From: Conna Condon [mailto:
gandolf@cyberverse.com]
When it comes to identifying people who are creative, innovative,
intuitive ... all those lovely labels for those of us who don't want to
stop long enough to logic and justify things ... there is a great test
in a book called "Peak Learning"
Some of the top clues:
Creative, intuitive, innovative types are called groupers and typically:
Puzzle things out rather than following steps in original order
... they may look at the instructions at some point for guidance, but
not to do them a, b, c,
Are not detail oriented - they like the big picture and someone else
can rough through the details.
May go to a bookstore for a particular book, but will wander around
the
bookstore (or library) "nibbling" on all the other books. Same for
almost
any store. (my kids have signaling systems to stay in contact, a
typical bookstore trip is a minimum of 2 hours)
Don't clean their mess - they won't be able to find anything. It
may look disorganized to you, but they can put their hands on what they
need.
They like to keep finding new ways to do thing.
Stingers are more linear in their approach.
They learn best by building new knowledge on prior knowledge ... a -
b - c - etc.
They go to a bookstore, get book, pay, leave.
They are fine with working through the details. Accounting or
production operations are fine with them. Predictability, reliability.
They like to follow routines.
ok... Peak Learning has more of the list. And, those are the extremes
of the range from total grouper to total stringer. I find my teams need
both
types of people on them. I need my detail people, they clean up after
me.
:) They catch the things I drop. They point out my holes. Alas, they
have
no creative ideas. They cannot conceive how I could possibly work
better
with a messy desk. Outside their box. :)
Conna