The Curmudgeonly Trainer

The standards set for MBTI certification are set by the vending company, in EXACTLY the same way that the standards might be set by Langevin — they get to choose.
The requirements to administer the MBTI are not nearly high enough to qualify anyone to use a psychometric test of any kind, even the MBTI, [...]

Quick note. The idea that problem-solving, as a general skill set, is something we should train people in is severely challanged by a body of research that suggests that training in problem-solving does NOT transfer well to other tasks and contexts. In other words, there is the possibility that you might get gains from training [...]

The bottom line on the adult learning, which is not solely my opinion but that of others who have published and critiqued the “theory”. Formalized adult learning theory is not a description of reality but a notion of what adults “should” be within a very specific cultural bias. It’s the way us adults would like to be seen rather than the way we are. And because of it’s cultural bias, it applies completely to such a small segment of society as to be useless.

Harrison Snow wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> Just a reminder that we are talking about an
> “indicator” around “preferences”…..
> MBTI is not the voice of Destiny and the mother-
> daughter team Myers and Briggs along with Carl Jung
> never claimed that it should be used with that kind of authority. It
> is always up to the individual [...]

I’m not downgrading what you are suggesting, but I don’t want my surgeon to have “learned ONLY by doing”
Go figure. Here’s another exchange between myself and John Howe about the relationships between training and learning.
John Howe wrote:
> “Learning” is (solely) an activity of learners. It does not require
> “training” for it to occur. [...]

Gary Lear posts an excellent message on the issue of literacy and literacy training which we unfortunately can’t reproduce in its entirety, but here’s my commentary.:
> I also want to thank you and Gail for doing such a superb job of
> demonstrating for me what I was trying to explain to Bill earlier about
> why [...]

I remember my parents, over thirty years ago yelling at me for studying with music blaring. Now, at 50+ I can’t hardly do any two things at the same time. No doubt I’d yell at my kids for the same thing, if I forgot what it was like to have a working brain.
Maybe their minds/brains [...]

Trainers, and others often speak of there being significant generational differences that affect how people learn and interact. That’s the pop psych view but it may not be true at all.
Just for thought provocation, there are actually two different “schools” regarding generational differences. The most common one (e.g. popular one) is that different generations are [...]

This one of the examples where a trainer seems to hold beliefs and writes something that has to make your head shake. The key element here is highlighted in red. If you can figure it out and explain it, let me know in commentary.
A Trainer wrote:
> My point is that it was an effective ploy [...]

Here’s a take on the use of rewards in the workplace.
First, with rewards like this, staff will habituate, so you may get an initial increase in performance, which will fall off rapidly. Or, a bigger problem may arise.
Second, while I can hardly stand Alfie Kohn’s work, the one thing that stands out and I believe [...]