Type and Communication

INTP

TiNeSFeintpOBJECTIVE ANALYST
1 Favorite ProcessIntroverted
SENSING
2 Second FavoriteExtraverted
Thinking
3 Third favoriteFeeling
4 Least favorite Extraverted
Intuition
INTROVERSION INTUITION THINKING PERCEIVING

“Get the picture?”

At First Glance

  • Initially may be somewhat detached, indifferent, and impersonal
  • Enjoy thinking outside the box and coming up with new and untried solutions
  • Seek to understand how things work; ask questions and offer options
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and complexity; create theories, models, and frameworks
  • Curious, skeptical, independent-minded, exploratory, and insightful

What They Want to Hear

  • New information and ideas; time to reflect and analyze implications
  • Global goals and ideas rather than specific plans or procedures
  • Conversations with competent and knowledgeable people using precise, exact language
  • Critiquing, questioning, and debating perspectives rather than taking them at face value
  • Less redundancy or stating of the obvious; enjoy precision of thought

When Expressing Themselves

  • Easygoing, tolerant, and casual with people they know well
  • Sketch a framework, make a flowchart, or otherwise capture logic and possibilities
  • Highlight cause-and-effect relationships, spot inconsistencies, and analyze flaws
  • Rather than taking time to delegate and explain things, may do tasks themselves
  • May either give a too-abbreviated overview or overwhelm people with a complex analysis

Giving/Receiving
Feedback

  • Self-critical; tend to give more corrective than positive feedback
  • Would rather let others set their own course of action than tell them what to do
  • Not easily swayed or convinced by emotional responses
  • Independent; want to set their own goals and map out their own plan
  • Typically don’t provide specific or precise direction to others

Interpersonal Focus

  • May avoid interpersonal conflict rather than work it out
  • When they must work through conflicts, they are detached, calm, and impersonal
  • Approach personal problems, like all other problems, in a logical, analytical way
  • Perplexed if personal variables, politics, or traditions are highly considered decision-making criteria
  • Accept a variety of perspectives unless their core guiding principles are violated

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