Astrology and Tarot cards - administered by a professional, can also be truly eye-opening, and reveal really interesting things about myself and others - but it's still a parlor game best left in the salons of debutantes and pedants on the Upper East Side. It's far beyond the simple, less than dangerous pseudo science of social psychology - where theories, concepts, tests do not effect real people and do not cost real money. When investors entrust me with delivering shareholder value - I am not going to make strategic staffing decisions based on snake oil and voodoo. MBTI will not tell me whether a person is a fantastic IA capable of parsing vast amounts of data into a meaningful taxonomy. It will not help me find that magic element that makes a person a great interaction designer.
I have taken these tests - i know companies that spent *ALOT* of money on professionally trained consultants - my first job out of college at an investment bank - senior management spent close to $400,000 to have the entire company tested. There was no net impact by any measurable metric by which to ascertain whether that money led to any measurable impact, ROI, or increased shareholder value. On Jan 28, 2008 8:29 AM, Chauncey Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When administered under appropriate circumstances and verified and > > interpreted by a qualified professional %u2013 which is the way it > > was always meant to be %u2013 MBTI can be a truly eye-opening > > experience, a real revelation in terms of understanding yourself and > > others. The fact that it has for decades been %u2013 and still > > remains - the gold standard in personality self-assessment testifies > > to that. > > Are there well-designed validation studies showing that the > understanding of yourself and others based on MBTI results produces > positive gains (reducing conflict or improving communication for > example) over time? > > If there is an effect from the MBTI, who long does it last? > > Chauncey > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" ------------------------------------------------------- will evans user experience architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
