@TheCedarPrince shared a video of his talk,
Jacob S. Zelko — An Introduction to Compositional Public Health in a comment on this post. I found Part 1 to be exemplary of how applied category theory can be helpful. The pitcher vs bilge pump analogy really drove home the problem statement that ACT promises to address.
(Ha! I tried to embed the video but didn’t manage to figure it out yet.)
Thanks for the shout out here @jrlearnstomath!
I am glad the analogy resonated with you. I think I’ll try expounding upon it perhaps in a blog post or somewhere. Certainly moreso in future presentations.
Happy to hear if you have any more thoughts as well. Always looking to see what resonates with people as well as to see what is confusing or could be better explained.
Thanks again and have a great day!
~ jz 
That would be excellent to have your extended experience on this in a blog post as well - that makes it easier to share and quote, so looking foward to it! It really feels like many other potential fields can benefit from learning how you took @slibkind et al’s paper and actually used it (for research to practice tips in general), and what process you went through to glue the models together in the people context (in terms of what people worked with whom, what conversations they had to have, as well as challenges in understanding each other and tips to overcome that). (You might have answered these questions in your talk, but I’m still sipping it like good tea between Aaaaall The Things.)
-Jx