MBTI® Test ESFJ Personality Type and Innovation

How, why, and in what way an individual formulates ideas and develops an innovative solution is directly related to his or her Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® personality type (MBTI®). Discovering your MBTI Test personality type and the tendencies it has for innovation can help you become a more precise, goal-driven innovator. For example, in this post, we’ll discuss how Extraverted Feeling with Introverted Sensing (ESFJ) types go about innovating, including their preferred stage of innovation, type of innovation, and method of innovation, and what they can do to positively influence their techniques.

In this instance, we’ll consider innovation to be “the implementation of ideas,” covering all components of the innovative process. (Killen and Williams, 2009, CPP) For the MBTI® Test ESFJ, innovation occurs when there is a need to morph something preexisting into a better version of itself, creating a final product or service that works toward helping or assisting people. Whether they are remolding an older, outdated technique or making something that already works well more proficient, Myers Briggs ESFJ’s are talented at crafting new solutions to people-oriented problems.

ESFJ personality type’s are full-fledged visionaries, in that they are able to see how an idea will develop and grow as it continues through the innovative process. They enjoy working with others toward a common goal, and using everyone’s experiences to influence the innovation that they produce—relying on instances where they could see a need for a more advanced, resourceful way of doing something. ESFJ’s are also great at spotting small tweaks that can have a larger impact on the whole project, and are quick to act on them. (Killen and Williams, 2009, CPP)

As idea-oriented and focused on good causes as they are, MBTI ESFJ’s could still work on certain areas of their innovations. For example, their desire to complete their innovation within a restricted timeframe and without accounting for new ideas that may spring up can cause ESFJ’s to hurry into something that they may not have fully thought out. Furthermore, they may find themselves blind to other conflicting (but potentially better) options simply because they believe their innovation is the best way. Myers Briggs ESFJ’s also have trouble working with ideas that aren’t firmly grounded in reality, which can close them off to more obscure—yet real-life—concepts. (Killen and Williams, 2009, CPP)

To become better, more broad-minded innovators, it behooves ESFJ’s to investigate the problem deeper in the early stages of the innovations, getting right to the crux of the issue straight off the bat. Furthermore, ESFJ’s should rely on collaborative idea generation with their group at these beginning stages, so that they may see the problem from a different angle and attack it head-on, leaving less to chance and abstractions. By finding the root of the problem as opposed to just quickly seeking a solution for the current issues associated with the innovation, ESFJ’s can become better at fulfilling their time restrictions and develop long-lasting solutions with their innovations, as opposed to having to continuously change the method, service, or product. (Killen and Williams, 2009, CPP)

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Reference

Introduction to Type and Innovation (Damien Killen & Gareth Williams, 2009, CPP Inc.)

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ESFJ Careers

Click on one of these corresponding popular ESFJ Careers for detailed information including Career Stats, Income Stats, Daily Tasks and Required Education: Hotel, Motel, or Resort Clerk, Kindergarten Teacher, Meeting, Convention, or Event Planner, Personal or Home Care Aide, Radiologic Technologist, Receptionist or Information Clerk, Registered Nurse, Secretary, Teacher Assistant, and Teller.

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Click On Your Personality Type Below & Read About Your Innovation Style:

ISTJ	ISFJ	ESTP	ESFP
ISTP	ISFP	ESTJ	ESFJ
INFJ	INTJ	ENFP	ENTP
INFP	INTP	ENFJ	ENTJ

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ISTJ	ISFJ	INFJ	INTJ	ESTP	ESFP	ENFP	ENTP
ISTP	ISFP	INFP	INTP	ESTJ	ESFJ	ENFJ	ENTJ