journals and academic presses, not movement publishers. They speak at AAR/SBL, not Exponential. **Search vectors:** - Northern Seminary faculty (McKnight, Fitch home base) - Fuller Seminary missiology/practical theology faculty - Duke Divinity School practical theology faculty - Missio Alliance academic contributors - Gospel and Our Culture Network scholars - Search: `"missional ecclesiology" professor author` - Search: `"kingdom" theology professor "formation" OR "mission" author` - Search: `"post-Christendom" theologian author` - Search: `"faithful presence" theologian professor` **Key question**: Does this scholar's work get read and applied by practitioners? Academic influence without practitioner uptake is not movemental. ### Domain 5: Marketplace / Social Entrepreneurship **Why network mapping misses them**: They circulate in faith-and-work conferences, social enterprise networks, and business-as-mission communities. **Search vectors:** - Redeemer City to City Faith & Work network - Nashville Institute for Faith and Work (Missy Wallace) - Praxis (Andy Crouch) — fellows, ventures, contributors - Theology of Work Project contributors - Search: `"faith and work" Christian author leader practitioner` - Search: `"business as mission" author leader` - Search: `"vocational discipleship" author` - Search: `"redemptive entrepreneurship" Christian` - Search: `"kingdom" "marketplace" "calling" Christian author` **Key question**: Does this marketplace leader see vocation as mission (not just ethics), and does their work assume a communal/kingdom frame rather than individual success? --- ## Phase 2: For Each Candidate Found Capture: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | Full Name | As published | | Primary Domain | Soul care / justice / worship / academic / marketplace | | Key Works | Books, frameworks, training programs | | Movemental DNA Signals | Which of the 6 signals they exhibit (formation, multiplication, community, incarnational, prophetic, kingdom) | | Cross-References | Any connections to existing TAM members (endorsements, shared conferences, citations) | | Why Network Mapping Missed Them | Which separate network they circulate in | --- ## Phase 3: Output Add candidates to `intelligence/leader-research/tam-search/09-PLAUSIBLE-TAM-ALPHABETIZED.md` in the addendum section, organized by domain. For each person, write a single paragraph following the same format as the main document: name in bold, one paragraph with who they are, what they've done, and the connection evidence. Also append a search log to `intelligence/leader-research/tam-search/06-SEARCH-LOG.md`. --- ## Key Rules 1. **The movemental DNA test is the inclusion standard**, not network proximity. These people won't co-author with Hirsch. That's the point. 2. **Look for cross-references.** The strongest blind-spot candidates are people who have been endorsed by OR have endorsed someone already on the TAM — they're one hop away but in a different network. 3. **Don't over-include.** Not every Christian psychologist or worship leader has movemental DNA. The formation-over-information and multiplication-over-accumulation signals are the sharpest filters. 4. **Name the separate network.** For each candidate, explain which conference/org/publisher they circulate in instead of Forge/Exponential. This builds institutional knowledge about adjacent ecosystems. 5. **Prioritize people with published books or named frameworks.** A body of durable work is still essential — this skill doesn't lower the bar, it widens the search area. 6. **This skill exists because of a known structural gap.** Document `08-MOVEMENT-LEADER-FIELD-MAP.md` Section 7, Pattern 7 identified that the "90% domain practitioners" thesis was untested. This skill is how you test it.