Self assessment
Cognitive Edge Profile
A reading of your thinking style across four dimensions. Style, not ability.
52 questions · about 16 minutes
What you will learn
Three things, clearly.
- Whether you prefer to think wide or deep.
- Whether you decide quickly with the data you have, or slowly with more.
- Where your style is a strong fit for the work you do today.
A flavour of the report
An example insight, in the voice of your report.
Your strong Analytical preference combined with a moderate Holistic tilt explains why you do your best work when given a problem and time, and why brainstorming meetings often feel like a poor use of your attention.
Where this comes from
Informed by Cognitive Style Indicator and Decision Styles Inventory research, both in the public domain.
The Cognitive Edge Profile measures four polarities of cognitive preference: analytical or intuitive, detail or big-picture, convergent or divergent, and cautious or adaptive. Item content is grounded in the published research on cognitive style: Allinson and Hayes's Cognitive Style Index (1996 CSI), Kirton's Adaption-Innovation theory (1976 KAI), Kahneman's dual-process model (2011), and Riding and Cheema's cognitive styles review (1991). Both poles of every facet are valid; the report describes which way your responses lean and what that means for the way you work. This is a style measure, not an ability measure. There are no right answers, no timed problems, and no composite cognitive score.
For the most useful read
Take this when you can give it your real answers.
The report is most useful when it reflects who you actually are. Take it when you have a quiet block of time, on your own, and let your first instinct answer.
Time policy: Best taken in one sitting. You have 1 hour from when you begin.