[slimsag]

While there is criticism of MBTI, it can actually be quite useful in sparking interesting conversations about work styles and preferences. It also helps people reflect on their own tendencies/behaviors in general.

I won't pretend its perfect, but it can be a fun team-building exercise and provide common language for discussing differences.

We are working on a stealth startup which will use AI to analyze e.g. Slack messages and build out results of personality tests using methods like MBTI, so that e.g. when reaching out to someone in your workplace, you can get view a personalized overview of how to interact with that person, their behavior, how they might prefer you communicate with them, etc. Email in my bio for anyone interested, we're looking for early adopters.

[musiciangames]

I wish you success, however...

In my current team we all sit down about every six months and agree how we should communicate, giving our own preferences.

After a few weeks, it's back to normal, i.e. 90% of the team making real-time interrupts in Teams, irrespective of stated preference, urgency, whether info is supplied as agreed, etc.

I don't see it being much different because an AI tells them so.

[lee-rhapsody]

That's a really interesting idea, but how do you make a business case for something like that? It'd be far too easy to just resort to whatever the organization's cultural norm is, especially for high-priority comms.

I couldn't see myself paying for something like that, anyway, but would be interested to hear your business case.