What was Indigo Software, waaayyy back in the late 80s, became JetForm. After many happy years as JetForm, the company re-launched itself as Accelio. A few months later, Accelio was acquired by Adobe.
A brief tour of the Adobe website, such as the Enterprise products reveals products like Adobe Central Pro Output Server which traces its heritage back to the same JetForm Central product (or JetForm Server for old-timers) that likely produced the story-submitter's barcodes.
So while the name JetForm may no longer exist, many of the same solutions formerly offered by JetForm now live-on via Adobe.
My wife is Myers-Briggs certified and incorporates it into her mgmt-consulting biz (she's also a former high-techie).
I've learned more over the last year about this stuff just by absorbing it from her. The hardest part to understand was the subtlety around the notion of preferences and how MBTI is different from other systems. Also, that your preferences, or comfort zone, can shift as you age and as you acquire experiences. It can also be very different between one's work life and personal life.
Anyway, one of the interesting things she told me when she was training in MBTI was something about data on the population in the U.S. being split almost evenly between introverts and extroverts. Whereas us Canucks tend to be significantly more skewed towards introversion in the population.
(My introvert Canadian tendencies now are compelling me to say 'sorry' pre-emptively lest I've offended anyone...must resist the Canadian urge to say sorry about everything...)
I also recall seeing a Inside the Actor's Studio interview with Mike Meyers where he confessed to being a total introvert. I had a hard time thinking of a guy like Mike Meyers being an introvert ("were you looking at my bum? Cheeky monkey!"), but then I realized how much some introverts are what I call "situational extroverts" and can turn it on when they need to.
I fall into this situational extrovert category, and love playing to a crowd on occasion (though I'm not Mike Meyers)...but man, it sure does take a great deal of energy to do it. It's fun, but it can be exhausting.
Anyway, anything that can help introverts and extroverts understand each other is a good thing. My wife and I understand each other way more (even after being together for 14 years) since she's been learning about the subject and MBTI.
I seriously believe that this is the simplest way to understanding your spouse better...even if you both happen to be introverts or extroverts, just learning about the subject is a good thing. And it helps you understand what drives your co-workers, the people that work for you, and the people you work for!
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A brief tour of the Adobe website, such as the Enterprise products reveals products like Adobe Central Pro Output Server which traces its heritage back to the same JetForm Central product (or JetForm Server for old-timers) that likely produced the story-submitter's barcodes.
So while the name JetForm may no longer exist, many of the same solutions formerly offered by JetForm now live-on via Adobe.
Gavin.
I've learned more over the last year about this stuff just by absorbing it from her. The hardest part to understand was the subtlety around the notion of preferences and how MBTI is different from other systems. Also, that your preferences, or comfort zone, can shift as you age and as you acquire experiences. It can also be very different between one's work life and personal life.
Anyway, one of the interesting things she told me when she was training in MBTI was something about data on the population in the U.S. being split almost evenly between introverts and extroverts. Whereas us Canucks tend to be significantly more skewed towards introversion in the population.
(My introvert Canadian tendencies now are compelling me to say 'sorry' pre-emptively lest I've offended anyone...must resist the Canadian urge to say sorry about everything...)
I also recall seeing a Inside the Actor's Studio interview with Mike Meyers where he confessed to being a total introvert. I had a hard time thinking of a guy like Mike Meyers being an introvert ("were you looking at my bum? Cheeky monkey!"), but then I realized how much some introverts are what I call "situational extroverts" and can turn it on when they need to.
I fall into this situational extrovert category, and love playing to a crowd on occasion (though I'm not Mike Meyers)...but man, it sure does take a great deal of energy to do it. It's fun, but it can be exhausting.
Anyway, anything that can help introverts and extroverts understand each other is a good thing. My wife and I understand each other way more (even after being together for 14 years) since she's been learning about the subject and MBTI.
I seriously believe that this is the simplest way to understanding your spouse better...even if you both happen to be introverts or extroverts, just learning about the subject is a good thing. And it helps you understand what drives your co-workers, the people that work for you, and the people you work for!
Gavin.