ThoughtSpurs

I just took an online test - similar to the infamous Myers-Briggs test so much loved by HR departments. The result is as follows: ESTP - "Promoter". Action! When present, things begin to happen. Fiercely competitive. Entrepreneur. Often uses shock effect to get attention. Negotiator par excellence. 4.3% of total population. Take the Jung Personality Test yourself These tests fascinate me. I have a client who is a change management consultant . He offers a similar proprietary tool - which he has used on me - I find it interesting how such insights can be so uncannily accurate. Or are they? Is the effect something like a horoscope? If it suits and is favourable then it is acceptable if not, it is refuted. The only time in my working life I have been through a formal pre-employment process was at Lion Nathan. They are much admired for their HR policies. But it was charade. I flunked the rigorous mathematical tests. So I promised not to prepare their annual reports. As...