Dear team, *The Background* I've been thinking alot about *cognitive* Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) after recently trying to run a meeting ( [1] more detail below) and I'm curious about the current tools used to measure/describe these differences.
*Typing tools* >From what I understand, there are two major personality/style/cognitive diversity tools, backed by research: - Myers-Briggs - a conventional standard! Based on Jung's work on personality types. Useful, I think, but not well-rounded in that it doesn't consider motivation, or healthy/unhealthy versions. - Enneagram - which I really happen to like as I feel it's thorough and useful, integrates relational aspects of each type, healthy/unhealthy versions, and I know several Silicon Valley companies using it, some in conjunction with The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership <https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable-ebook/dp/B00R3MHWUE> I know of some less used / popular tools: - DISC - assessment grounded in research focusing behavior preferences, how they change over time, and interact with group dynamics - very useful to my way of thinking. - TILT 360 (used at Red Hat but not backed by research that I know of). *The Request* I am curious to poll this group in order to know your thoughts: 1. *What cognitive/personality/behavior typing tools do you or your workplaces use? * 2. *How does using them help or hinder Diversity and Inclusion in your workplace? * Best wishes, -- Heidi [1] As a program manager, I'm always trying to organize work, especially strategic, undefined work. I was in a meeting with support engineers where it became really obvious that I was an intuitive person -- who has a hard time trying to articulate my ideas on the fly [hello introvert!] - but who is very comfortable working with ambiguity and I was trying to organize a team where the majority of people who need details and definition, a clear path, before getting started. It's a relatively new team, so I learned a lot about how to work with them in that one hour time block... but it did spur curiosity on D&I and how different people can be from a cognitive standpoint. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heidi Hess von Ludewig Senior Interlock Program Manager Strategic Services, Customer Experience & Engagement *"Managed outcomes. Maximized success."*Local time - US EST (Raleigh, NC) IRC: heidiHVL email: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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