ENTP
· Extroverted Intuition Aided by Thinking: the
"Inventor" type
Enthusiastic interest in
everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and
innovative.
3.2% of the total population.
Dominant
Function
The Dominant function is the
perceptive one of iNtuition. Characteristics associated with this
function include:
· Likes looking at
information from a global viewpoint, spotting
patterns and relationships, that lead to an understanding of the key
issues.
· Focuses more on
possibilities for the future than the here-and-now.
· Enjoys change,
challenge, and variety.
The perceptive iNtuition
function is Extroverted. That is,
iNtuition is used primarily to govern the outer world of actions and
spoken words. The ENTP will therefore:
· Try ideas out, to
explore new possibilities and discover, by experience, which ones work.
· Change procedures to
see if any improvement can be made, rather than just operate them.
· Be interested
primarily in evolutionary development, perhaps with an eye on the
strategy.
· Be more interested
in exploring ideas than bringing them to closure.
The iNtuition function is
primarily supported by introverted
Thinking judgment. That is, Thinking judgment is used primarily to
manage the inner world of thoughts and emotions. This will modify the
way that the iNtuition is directed, by:
· focusing the (outer
world) iNtuition on ideas and possibilities that relate to systems and
concepts
· inwardly tending to
spot the flaws in situations, people or
ideas. Rather than expressing criticism directly, it may surface in the
form of contradictory ideas and possibilities.
· applying logical
analysis to perceived patterns and
possibilities, enabling the ENTP to quickly see the underlying
principles in a situation.
The classic temperament of an
ENTP is Promethean, or Phlegmatic,
for whom a basic driving force is the search for competence or
excellence.
