The Challenge of Managing Information and Objectivity in Team Relationships

Today, there aren’t many models effectively working with human personality types. Despite the inevitable debates among specialists, Socionics and MBTI remain the most promising for future industrial application.

If we delve into the inner workings of any real science, we’ll often find people painstakingly sifting through vast amounts of data. Even with modern computers and the potential of AI, the initial data and models still need to be crafted by the good old human brain.

One critical issue that affects everyone is the limited capacity of what we can call "working memory." Our brains can't handle large chunks of information at once, especially when these chunks include numerous interrelated elements.

To justify why many pressing issues remain unresolved, particularly in the social sphere, recognized scientists often cite budget constraints, while proponents of magical thinking develop theories usually unsupported by objective data. As a result, Socionics and MBTI often get lumped together with astrology, sidelined due to the lack of systematic, organized work on collecting and processing objective data.

The limited amount of RAM in the human brain becomes an even bigger challenge when constructing models of team relationships. The main issue here is the problem of the Subject and the Object. As a representative of a TIM, even one highly skilled in psychology and data analysis, you will still face the fact that an objective approach to studying TIMs and their relationships requires the extensive use of modern software and a large amount of initial data. Most importantly, a truly objective approach to studying TIMs and their relationships necessitates the involvement of people who can create systems for collecting and processing this data.

Since the advent of Big Data, I’ve often felt that this "new" direction is really just a modern take on Sociology and Statistics—both of which are well-established scientific fields.

However, the methods used to gather information critical to understanding relationships within teams are vastly different from those sufficient for marketing and product promotion.