Articles

What the usual assessments miss.

Why MBTI doesn't tell you where you'll thrive. Why knowing what you're good at doesn't explain fit. What changes when you see the situation, not just the person.

Essays

Long-form.

The Career Collapse

You did everything right and the path closed anyway. This isn't a recession — it's a permanent shift, and the tools built to help were designed for a world that no longer exists.

Angela Duckworth's Situated: What It Means for Your Career

Her evidence says situations activate what's already there. Her headline says workplaces shape you. Not the same claim — and the difference matters.

Compare

Multiple Natures alongside other frameworks.

MBTI Doesn't Tell You Where You'll Thrive

MBTI reveals tendencies, not fit. What the type can't see is the situation you're working in.

Why Strengths Aren't Enough Without the Right Situation

Strengths assessments miss half the picture — the half that decides whether you can sustain the work.

Understand

Reading the situation.

What Situation-Based Coaching Actually Means

Most coaches apply situation-based coaching wrong. The question isn't how to coach the person — it's how to see what the situation is doing to them.

Learning to See Your Lenses

You can't catch yourself in the act of seeing. But you can catch yourself having just seen — and notice which lens took its place.

Where to go next

The articles here examine situations through the Multiple Natures framework. To read the framework itself: the framework in full. To get a personal applied reading of your own situation: the MN Situation Map.