Comments on Jeff's Blog: The Right Profile

I am INTJ/INTP, by the way. I'd love to get some t...

2008-11-10T08:46:00.000-06:00

I am INTJ/INTP, by the way. I'd love to get some types from the anti-agile crowd. If you know someone who thinks agile sucks, think about asking them.

Hi George, I agree, but I suppose my question is, ...

2008-11-10T08:44:00.000-06:00

Hi George, I agree, but I suppose my question is, are there (a hopefully small number of) M-B types that generally (a) will not go out of their way to choose their behavior and (b) are disinclined toward agile anyway?

INTP and yes.But, as Jerry Weinberg says, "Type is...

2008-11-09T22:38:00.000-06:00

INTP and yes.

But, as Jerry Weinberg says, "Type is not destiny." MBTI only attempts to measure our preferences. We choose our behavior.

I seem to remember a lot of ?NT? in the list. But ...

2008-11-07T08:04:00.000-06:00

I seem to remember a lot of ?NT? in the list. But my memory is hardly reliable.

OTOH, a friend of mine suggested that while individuals are sometimes hard to anticipate, by and large people can be explained with only two rules:

1) People are stupid.
2) They always take the easy way out.

Matt would argue that these two things, taken as a synergistic whole, describes almost all human behavior and especially of groups.

I'm not so willing to drink that Kool-aid but I find that a lot of dysfunction is from trying to avoid thinking and avoid expending effort.

Maybe it is our evolutionary niche, and why people willing to think and work are so extraordinary.

I recall a discussion on the XP forum many years a...

2008-11-06T08:37:00.000-06:00

I recall a discussion on the XP forum many years ago in which many people posted their Meyers-Briggs type indicator. Anyone recall if there was anything of value that came out of that discussion?