The Curmudgeonly Trainer

Ok, I guess it’s time to really wrap this up, this MBTI question. I realize that there are those that believe and those that don’t. I have to offer the observation that this is like discussing religion or politics. No amount of facts, research is going to change the minds of those that hold the [...]

Below is part of a discussion on MBTI, learning instruments, assessments and so on.
Someone wrote:
> I’m not sure what was “proved” or “disproved” here other than a personal
> disapproval of learning instruments. It seems that a debate over the
> meaning of the terms “validity” and “reliability” was suddenly turned into
> a conclusion that instruments [...]

Don Clark wrote the following as part of a discussion about learning styles and training, and makes an excellent point about the many learning styles one could look at. My reply follows:
> That’s the whole point, the research does not support the VAK
> learning styles, or the other styles for that matter — it points [...]

Periodically there have been conversations about the copyright of training and coaching materials. Occasionally the conversations have gotten heated, particularly when someone professes an extreme view of the value of copyrights in principle. Here’s a post where I respond to a particular person (who seems to have failed badly in training and business).
Except for the [...]