The Polymath Badge is a polymath capability badge issued on CheckD.io by Innovorsa Ltd, an investment and consultancy group that invests in data assets and provide complex system design services.

Polymath in Markets and Service Ecosystems

The Polymath in Digital Economy (PDE) recognises individuals who can think, design, and act across disciplinary boundaries to create real, functioning digital ecosystems that generate economic impact .

The badge certifies the ability to design and implement ecosystems that work in practice, align incentives across actors, and deploy digital infrastructure that enables trust, agency, and value exchange.

At its core, the badge signals systems-level competence: the capacity to move from

insight → design → deployment → impact.

Eligibility

This badge can only be claimed by individuals who have undergone the programs of study, design and practice of ecosystems, verified by Professor Irene Ng (the “verifier”). All learning, design work, and implementation evidence associated with the badge must be:

• Completed through authorised modules of study led by or approved by Irene Ng, and
• Personally verified by Irene Ng prior to badge authentication.

Verification is based on human judgement, not automated assessment.

Badge stages

The Polymath in Digital Economy badge is awarded progressively, reflecting increasing depth of capability:

• PDE Learner – demonstrated integrative understanding across domains
• PDE Designer – demonstrated ability to design coherent digital ecosystems
• PDE Practitioner – demonstrated ability to deploy a live ecosystem in practice
• PDE Expert - demonstrated actual impact from ecosystems above $5m
• PDE GOAT - quantifiable economic impact above $10m

Each stage requires completion of the relevant learning, design, and evidence thresholds defined below.

Capabilities demonstrated by badge holders