On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Colin M. Strickland <[email protected]> 
wrote:
...
> It opens the door to a systemic labelling of people, which is
> something I'm discouraged by, especially within a corporate structure,

Not sure if it's a helpful observation or not, but the guy running the
session I'm referring to was careful to specify this was not intended
to pigeon-hole. It was presented as a tool to use to communicate
better with people who have different preferences to you.

> where it may be informing hidden decisions that could affect you quite
> significantly.

Ah, well, we'll have to wait and see about that one ;-)

> The usual joke to insert at this point from fans of these systems is
> to suggest that I would think that about the whole affair because I'm
> $PERSONALITY_TYPE.

Which has been the topic of conversation at our last 3 lunch meetings.
"You can spare me the details, I'm a yellow" vs. "I'm a blue, you need
to give me all the data and let me draw my own conclusion about that."

[Provocative subject apparently!]

Alex
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