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Type in Today's World: Unintended Consequences of Type in the Cloud - Linda Berens
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Category: APTi Webinars

Things have changed a lot since the 4-letter type code emerged in the 1950s, blossomed in the 1980s and is still going strong. In this session, we will review some of the emerging issues and the importance of a broader understanding and application of ethics.

At its simplest, ethics is a system of moral principles.

Ethics is concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also described as moral philosophy."

When I taught the MBTI® Qualifying Programs years ago, ethics emphasized tests and measures, confidentiality and a few other aspects. I emphasized that if we don't follow the ethical guidelines, it will minimize the results we get from using type. But the times have changed. We have...

  • Power shifts from the hands of the trained practitioner to the internet
  • Unintended consequences of focusing on the 4-letter type code or even the 8 Jungian functions as separate part
  • A potentially harmful use of type for "social engineering" when collaboration and inclusion are needed

In this session we will explore...

  1. What are ethical practices needed for today's digital environment?
  2. Why are these important?
  3. What actions can we take to get the best results for the greater good?
  4. Roadblocks and pathways to a developmental approach to type
  5. Ways to better meet the needs of understanding diversity to foster inclusion
Please note: Registration closes on 11/9/2020
Biography

Linda V. Berens, Ph.D. serves as co-founder, lead architect of certification, model development and transformational change programs for InterStrength™. She is a human and organizational development practitioner who has been teaching professionals since 1982 as well as helping individuals and teams recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work more efficiently together. After founding Temperament Research Institute in 1983, a corporate consulting and training organization dedicated to individual differences, she turned her attention to developing a more complete and integrated look at individual differences through the Integral framework. Linda is recognized internationally for her theoretical contributions to the field of psychological type and for developing user-friendly training materials for practical application of understanding individual differences. She is the author or co-author of multiple books and training materials. In addition to holding a license as a California Marriage and Family Therapist and a doctorate in psychology, she also holds certification as a Holacracy Facilitator and in Integral Transformative Leadership from Pacific Integral and the LIOS Graduate College at Saybrook University.

Linda is the developer of a multiple lens approach to understanding individual differences. She also is the developer of the Interaction Styles lens to understanding how people tend to interact and influence. In 1994, she innovated experiencing the 8 Jungian functions to fully understand the type code during an MBTI® Qualifying program and has been on the leading edge of type since 1985. She is the author or co-author of the best-selling Understanding Yourself and Others series of workbooks.