[IxDA Discuss] What's your Personality Type? (Related to: NowHiring Leonardo DaVinci?)

[Robert Barlow-Busch]

> So, apparently only the "N" is a statistically significant tendency.

It's quite an interesting tendency indeed! Adding to this trend, I'll  
note my profile:

INTx

Although I score almost to the edge of the scale in each of INT, the  
"x" indicates that I'm exactly in the middle of P and J. I'll argue  
this gives me a leg up as an interaction designer, having the  
flexibility to think from two perspectives with equal comfort;  
however, at times I suspect others would argue it's an infuriating  
quality to deal with someone who appears to keep changing their  
mind... /grin

The first time I went through this exercise with a team, about 12  
years ago, I found it pretty useful as a manager. In particular, it  
was a good reminder that some folks really need *frequent* positive  
feedback to feel motivated, while others don't.

Not that you'd ever want to ration positive feedback, of course, but  
it was interesting to appreciate how it has different effects on  
different people.

-- 
Robert Barlow-Busch
Practice Director, Interaction Design
Quarry Integrated Communications Inc.
rbarlowbusch at quarry.com
(519) 570-2020

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