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Aug. 18, 2026, 11:29 a.m.

I think we built something better

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For years I have watched coaches and clinicians talk past each other on personality. Business rooms reach for type systems - colours, letter codes, workshop labels - because they are short, memorable, and start a conversation. Clinical and research rooms want continuum trait science - Big Five and friends - because boxes overclaim and people are not neat types. Both jobs are real. Both sides often act as if the other is broken.

I think we built something that does both jobs in one free system: headlines you can remember, continuum depth when you want it, and more than one area of a person on the same map - personality, sensitivity, motives, worldview. Not "better Big Five than the research batteries." Not "Jungian types are worthless." A practical mapping. I am not claiming the best psychometrics in the world. I might be claiming the most useful start for ordinary people and for rooms that need a shared language.

The article is here: Psychometrics - the best of many worlds. The useful next step is still the same: take the free portrait, and if it helps, send a compare link to someone you know. That is the bit that grows this more than anything else we write.

On Instagram we put a small boost behind one of the animal Reels. It took about eighty thousand views and brought a lot of new followers. If you are not already there, @whatworldway is worth a follow - and a share of a Reel still helps more than another polite like on a blog link.

What's new

  • Blog: Psychometrics - the best of many worlds (13 Aug)
  • Instagram: one boosted Reel at about 80k views, and a lot of new followers - @whatworldway
  • We have started adding languages on the site (Spanish, French, and Arabic are in the mix first - more to come)
  • YouTube @whatworldway still has the short walkthrough of the three pillars if you prefer longer form

You can follow along between issues: on Instagram we're @whatworldway, where the animals are short videos, and the thinking lands on LinkedIn. A follow or a share still helps.

Jon

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