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.

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Essays and comparisons.

Renergence

Renergence and the Words Around It

Homeostasis, flow, swastha, rejuvenation, and re-energizing all point near the territory. None of them names the same thing.

Career

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.

Situation

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.

Assessment

Why Multiple Natures Uses Ten Intelligences

Gardner gave the starting point. The Multiple Natures adaptation separates two categories where practical observation needs more resolution.

Assessment

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.

Fit

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.

Coaching

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.

Orientation

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

To read the framework itself: the framework in full.

To get a personal applied reading of your own situation: the MN Situation Map.

To read the work in longer form: the free books and practitioner library.