I am at my second sitting on the NCSL ViewPoints learning activity, designed to help me discover my own personal style. No surprise that I came out as a divergent thinker, but I was pleased that my prediction was accurate. However, there is a danger that, with a dominant style, I appreciate differences in others and do not discount alternative practice and procedure of my colleagues with different style patterns.
According to Dr Kathy Butler, divergent thrive on healthy conflict, think outside of the box and find sustained reflection (ie this blog) difficult….
With my interest tweak, I thought I would look a little deeper at Dr Kathy Butlers work from the resources, but the link 404, so I directed back to her limited commericial offering.
Now I am supposed to observe myself for a few weeks, consider alternative delivery modes to support colleague with difference viewpoints to be able to contribute. Even better, to solicit the thoughts of linear viewpoints and to incorporate these into my delivery. I try to remember all that.