The connections to resilience and emotional intelligence were immediate and strong. The EQ-i presents itself as an ideal—almost obvious—entry point to understanding, assessing and building resilience. Type, however, and the MBTI assessment are not as clear a set of resilience access tools as the
EQ Under Fire
EQ Under Fire Last year Adam Grant caused a flap in the Type (MBTI assessment) community when he criticized the validity of the Indicator and questioned the decision to ever use it. This year Grant is at it again, this time taking aim at the
My Sharpest Type Tools
In my 20 years of using and teaching Type, three tools or approaches have emerged as most useful: Type Dynamics and Balance Type Development Portraits of Jung Type Behavior Type Dynamics and Balance To understand and make useful the dynamic building blocks of Type (Dominant,
Get Ready Introverts, I’m Going to Blast You (Us)!
I recently read an article written by an Introvert (another person inspired by Susan Cain’s Quiet), that suggests that more marketers of the future will likely be (or should be) Introverts because effective marketing requires good and active listening. While I entirely agree with the thought that
Her – A Uniquely INFJ Love Story
I found myself puzzling over the content, presentation and underlying suggestions of Spike Jonze’s Oscar-nominated movie “Her.” It is clever, subtly deep, in equal measures sweet and off-putting and emotionally complicated. The movie, set in the not-too-distant future, centers around Theodore