ENTP - Explorer Inventor

*Content on this page is adapted from Linda V. Berens and Dario Nardi, Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to the Personality Type Code (Used with permission)

ISTJ	ISFJ	INFJ	INTJ
ISTP	ISFP	INFP	INTP
ESTP	ESFP	ENFP	ENTP
ESTJ	ESFJ	ENFJ	ENTJ

The theme for ENTPs is inventing, finding ingenious solutions to people and technical problems.

Talents lie in developing ideas into functional and innovative applications that are the first of their kind.

Thrive on finding new ways to use theories to make systems more efficient and people better off.

Hunger for new projects.

Have faith in their ability to instantly come up with new approaches that will work. Engineers of human relationships and systems as well as in the more scientific and technological domains.

ENTP - Pattern of Processes

ROLE	PROCESS	SNAPSHOT
THE PRIMARY PROCESSES
Leading	Extraverted iNtuiting	Interpreting situations and relationships and pickup meanings and interconnections to other contexts
Supporting	Introverted Thinking	Analyzing, categorizing, and evaluating according to principles
Relief	Extraverted Feeling	Connecting and considering others and the group
Aspirational	Introverted Sensing	Reviewing and recalling past experiences and seeking detailed data
THE SHADOW PROCESSES
Opposing	Introverted iNtuiting	Foreseeing implications, transformations, and likely effects
Critical Parent	Extraverted Thinking	Segmenting, organizing for efficiency, and systematizing
Deceiving	Introverted Feeling	Valuing and considering importance, beliefs, and worth
Devilish	Extraverted Sensing	Experiencing and acting in the immediate context.

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