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> Many people at my employer are primarily green or blue. They are not. They are like everyone, impatient and loving, violent and helpful, worried and self-ass
by xwolfi 5y ago
> Many people at my employer are primarily green or blue.
They are not. They are like everyone, impatient and loving, violent and helpful, worried and self-assured. The article is very clear that what seems to matter is CONTEXT and we all can understand it.
I'll explain patiently to my kid something I'd literally tear a new one for a senior colleague.
So no your colleagues don't have personality colors, but the organization molds from them certain behaviors that are either helpful to navigate it or to tolerate it. I worked in both startups and giga bank, I can tell you I'm not the same person in both styles of companies...
- teekert 5y agoI get where you’re coming from, sure you can’t project a human character onto 2 axes. But still this is all “to a degree”. I’ll never see my sweet silent coworker literally tear someone a new one in any context. Moreover, aren’t you just admitting that the colors are useful when remaining in a certain context? Sure, don’t take them home or to the gym but otherwise…
- xwolfi 5y agoWell I think the problem with colors is they mean nothing well defined. It could somehow oppose extrovert and introvert for instance while Im extrovert with my close teammates but introvert with the traders yelling every second on the floor so what am I, am I even "something" personality wise, should I choose ? I'm just worried we build little boxes and then assume we cant learn to speak publicly, explain things clearly, take the point of view of a client, resist clearly negative proposals under the pretense we're color blue instead of color purple :s