Australian Edition—April 2008
Remember them? They are the final questions on the HBDI® survey form – questions 101 to 120.
They include questions such as ‘I feel that a step by step method is best for solving problems’ and ‘I like people who are most sure of their conclusions’.
The scores from the 20 questions are included and do contribute significantly to the overall profile score. But they are not reported separately in the HBDI® Profile.
However, in the new HBDI® Pair Profile, they do appear in their own right. When the HBDI® Pair Profile is produced, it plots the choice that each person makes for each question. This can make for some fascinating discussions and insights. Imagine, for example, two people who work together and have similar profiles discovering that one strongly agrees that a step by step method is best for solving problems where as the other person strongly disagrees. Such an insight can do wonders for the way they might work together.
The 20 questions also appear in the new HBDI® Team Profile reports, where every team members selection is shown for each question. Again, this can give a team some considerable insights.
See our website to find out more about the HBDI® Pair Profile or the HBDI® Team Profile.
Any team would like a record as good as that. It was achieved by the Bringham Young University Cougars, an American college football team.
A recent newspaper article explains:
"Coach Mendenhall runs the team as an organization, not merely a football team. By applying lessons he's learned from world-class thinkers such as Paul Gustavson (an HBDI® practitioner), he has provided the team with a series of competitive advantages that traditional football coaches do not see.
The BYU football team is truly a learning organization that thinks outside of the box and prepares its next generation of leaders for more responsible positions. The team's football facility is absolutely magnificent. It is designed in a whole-brained manner that leverages both the splendour of BYU's mission and tradition while tracking performance metrics at every level."
Obviously it was not all brains, a bit of brawn helped them on the field as well.
Click here for the full article.
The answer is the tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai.
The HBDI® is also reaching new heights, with an HBDI® Certification workshop scheduled to run in Dubai in May.
It will be a multi-cultural affair with people coming from Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Malaysia and the USA.
The last HBDI® Certification Workshop in Dubai was in 1999 when the Burj Dubai wasn’t even thought of. If you happen to be in Dubai during May and would like to attend please register for the HBDI® Certification Workshop.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another
To see this amazing 20 minute talk, go to http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
Last month we launched our new program, Whole Brain Risk Management. The response has been so good that the first one day Facilitator Training workshop is running in Brisbane on April 18th.
For $1000.00 a head, come and learn how to facilitate the all new HBDI-RMDS Risk management Program. For product details and to make an enquiry please head to our website.
If you are in Melbourne please come and see us at the AHRI Conference and Exhibition, 20-22 May – Booth 28.
http://www.herrmann.com.au/wshops/index.php
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