tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post115308440237246563..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: The view from this chairD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-42992933283035961392007-11-19T12:11:00.000-05:002007-11-19T12:11:00.000-05:00My team building advice - make sure everyone is ha...My team building advice - make sure everyone is having fun. teams work better that way whatever their MBTI or other psychometric state of mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153343234134313802006-07-19T17:07:00.000-04:002006-07-19T17:07:00.000-04:00betz - it was a mark of passage in the 80s if you ...betz - it was a mark of passage in the 80s if you worked in a big company. after that things scaled up and went for outdoor team building exercises got started. <BR/><BR/>my bit of team building advice: don't get too close to the front on the rope ladder climb - either you'll have to do it or someone will fall on you at some point.<BR/><BR/>perhap you can chase MBTi on the web.<BR/><BR/>hope you're feeling super.Super Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241130161232746471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153318216730851622006-07-19T10:10:00.000-04:002006-07-19T10:10:00.000-04:00i think i need to take the test i am feeling left ...i think i need to take the test i am feeling left out.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153221312861862362006-07-18T07:15:00.000-04:002006-07-18T07:15:00.000-04:00INTP --- though having kids and work have moved m...INTP --- though having kids and work have moved me more towards an "E"Super Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241130161232746471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153202779446572532006-07-18T02:06:00.000-04:002006-07-18T02:06:00.000-04:00I last took the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)...I last took the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) in 2001, in preparation for a leadership seminar. MBTI assesses four components of personality, using scales with opposing characteristics on each end.<BR/><BR/>One scale is introvert/extrovert. If you have a tendency to listen and think before you speak; if you don't mind being alone, you are likely an "I". If you are more likely to blurt things out; if you like to be around people, then you are probably an "E".<BR/><BR/>Another scale concerns how you perceive the world around you. If you gather information and describe it in terms of information that you would gather from your five senses, then you would be an "S". If you gather information and describe something more along the lines of what you think it means (intuition), then you would be an "N".<BR/><BR/>Are you a thinking person or a feeling person? If you analyze things and make logical choices, you are a "T". If you actually care how other people might be affected by a decision, thenyou are an "F" for feeling.<BR/><BR/>Finally, how's your work ethic? Do you have to finish all your work before you go out and play? Like to have a plan and stick to it? Then you are a "J" for judging. If you'd rather play and do no work until it's absolutely necessary; if you go with the flow, you are a "P", for perceiving.<BR/><BR/>As I said, I'm very strong on the "I", "T" and "J" elements. So, people who are "E's", "F's" and "P's" drive me nuts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153180760322261062006-07-17T19:59:00.000-04:002006-07-17T19:59:00.000-04:00P.F., randomness is at the root of our universe. ...P.F., randomness is at the root of our universe. Random is good, sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer, I took the MBTI (I think that's what it was, now that you mention it) in 1985, so my memory's a wee bit fuzzy. But I seem to recall that my responses tended to be at both extremes of the scale. I added the word "strongly" as an afterthought - maybe that wasn't quite right. I wish I could remember my four-letter code!<BR/><BR/>This realization is based on some stuff that came out of a late-night conversation. Maybe I'll go into it sometime.<BR/><BR/>SuperG, if this is cognitive dissonance, it's been going on for a long time. I prefer to think oof it as a result of my delightfully multi-faceted personality.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153144530303260902006-07-17T09:55:00.000-04:002006-07-17T09:55:00.000-04:00Perhaps you are just experiencing a bit of cogniti...Perhaps you are just experiencing a bit of <A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cognitive+dissonance" REL="nofollow">cognitive dissonance</A>. I personally think that it is sometimes a rational reaction to a world filled with people whose actions we don't find completely rational. The world isn't black and white - it is multi-dimensional and varying shades from white to black with lots of color in between. To know it requires being able to move around it and see beyond a single dimension or two. If you can accept that, then you can accept that a little internal conflict is a natural reflection of a state of mind that doesn't require viewing the world from a single place.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations. You're an evolved person. Or perhaps I'm just confused because my beliefs change over time with age and observation.Super Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241130161232746471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-1153104895032333902006-07-16T22:54:00.000-04:002006-07-16T22:54:00.000-04:00Interesting, but please explain how you can be equ...Interesting, but please explain how you can be equally and "strongly" introverted and extroverted.<BR/><BR/>On the MBTI, introvert and extrovert make up one of the four scales used to assess personality types. Introvert is on one end, extrovert is on the other, and every individual falls somewhere along that line. If you're in the middle (i.e. equally), then you're not "strongly" one or the other. But if, for example, like me, you fall strongly on the introvert side, then you are not "equally" an extrovert.<BR/><BR/>I will agree, however, that you can be "equally and strongly" analytical and intuitive. Those are two separate scales.<BR/><BR/>For the record, according to the MBTI, I am ISTJ. I am strong on all the characteristics, except for the "S". In that case, I really am almost equally an "N".<BR/><BR/>Also, why is it irrational to believe in the iherent irrationality of reality? That actually makes a lot of sense, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com