The sixteen types

Four preferences, sixteen combinations. Read them as descriptions of tendencies, not as boxes — most people recognise themselves strongly in one and a little in a neighbour or two.

Find out which one you are

Empaths

Driven by meaning and connection. They read the room before the agenda, and they measure a decision by who it affects.

ENFJ The Mentor Sees what people need and organises it for them. 2.5% of people ENFP The Catalyst Sees what someone could become, and says so. 8.1% of people INFJ The Advocate Reads people quickly, and wants to be worth their trust. 1.5% of people INFP The Idealist Measures everything against what it could have been. 4.4% of people

Strategists

Driven by competence and pattern. They want to understand how a thing works before they trust it, and they would rather be corrected than comfortable.

ENTJ The Commander Sets the objective and drives at it. 2.7% of people ENTP The Challenger Argues with the idea, not with you -- usually. 3.2% of people INTJ The Architect Sees the system, and wants to improve it. 2.1% of people INTP The Analyst Wants the model to be correct, whatever it costs. 3.3% of people

Builders

Driven by duty and reliability. They keep the promises other people forget they made, and they notice when something has quietly stopped working.

ESFJ The Host Holds the group together, and remembers everything. 12.3% of people ESTJ The Administrator Decides, organises, and gets it moving. 8.7% of people ISFJ The Keeper Notices what everyone needs, and quietly provides it. 13.8% of people ISTJ The Registrar Quietly reliable, and the reason things actually work. 11.6% of people

Adventurers

Driven by immediacy and skill. They are at their best in the moment the plan falls apart, and they learn by doing rather than by reading.

ESFP The Performer Makes the moment better for everyone in it. 8.5% of people ESTP The Operator Reads the room and moves before anyone else. 4.3% of people ISFP The Composer Lives by an inner sense of what is right and beautiful. 8.8% of people ISTP The Mechanic Works out how it functions by taking it apart. 5.4% of people

Why each emblem looks the way it does

The marks are not arbitrary. Each of the four preferences controls one part of the drawing, so a type's emblem is a picture of its letters:

E / I

Extraverts throw their satellites outward past the ring and connect them back to the centre. Introverts hold fewer of them inside it.

S / N

Sensors get a straight-edged polygon. Intuitives get arcs that curve and never quite close.

T / F

Thinkers are drawn in diamonds and points. Feelers are drawn in circles.

J / P

Judgers get a closed ring with everything aligned to it. Perceivers get a broken ring and pieces that sit slightly off it.