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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 not have the corner on the market that it once did. It is one of hundreds of choices. By contrast, the DRiV is OKA’s newest tool and has its own uniquities.
In case you’re unfamiliar, here’s the quick pitch for the DRiV: The DRiV is a new, industry-leading tool that assesses motives, drivers, and drainers. The tool is composed of 28 individual drivers–motivations that are ranked in order by how much they either energize or drain us. Motives refer to the conscious (or unconscious) needs that drive what we do. Behaviors are what we do, what we say and how we act, and the DRiV shines a light on the forces beneath–the drivers–of those behaviors. What is important to you? What makes you tick?
Both are popular tools with their own value and niche. The table below is a dissection of each, and how they function in today’s field.
MBTI |
DRiV |
| Rooted in a controversial theory of Carl Jung
Jung was and has always been provocative. Many people (including some of us at OKA,) care a great deal about his work and believe it provides myriad insights, it can be nice to avoid the potential for argument and push-back. |
Rooted in research and a literature review of the most popular and accepted/embraced contemporary leadership behavior models
Coming from contemporary literature and popular tools and models of the last quarter century, there is nothing to push against with this model or tool. |
| Model first published in 1921—tool first published in the 1950s
Many increasingly feel this is just too old and stale. We believe if something works, it works. However, there are some who want their learning and development to be shinier and now; Type can’t cover that mark. |
Model and tool first published in 2018 The DRiV offers the benefit of being new—while also being rooted in well-known and established tools and models. |
| Binary model and report form designed to sort respondents into one of two value-neutral categories on four independent scales
The either-or nature of the MBTI is the biggest challenge these days when folks are rejecting a binary approach to most topics. In addition, MBTI scores—the numbers themselves—are virtually meaningless. They do not and have never referred to amounts of preference or skill—they are merely clarity indicators. |
Model constructed of 28 motives/values—and a report form that reflects the degree or intensity of the drive to (or away from) that value/motive
The DRiV scores are percentiles—the percent of population that are driven LESS than you are by each of these 28 value/motives. These are easy numbers to understand.
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| Model asserts a static (unchanging) result
People are comforted by a model that reflects changes and the general ability of folks to show up differently at different times. Type—as a model—does not support this kind of changeability. |
While DRiV results show high reliability (little change from taking to taking) the model allows for shifting in motives and values with life experience, growth and development
The DRiV model allows for the changeability of our motives, values and habits. |
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The MBTI is about sorting preferences and labeling/profiling people |
The DRiV is about measuring the degree to which each person is driven or drained by these 28 drivers |
As valuable as the MBTI has been to OKA, it doesn’t accomplish what we need currently: industry-leading, cutting edge, scientifically backed insight. The MBTI is the giant whose shoulders modern tools stand on. Unfortunately, a tool is not valuable to us if does not suggest tangible actions that aid personal development; and the MBTI can’t do that as well as DRiV does. If you’re interested in learning more about the DRiV, please visit our page here. We also regularly have free webinars using the DRiV! To stay up to date with all things OKA, please sign up for our newsletter, “The Greater Self.” You can use the sidebar to the right, or sign up at this page here!
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