1. Section I: Awareness
Ideation
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to
find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
It’s very likely that you may be the person to whom group members turn for original thoughts. Perhaps
ideas pop into your consciousness as soon as someone describes a problem or an opportunity. By
nature, you sometimes have more innovative ideas or original suggestions than others in a group.
Perhaps you are delighted to participate in forums where you can present your creative concepts.
Some individuals may share your desire to improve things. This might explain why they welcome your
suggestions. Driven by your talents, you might generate certain types of ideas quickly. Occasionally
you draw links between facts, events, people, problems, or solutions. You may present numerous
options for consideration. Perhaps your innovative thinking fosters ongoing dialogue between and
among associates, committee members, teammates, or classmates. Chances are good that you tune
in to people and figure out what they are saying and thinking about you. You are acutely aware of how
individuals regard you. You probably curry — that is, try to win — the favor of some and seek to
impress others. Instinctively, you automatically think of new and different ways to do things. Your mind
is brimming with ideas. You probably are eager to share them with whoever will listen.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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2. Input
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to
collect and archive all kinds of information.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Instinctively, you periodically enjoy sharing ideas, exchanging information, or trading stories. During
conversations, you might be the person who simplifies complicated details. Maybe you help
individuals better understand intricate procedures, theories, regulations, or plans. It’s very likely that
you may want to acquire additional knowledge or gain new skills. Why? Perhaps you are naturally
curious. Now and then, you work alone to help yourself commit information to memory. You might
have a solitary place where you can practice a particular art, craft, sport, or science. Chances are
good that you now and then speak up when you feel you have something of value to contribute to a
discussion. Perhaps you help others understand complicated ideas, procedures, policies, rules, plans,
or systems by outlining them step by step. By nature, you might place a high value on seeking and
gathering specific kinds of information. Perhaps your need to be informed motivates you to acquire
knowledge so you are as smart as you want to be about certain subjects. Because of your strengths,
you sometimes use academic-sounding words to talk about your ideas or areas of expertise. Perhaps
you have invested time in broadening your vocabulary by looking up words in the dictionary and
committing their meanings to memory.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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3. Strategic
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced
with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you periodically identify problems others fail to notice. You might create
solutions and find the right answers. Perhaps you yearn to improve certain things about yourself,
other people, or situations. Maybe you are drawn to specific kinds of classes, books, or activities.
Why? Maybe they promise to give you the skills or knowledge you seek. Driven by your talents, you
sometimes know what has gone wrong. You try to uncover facts. Perhaps you are not intimidated by
an overwhelming amount of information. Like a detective, you might sort through it, attempting to
identify pieces of evidence. Following a few leads, you might begin to see the big picture. Maybe you
generate schemes for solving the problem. You might choose the best option after considering some
of the prevailing circumstances, available resources, or desired outcomes. Chances are good that you
can reconfigure factual information or data in ways that reveal trends, raise issues, identify
opportunities, or offer solutions. You bring an added dimension to discussions. You make sense out of
seemingly unrelated information. You are likely to generate multiple action plans before you choose
the best one. It’s very likely that you may see solutions before other people know there is a problem.
You might start formulating answers before your teammates, coworkers, or classmates understand
the question. Sometimes you generate numerous ideas before sorting to the one that makes the most
sense in a particular situation. By nature, you occasionally opt to work by yourself. Perhaps you trust
your talents, knowledge, and skills in identifying problems. You might consider numerous solutions
before you pinpoint an appropriate course of action. Sometimes questions and answers materialize
without much effort on your part.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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4. Individualization
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique
qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work
together productively.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Because of your strengths, you periodically apply your mental energy to identifying factors that
contributed to the current situation. Perhaps you automatically search for reasons why specific events
happened, particular problems occurred, or certain solutions worked. By nature, you might be able to
distinguish each person’s unique contribution to a conversation. In some ways, you guide the
exchange of information by drawing out the singular perspectives of individuals. Once in a while, you
help others express their varied, peculiar, eccentric, quaint, or unusual viewpoints. Perhaps you
enliven dialogues by honoring the value of each human being. Chances are good that you
occasionally promise yourself to do certain things better in the future. Perhaps you study the linkages
between final outcomes and the factors leading up to them. As a result, you may identify a few
enhancements you need to make in yourself, in someone else, in a process, or in a plan. Driven by
your talents, you sometimes coordinate the efforts of diverse individuals without denying them their
uniqueness. You might emphasize their common goals. You might call attention to their talents, skills,
knowledge, backgrounds, or other traits. Perhaps you help people peacefully coexist. This may
enhance their overall productivity. Instinctively, you might be sensitive to the trials, tribulations, or
loneliness forward-looking thinkers experience. When people callously — that is, insensitively —
discard their inventive ideas, futurists know you appreciate their vision of what can be accomplished in
the coming months, years, or decades.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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5. Futuristic
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could
be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Chances are good that you periodically envision what you can accomplish tomorrow, next week, next
month, next year, or in the coming decades. Your goals and aspirations might motivate you to keep
moving forward. Perhaps the tension you feel if a deadline is fast approaching forces you to
concentrate on the right activities, discard irrelevant information, or not waste time on intriguing
distractions. Your one aim might be reaching your objectives. Driven by your talents, you may place
great value on moments alone with your thoughts. You might consider whatever arouses your
intellectual curiosity. Setting aside time each week to explore particular ideas might be a pleasurable
or necessary activity for you. It’s very likely that you occasionally share your dreams about the coming
months, years, or decades with people who appreciate your originality. Perhaps less imaginative
individuals rely on you to tell them what is possible. By nature, you sometimes feel an urge to
introduce yourself to visitors and start talking with them. Why? Maybe you welcome the chance to tell
one more person what you dream of accomplishing in the coming months, years, or decades. Maybe
you just want the individual to like you. Instinctively, you may set aside quite a bit of time to
contemplate what the world could be like years or decades from today. Perhaps ideas come to you
when you are in the company of particular visionary thinkers. Sometimes these individuals stimulate
your inventiveness.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand out to
you?
2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in you?
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