Insights® Discovery Training
in Switzerland
Insights® Discovery is a powerful tool for personal- and team-development, helping us better understand how we, and those around us, function and interact. This deeper understanding strengthens teamwork, communication and collaboration, leading to higher engagement and sustainable team performance.
Workshops & Training for Companies & Teams
Insights® Discovery is one of the most widely used personality tools worldwide. It is based on the work of the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung, who was a pioneer in the field of typology.
When you fill out the online Insights® Discovery Evaluator, you will receive a personal, detailed report that forms the basis for individual reflection, coaching and team development workshops. These Insights profiles are very detailed and use a color scheme that is easy to remember and provides an effective basis for improving communication, teamwork and leadership.
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History of the Insights® Discovery Personality Instrument
Like the Myers Briggs MBTI tool, Insights® Discovery is based on the extensive research of Swiss psychologist Dr Carl Gustav Jung and the work of one of Jung’s students, Jolande Jacobi.
During the World War II, Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers used Jung and Jacobi’s work to create one of the first psychometric instruments, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) which is today still the most widely used psychometric instrument worldwide.
The Insights® Discovery model was developed by Andi and Andy Lothian (the founders of the Insights Group) in the late 90’s and built on Jung and Jacobi’s research by creating a four-colour model to represent observable behavioural patterns.
The 4 Personality Colours
The 4 colours of the Insights® Discovery model represent different types of “energy” or, as Jung called them, “attitudinal functions”. No one colour is better or worse than the others, and each person uses a different mixture of them. This often helps explain our different behaviours and preferences.
Understanding, valuing and using these differences improves relationships and helps teams unlock their full potential.
RED Extraverted Thinking
Red represents the combination of extraversion and thinking: competitive, demanding, determined, strong-willed, purposeful
BLUE Introverted Thinking
Blue represents the combination of introversion and thinking: cautious, precise, deliberate, questioning, formal
YELLOW Extraverted Feeling
Yellow represents the combination of extraversion and feeling: sociable, dynamic, demonstrative, enthusiastic, persuasive
GREEN Introverted Feeling
Green represents the combination of introversion and feeling: caring, encouraging, sharing, patient, relaxed
Example Profile
Participants generally find the Insights® Discovery colours very easy to remember and the model can provide a useful and neutral “common language”, reducing conflict and providing a safe way to speak about interpersonal relationships in groups and teams.
Insights® Discovery as a Recruitment Tool
If you are interested in using Insights® Discovery as part of a selection or hiring process, please check out our recommendations on this here
4 Steps for Using Insights® Discovery
This is how Insights® Discovery is typically used to help facilitate individual learning, collaboration and teamwork:
1. Participants are informed upfront about the reason for using the Insights® Discovery instrument, and the benefits. They are provided with background information and given the opportunity to have any questions answered.
2. Participants receive an invitation via email to complete the online, confidential Insights® Discovery Evaluator composed of 25 multiple-choice questions. The questionnaire usually takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
3. A certified Insights® Discovery trainer creates individual, detailed personality profiles for each participant.
4. The individual Insights reports are shared with participants, either in an individual debriefing session (face-to-face or virtual), or in a workshop setting. The reports are confidential, and are only shared with others with the permission of the participant.
Licensed Practitioner
As licensed users of the Insights® Discovery system, we only provide results and reports in combination with an individual debriefing or attendance at a workshop.
In our workshops and training we often use a large Insights® Discovery wheel or “mat” placed on the floor and participants may choose to take up their respective positions on the wheel in order to illustrate the psychological relationship to other group members.
We deliver our workshops, training and coaching either virtually or in live sessions, for example in Zurich, Zug, Basel, Baar, Bern, Lucerne, Winterthur, St. Gallen and the rest of Switzerland.
Validity and Reliability
Insights® Discovery has been validated based on data from millions of profiles created worldwide over more than 20 years.
The instrument has been independently validated by the Psychological Testing Centre (PTC) of the British Psychological Society and has received their PTC Kitemark certification for compliance with the test guidelines of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA).
It has also been certified by global quality assurance and psychological test assessors DNV GL.
Additional Reading:
For those wishing to discover more about the theoretical basis for the Insights® Discovery system we recommend the following books:
- Jacobi, J. (1942) Die Psychologie von C. G. Jung
- Jung, C. G. (1921) Psychologische Typen: Gesammelte Werke 6
- Sharp, D. (1936) Personality Types: Jung’s model of typology
Martin Oberholzer, Controller EMEA – KOFAX AG (Rotkreuz)
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