As clients and long-time friends of OKA know, OKA was founded on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). We were the most popular certification provider for the MBTI for almost 40 years. However, the MBTI – the tool, its psychometrics, its underpinning assertions, and the way it is marketed – does
Using the Pearman with Teams
The Pearman Personality Integrator—a new Type tool published by MHS—presents personality Type in new levels of specificity, opening up any number of new and useful avenues of Type development for those who take it. The benefits of the Pearman to individual development and to coaching are clear from
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Type's Building Blocks At the heart of Jung’s theory of Psychological Type are the four mental functions and the assertion that we are constantly toggling back and forth between these four essential mental processes: Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking, and Feeling. Jung’s full theory implies more
Fathers, Saviors and Type Diversity
There are a few books on American history that beg to be re-read every so often. On my list are Doris Kearns Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals, David McCullough’s 1776 and Joseph Ellis’ His Excellency: George Washington. My recent re-immersion into these books was done through a set of Type (MBTI and the
Look to the Trainer, not the Tool
I was recently asked by a client for an MBTI® success story--the tale of a client system offered up on some website or brochure that would help support a company's decision to use Type. This client wanted evidence that the MBTI assessment was a powerful tool that would bring about results and bring