new script for understanding myers-briggs compatibilities (???)

[patcon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers_briggs

OK, this will be a pet project. I wanted to do this at my last job, but never got around to it. Myers-Briggs is a personality tool that allows you to fill out a questionnaire and determine the 4-letter "type" for your personality traits, with each letter-place corresponding to a scale with two ends -- ENLP, INLP, etc etc. I know people who swear by it, and go to great lengths to build maximally compatible teams by pairing personalities appropriately.

The thought is that, for those who care to evaluate themselves and provide their type, it might help us to understand how we might be clashing with others in approach and point-of-view, which could be particularly helpful since so much of our communication is via text, and it might be hard to understand compatibility compared to in-person interactions.

Here's how I imagine it might work:

• One command links to a questionnaire, so we're all using the same baseline.
• Another command allows each person to set their Myers-Briggs type.
• Another command allows you to check anyone else type.
• Another command allows you to see how compatible you might be with someone else's type: http://www.massmatch.com/MBTI-2.php

Yes, it's never going to be the full picture, but it might help us understand where to start in order to best work with one another :)

[patcon]

Oh man, the more I look into this, the more I think it might be wacky-town :/ http://www.socionics.com/rel/relcht.htm

I suppose maybe I based my excitement for Myers-Briggs to much on the excitement of a few friends whose opinions I respect...

[zbynekwinkler]

I have fairly positive personal experience with belbin team roles.

[patcon]

Nice. I'll put it on my to-do list to investigate before going further on this. Thanks!