“It’s no better than a horoscope”, a former employee once said to me when she declined to be “typed” (type – industry lingo for taking the Myers-Briggs test). I am generally a sceptic and admit to having been less than complimentary about various personality and psychological tests that I’ve been compelled to take in the past, especially as employment screening tools. …
Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps
Some of you might wonder how I could follow the Brain that Changes Itself with something as fluffy as this. Well, sometimes it pays to be open-minded. A book like this wouldn’t ordinarily catch my interest because I don’t like stereotypes and I particularly dislike “being” stereotyped but the title “…. and women can’t read maps” was a glaring challenge …