Current affairs

Does personality impact survivor syndrome?

Jeff Hayes gives his perspective on The Myers-Briggs Company

Our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment

In light of Europe’s new regulations on data protection, we’ve outlined our commitments to GDPR.

The BBC, Norway and a tech start-up who is bucking the trend.

Exploring the MBTI Thinking-Feeling Step II facets in the context of Brexit

Myers, Briggs and International Women’s Day

A robot workforce with personality? Where does the MBTI framework fit in?

I’m embarrassed by a tweet I sent yesterday. I quoted a BBC article that I’m now doubtful about. It wasn’t the tweet about Clarkson; I’m still fully behind the BBC’s decisive action in the face of an odious form of workplace bullying. No, the tweet was about research into regional differences of personality in Great Britain.

In the news this week, it seems that Humberside Police have come up with a novel way of recruiting their new Deputy Chief Constable. Prospective applicants were asked to include a ‘selfie’ with every request for an application pack. According to Chief Constable Justine Curran, this was because it was “vital that candidates embraced new technology” (hence presumably the idea that candidates should demonstrate their cutting edge technological expertise by taking and emailing a photograph). In Curran’s words, “it is vital that potential candidates understand the importance of embracing new technology within Humberside Police at the point of applying for the role”.