How Do I Work on My “Instincts”?
The IEA recently hosted an online workshop focused on the [...]
The Instinctual Biases, Subdomains, and Zones
This article is excerpted from our new book, "Instinctual Leadership: [...]
Culture Change Using the Instinctual Biases
Organizational culture is a collection of attitudes, beliefs, and [...]
You ARE a “Type,” Now Get Over It
I’ve been pretty vocal in past articles here at Nine [...]
What We Talk About When We Talk About the Enneagram
Raymond Carver’s iconic short story “What We Talk About When [...]
Once Again, You are Not Your Number (or, the Problem with Implicit Essentialism and Seeing the Enneagram as an Ontological Model)
I’ve been in the Enneagram arena for a really long [...]
On Kindness, or The Trials of Being (or Enduring) an Eight
The holidays are a time for family gatherings and all [...]
Working With the Instinctual Biases–Skill and Self-Management
When it comes to working with your instinctual biases, there are [...]
Don’t Let Your Instinctual Bias Sink Your Business
The three instinctual biases–Preserving, Navigating, and Transmitting–that shape our focus [...]
Awareness to Action Leadership: The Enneagram as a Framework for Leadership Development
This interactive session introduces a model of 12 leadership competencies [...]
A Response to Kristin Arthur’s Response to Me
I quite enjoyed Kristin Arthur’s recent article in Nine Points [...]
THE NAVIGATING INSTINCTUAL BIAS: TRUST, RECIPROCITY, AND MANAGING DUNBAR’S NUMBER
(This article originally appeared on Mario’s blog at www.AwarenesstoAction.com.) [...]
Instinctual Leadership: Balancing the Three Instinctual Domains
Many people have experienced how knowledge of the Enneagram can [...]
Matters of Objective Truth: Science and the Enneagram
(Note: This article is adapted from a letter Mario Sikora [...]
The Enneagram, Stereotyping, and the Fundamental Attribution Error
Mid-day on Sunday our cable went out. Not just the [...]
The Enneagram, Fast and Slow: Overcoming Cognitive Biases in Our Use and Understanding of the Enneagram
[NO RECORDING] Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" popularized the [...]
En pensant à l’Enneagramme – 3. L’effet de Dunning-Kruger et une suggestion
Un syndrome apparaît chez de nombreux étudiants d’arts martiaux (comprenez, [...]
The Connecting Points
There is a saying in zen that becoming enlightened is simple: [...]
Change-The Missing Piece
It’s easy to become so enamored with the descriptive power [...]
Part 2: Science, Spirituality, and the Enneagram; or, On Different “Ways of Knowing”
-Part Two (Part One was published last week in NPM) [...]
Science, Spirituality, and the Enneagram; or, On Different “Ways of Knowing”
Part One (Part Two will be published next week in [...]
Leadership, the Enneagram, and the Instincts
Introduction Last year, the Brazilian affiliate of the IEA initiated [...]
Working With The Subtypes, A Practical Approach to the Subtypes at Work and Home
The instincts at the root of the 27 subtypes are [...]
Instintos y Subtipos mirados con una nueva perspectiva
Procrustes era un tipo desagradable Este posadero mitológico tenía opiniones [...]
Thinking and the Enneagram 6: Dealing with Cognitive Dissonance
A man approached me some years back at the IEA [...]
Penser l’Enneagramme – 2. Le scepticisme (Translated by Gerard Battarel)
Dans le monde des idées, mon amour pour l’Ennéagramme n’a [...]
Instincts and Subtypes – Looking Through a Modern Lens
Procrustes was a nasty fellow. The mythological innkeeper had strong [...]
Thinking and the Enneagram 5 – A Potpourri of Logical Fallacies
This fifth article in the series on critical thinking and [...]
Penser l’Enneagramme. 1. La science, la non-science et la pseudo
Quelqu’un demandait récemment sur Facebook : l’Ennéagramme est-il une science ? [...]
Thinking and the Enneagram 4 – Seeing Patterns
Humans have an uncanny ability to detect patterns: Two dots [...]
Thinking About the Enneagram – 3. The Dunning-Kruger Effect and a Suggestion
(This is part of a series of articles on critical [...]
Thinking About the Enneagram – 2. Skepticism
In the world of ideas, my love of the Enneagram [...]
Thinking About the Enneagram – 1. Science, Non-science, and Pseudoscience
A recent post on Facebook asked the question: Is the [...]
Endless Forms Most Beautiful Essence, Teleology, and the Enneagram
Introduction: It is often said that the Enneagram is rooted [...]
Keep it Simple: Bringing Clarity and Precision to the Enneagram to Get Results
Personal and professional growth and development need not be complicated. [...]
“Simple”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo Da Vinci “Making [...]
Working with the Instincts
The instincts and subtypes are of great interest to most [...]
“House, M.D.”: An Appreciation and Analysis
Spoiler alert: For those of you in the US who [...]
Power, Personality, and Leadership
Power is a topic that many people find uncomfortable to [...]
The Enneagram as Leadership Attribute Model: Self-Mastery, Relating to Others, and Thinking Like a Leader
Leadership is as much art as it is a science. [...]
The Career Within You
"The first mistake is to believe that there is a [...]
Coaching and the Instincts
While the instincts are an important part of the Enneagram [...]
Using the Enneagram to Inform Conscious Business Practices
[NO RECORDING] This panel of experts will examine different business [...]
Power is the Great Motivator: McClelland’s Motivational Theory and the Enneagram
[NO RECORDING] The appropriate and effective use of power is [...]
Overcoming Resistance to Change: Performance Improvement and the Inner Triangle
Identifying behaviors that need to be changed is easy; overcoming [...]
The Subtypes at Work: Instincts, Leadership, and Performance
[NO RECORDING] This program is based on articles that appeared [...]
From Awareness to Action: Enneagram Strategies and a Model for Change
[NO RECORDING] This presentation is adapted from the book, From [...]
