When I was at McKinsey, they taught MBTI as way of better understanding different client executives we might be working with and what kinds of arguments they do and don’t respond to (for example, the argument “others are already doing this” gets a positive response from some MBTI types and a negative response from other ones). The science behind it may not be rock solid, but the very big thing it does do is help people better understand the perspectives of others and where they’re coming from, and that’s half the battle in collaboration. The advantage of MBTI is that it’s very intuitive and with a pretty modest amount of training you can learn to identify others’ probable types after only a small amount of interaction (i.e. you don’t have to get them to take a test, which is usually not an option). On a lighter note, one of my favorite MBTI personality charts from the Star Wars universe (or maybe I just like that I’m Yoda, lol ;-) https://www.personalityclub.com/blog/star-wars-personality-chart/ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sam Knuth Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 2:53 PM To: Heidi Hess von Ludewig <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Openorg-list] REQUEST: Thoughts on cognitive/personality typing tools and effect on D&I 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] <mailto:[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.
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