Get people to talk about their strengths
and weaknesses.
Identify specific kinds of thinking skills
in specific individuals.
Select members of elite problem-solving
teams.
Pave the way for introducing new ideas
and needs to a group.
Demonstrate the value to a team of multiple
kinds of thinking.
Help individuals and groups aspire to
develop themselves.
Develop action plans for changing an organization
or team.
Identify and help frame responses to conflict
in organizations.
Pinpoint strategic weaknesses in a group's
behavior.
Design more productive hiring standards.
Analyze an organization's internal and
external cultures.
Help individuals with career and retirement
choices.
Bring a better focus to organizational
transformation efforts.
Trigger honest dialogue over genuine differences.
Identify how key stakeholders think.
Decide where to aim new resources.
Encourage constructive acknowledgment
of problem areas.
Build personal self-awareness and help
in defining personal goals.
Help diagnose causes of slumping sales.