We gather input with a preference either for using the five senses or the sixth sense, the gut (“S/N”).We have a power source with a preference for either external or internal energy/focus (“E/I”).Below is a brief description of those four and how they sequentially connect: View yourself as a computer with four interconnected functions, each with two opposite preferences to pick from. Here’s how I explain the PIPO model to non-experts. I’ve been able to have newbies productive in both understanding type and spotting preferences in others within 30 minutes.
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It has for decades allowed me to quickly teach beginners the basics of type and how to fast-type others. As I learned more about type, I instinctively applied these, with the addition of "power" (energy source), resulting in the “PIPO” model shown/described in detail in this article. To address this, I designed one based on a simple computer metaphor.Īs a computer guy, I often see things in terms of familiar computer functions: input-process-output (IPO). Type lacks an easy-to-understand, easy-to-teach overview diagram to indicate how it hangs together - for example, like the circular, four-slice DISC diagram you can likely envision. Tip 6: Does Type Have A Good Overview Diagram? The “mini-stack” below shows only the dominant preference, which simply says one of your type preferences is the strongest of the four. Bottom line, this is far more than needed to use type effectively. If that seems TMI/overkill, you’re right. Type experts love to talk about the overly complex functional stack, a list of 1) dominant, 2) auxiliary, 3) tertiary and 4) inferior preferences for each of the sixteen types. Tip 5: Does The 'Functional Stack' Matter? The site 16 Personalities provides both type and assertiveness scales. Most know what an assertive (confident/aggressive) person looks and sounds like.
So, if that’s important to know, you’ll have to identify that in yourself or others, which is usually easy. Assertiveness is a “learned skill,” not a “core trait” we’re born with and prefer most of our lives. This on-the-edge measure is common in other models - think “wings” in the Enneagram or two-letter DISC styles (e.g., “Di” in DISC indicates a dominance style that leans to/shows influence). Pay attention to percentages your online testing tool provides, as the lower that number, say 51% to 60% (“light”), the more likely you have that preference but lean toward the opposite. Plus, your “nature” (traits you’re born with) can be impacted by your “nurture” (how you were raised or your environment), creating other behavioral variations. Look up “ambivert.”įor example, a lightly introverted person, using the hand analogy, is like being “ambidextrous ” they can use either hand (preference) as needed, but they still prefer one.
So, how can they all be introverts? While the introversion/extraversion pair is binary in notation, both preferences have “light-to-regular” strengths. And we’ve also seen people who are simply reserved but show “quiet strength” - think Bezos, Gates, Musk. For example, we’ve all seen others who are very introverted, looking low energy, on the sidelines and slower to respond. Yes, but only in assigning notation, as there is a middle ground. Note: Your own detailed, 10 to100-page type profile may be insightful to you but TMI (too much information) for most you meet/know. Each preference has a “basket” of 10-plus characteristics for each, but choose a few you can reliably recognize in others. As an INTJ, if you observed me as “IxTx” (Introverted/Thinker), you could have a very productive encounter with me.Ī good goal is memorizing the top two to three characteristics in each of the eight preferences, EISNTFJP, to quickly connect preferences to observable behavior. Why? Because E/I and T/F are the easiest to identify as they’re more observable in behavior than N/S or J/P. Start by trying to spot the first-and-third letters in the type notation above when you initially meet someone. So if it’s important to get a “read” on someone, try this. I suggest you forget the goal of quickly identifying all four preference letters of others you just meet, thinking it’s a requirement to “understand them.” Even experts can’t do this reliably.