{"id":107,"date":"2014-11-11T16:15:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T16:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breathe-pod.org.uk\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:15:41","slug":"social-media-how-does-it-impact-on-your-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breathe-pod.org.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/11\/11\/social-media-how-does-it-impact-on-your-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media \u2013 how does it impact on your type?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few weeks ago I stayed at the Bloc Hotel<\/a> at Gatwick Airport, and it reminded me that I hadn\u2019t written part 2 of my blog on social media and personality type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did it remind me? Well, the transition from airport to hotel was significant. To access the hotel, all I needed to do was turn off the thoroughfare populated by some excited, some tired, some hurrying people coming from and going to their destinations, and I was immediately in a different environment. I booked in and as I took the route to my room I was suddenly thrust into a dark, quiet, relatively narrow corridor with lighting that only activated as I made my way along the corridor. It reminded me of being at a fairground and suddenly going into an enclosed attraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for my room, it was small, with dark furnishings and no windows or external light, and this impact was increased due to its proximity to the airy and light airport terminal. Whilst the room was small \u2013 and possibly more like a pod than a room \u2013 the space was used well and it incorporated a lot of high tech equipment. It wasn\u2019t unpleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It immediately occurred to me that it would be the sort of room to divide customer opinion \u2013 a little like the NAP Conference on Social media did this year \u2013 and this was apparent from a quick visit to Trip Advisor. Whilst many people liked it, many others didn\u2019t describing it as, \u201cFine for Hobbits\u201d, and \u201cWe felt trapped in a tomb with no window\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder how much the Hotel designers considered psychological type when designing this very different sort of Hotel \u2013 and I wonder how much HR leaders are considering people\u2019s psychological type when implementing new technology or social media strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of psychological type, one of Carl Jung<\/a>\u2019s dichotomies related to Energy Focus. Where is a person\u2019s source of energy? People whose focus is on the outer world of people and activity are energised through interacting with people and are attuned to the external environment. Those who focus on their own inner world, however, are energised by reflecting on their own thoughts, memories and feelings. These concepts have become known as \u2018Extraversion\u2019 and \u2018Introversion\u2019 through the work of Jung, and the subsequent popularisation of his work by Myers and Briggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turning to Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), one of the Motivational Traits within Shelle Rose Charvet\u2019s \u2018Words that Change Minds<\/a>\u2019 (which is based on work by Noam Chomsky<\/a> and Roger Bailey<\/a>) is Motivational Source \u2013 is a person externally or internally motivated? There is overlap here with Jung\u2019s sources of energy, but differences too.  Within this model, Internal people tend to be motivated from within themselves, so provide themselves with motivation. They also tend to critique and assess their own work as they are clear on their standards and what they\u2019re using to make the judgements. External people, however, tend to need others\u2019 feedback and without this can become demotivated, and may struggle to continue with their work. Internal people tend not to need feedback from others, as they have their own internal standards \u2013 a downside of this being that they can dislike being managed and may ignore valuable thoughts and feedback from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final tool I will refer to is the TMSDI<\/a>\u2019s Margerison-McCann Team Management Profile. I saw a person\u2019s profile recently. This person was shown at the Introvert end of the Introvert \u2013 Extravert Work Preferences Measures. In the overall commentary it noted that this person was in a group of, \u201c\u2026 single-minded, determined people, who like to see tasks through to the very end without distractions\u201d, and, \u201cYou may tend to distrust people who talk well but offer only opinions, rather than detailed information\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does this link to the Hotel design? I would hazard a guess that whether people like the rooms or not is often associated with their Introversion or Extraversion preference \u2013 generally introverts could thrive on the lack of external activity, whereas extroverts could potentially struggle with no external energy or opportunity for interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of business, I have previously implemented an office move which took staff from working in small offices to all 35 staff working in one large room. Some people saw this move as really beneficial to them, and thought it would help them be more effective, others dreaded having what they saw would be constant distractions interfering with their work \u2013 some of which was linked to the theories and models described above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How will social media and other technology impact on our Introverts and Extraverts? There will be increasing numbers of people working from home due to the availability of improved connectivity, there are already increasing numbers of internet businesses being opened and run from storage warehouses, the conference heard that at least one company had advertised jobs solely through Twitter, recruiters are placing an increased reliance on LinkedIn, abuse of (or via) Facebook is already a significant foundation and contributor to many internal discipline cases.  What else will have changed in ten years\u2019 time? Will introverts or extraverts cope better with these developments?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HR needs to think through these developments and consider their impacts. Focusing on the home working aspect for a moment, how many organisations consider individual behavioural aspects when deciding whether or how (with what support) a person should be permitted to work from home? I haven\u2019t come across one yet (but there is generally a check as to whether computer screens are at the correct height) \u2013 but it should be a key consideration, and would demonstrate a real interest in the diversity of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media can make communication more accessible, but it will not deliver the extravert\u2019s energy source. It can also allow introverts to become even less connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are you addressing this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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