Comments on: Profiling Shocks

By: Vinayak Laxman Nagarkar

Vinayak Laxman Nagarkar — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:26:33 +0000

Eye- opener and insightful learning into the myth of personality profiling.

By: Sudhir Kulkarni

Sudhir Kulkarni — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:48:23 +0000

Candid and unapologetic commentary on the established Psychometric Tools. Very honest perspective and pretty convincingly presented.
My own feeling is that these Instruments provide some perspective for us to introspect. The flaw may lie in our assumption that they describe or unravel our personality completely and comprehensively. The truth is none of the Instruments can ever hope to do so as we human beings are far too complicated to be analysed, much less fully, by a couple of questions. In fact, most good Instruments have such a rider and even if they don’t, I guess we as rational persons should know what to extract and what not to blindly accept.
To my small brain, discretion is for us to apply and sift out what we should like to use and rely on and what to filter out, like the best advise we have received from our superb well-wishers, which we evaluate before following.
If I have struck a discordant note and joined my respected professional leaders, I seek to be excused.

By: Amit S Kawoor

Amit S Kawoor — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 05:40:35 +0000

Profiling not “PERSON”ablity has always been my Belief SIR right or wrong dont know as cant claim any expertise. Definitely found it futile to critique when corporates use such tools to determine significant decisions like career planning by Leadership profiling. Take a template mandated Global/HO HR and apply Tom, Dick, Hari and Sue. Your article touched my raw nerve sorry if it ruffle’s from feather in the HR parrot’s domains. But you given my BELIEF a inch more more faith…..

By: vikas shirodkar

vikas shirodkar — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 03:05:00 +0000

Vivek
once again you have hit the nail on the head
As a psychology student I have always looked at Profiles with a healthy disrespect. To illustrate, if you take the horoscope signs, they categorise 7 Bn+ people into 12 types: are people so similar? Situations are different, responses are different so how can 7 billion divided by 12….xxx people have the same future?
Same applies to all the Psycho tests and profiles

Let me share an interesting personal example. When we were in IIMC every 3 months we used to travel Howrah Mail Cal to Bom for 36 hours. How to spend the time? one friend came out with a briliant idea. After train leaves kalyan, he would ask one of his IIMC friends to show their hand and he will tell their future. Palm Reading. The friend had to play along and in between say wow so true…this is so correct….etc. Soon the others in the cubicle would be interested and start showing their hands, My friends reputation would spread in the bogie and people from other cubicles joined. As it was a corridor train soon other compartment people would make a beeline to hear their future.
When we asked our friend where he learnt palm reading, he said it is all gas. I say whatever the other person wants to hear. “You are sincere but do not get the reward you deserve”. Who will say no to this? or “You do a lot for your family and dear ones but they do not respond in same way”. Again a universal truth.
Due to this palmistry , we got free food and tea cups galore from everyone around. And my friend confessed this was good time pass for him, with the added advantage of holding a girl or lady’s hand for a while and looking deep in her eyes!!
such is prediction.

By: Vineet Kaul

Vineet Kaul — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:28:26 +0000

Great thoughts Vivek Yes profiling is quite simple since one does not have to stick his neck out( no accountability ) Just put the mumbo/jumbo out - name a test/guru and many fall for the yarn I agree - the profiling/stereotyping is not the ultimate and our biases add to it Let me share a quick example - when the current RBI governor was appointed …many remarked how a History MA was appointed n even predicted his failure Well, he has delivered better than many acclaimed global gurus n economists is what we have seen Once again thanks for your eye opener

By: Marcel

Marcel — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:22:03 +0000

Always a fresh perspective Vivek thank you
In coaching just asking the right questions gives one an incredible insight to the profile

By: Srinivasan Rao

Srinivasan Rao — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:27:24 +0000

Very true. I guess same is true for DISC assessment.
I liked the comment on picking the profile from astrology book.
I randomly pick the weekly astrology of any zodiac sign and ask people to read. At the end most come back with a response the prediction is correct.
You can try it yourself. Read all the predictions of 12 Zodiac signs and you will feel at least 10 out of 12 applies to you.

By: Nandeeta Vengsarkar Wagh

Nandeeta Vengsarkar Wagh — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:25:03 +0000

Refreshing look at profiling.

By: Sonali Sarma

Sonali Sarma — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:48:46 +0000

I just loved this!

By: Satish

Satish — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:26:06 +0000

Good Earthy wisdom !