This is a great topic, Heidi. There is also the "big five", which goes by a couple of other names - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
Some recent writing on the topic has made me a bit skeptical of these tests in general (have you heard of the book "the personality brokers"?), and I think there has been some research into the negative impact these kinds of tests, if institutionalized and/or overly depended on, can cause unintended effects. On TILT 365, that one I have deeper knowledge of than others because it is used extensively at Red Hat. I've worked with the founder of Tilt, and I do believe it is based on research (whereas MBTI I believe was not, but I'm sure there has been a lot since it was created). There is info on the research behind tilt here: https://www.tilt365.com/Resources/Knowledge-Base/tilt-specific-character-science-research This article I found interesting - https://newrepublic.com/article/151098/personality-brokers-book-review-invention-myers-briggs-type-indicator Sam On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 10:11 AM Heidi Hess von Ludewig <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > -- SAM KNUTH SENIOR DIRECTOR, CUSTOMER CONTENT SERVICES Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/> What's App:: +1 (612) 840-1785 <612-840-1785> <https://red.ht/sig>
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