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FourSight is an effective evaluation system that measures people's preferences in order to confront and solve problems. It is used in schools, businesses, large and small, organizations, groups to promote innovation, collaboration and effective problem solving in teams.

Who can use FourSight?

Managers, trainers, team builders, consultants, CEOs and administrators and those who are working with other people.

Why use FourSight?

• To build the more innovative teams and groups
• To predict and eliminate the obstacles of teamwork
• To reduce stress in relations
• To increase collaboration and communication

   

In the early 90's, Gerard J. Puccio, Ph.D., professor of the International Centre for the Study of Creativity (Center for International Studies in Creativity-ICSC) began to study the correlation between individual behavior and preferences of creative problem solving. Over the next decade, Gerard J. Puccio has worked with a team of researchers to rigorously test and validate his theories. The result of these studies is the Profilo FourSight, a new tool to measure the preferences that individuals have the essential components of the creative process. Currently, Gerard J. Puccio is a Dean of the Department of Creative Studies at Buffalo State College, State University of New York (Department of Creativity Studies at SUNY College, Buffalo) and Director of the International Centre for the Study of Creativity, an institution that offers a Master of Science in creativity and Change Leadership. His research continues to shed light on the interaction between people and critical processes they use to practice creative thinking.

Diversification for a long-term success
Several psychological research shows that the difference in team performance increases. As a general rule, when you build a team that must work through and deal with complex challenges, include people who have different skills and different preferences FourSight. A blend of clarifiers, Designers, Developers and Implementers will be able to better manage the broad spectrum of the innovation process. Diversity will ensure a more balanced point of view and more energy to the wide variety of activities that the team will face.

 

Homogeneity for short-term results

However, if you build a team for a specific task, clear and for a short time, it may be desirable to match the preferences FourSight of the team to the task in question. For example, the leader of a team that is responsible for generating new product ideas, may select from among the most qualified candidates, the Inventors. The leader of a team responsible for carrying out a specific activity may instead facilitate the choice to implement.

The four profiles according to the creative thinking Foursight

The ideators are:
playful
sociable
flexible
independent
imaginative
adventurous

Give to ideators:
Room to be playful
constant stimulation
Variety and change
The big picture

The ideators annoy others
By drawing attention to themselves
Becoming impatient when others do not understand their ideas
Offering ideas too crazy, crazy
Being too abstract
Do not connect to any idea

The clarifiers are:
Focused
sorted
serious
methodical
resolved
organized

Data of clarifiers
order
facts
An understanding of history
Access to information
Allowed to ask questions

The Clarifier bothers others:
Putting too many questions
showing obstacles
By identifying areas that have not been investigated enough
Inundating people with information
Being too realistic

Implementers are:
persistent
certain
action-oriented
decisive
assertive

Data for implementers
The way others move at the same speed control
A timely response to their ideas

Implementers annoy others
Being too pushy
Expressing his frustration when others do not readily move at the same speed
Selling your ideas too

The developers are:
reflexive
pragmatic
planners
cautious
structured

Data of developers
Time to consider options
Time to evaluate
Time to develop ideas

Annoy other developers:
Being too detailed
Finding flaws in the ideas of others
Staying stuck in a certain approach

And which profile are you?