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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 159 points 4 days ago (12 children)

More like he knows his audience. Snake oil salesmen know they're selling garbage.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I did some searching, apparently the four colors represented are things like "Reds think speed limits are for people who don't know how to drive", and "Blues think people who don't read the entire contract before signing are idiots" - which contains kernels of truth; it also says that most people have a selection of traits from at least two colors. So basically it's just a serious version of "white guys drive like this, but black guys drive like this"

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I worked some place that did something similar, if not this exact thing. We answered a 20 question quiz of "do you do x, or y? Very in-depth, of course.

It's not an "all or none" situation, but it's supposed to be used as a guideline about how to best interact with different people. Blue/green would prefer a steady, consistent approach. Red/yellow want things fast and aggressive, etc.

What actually happened was people preening about getting the "good colors" that had traits that the company liked, and then absolutely no change at all in the culture or how we treated people anyway, regardless of results.

It was a complete waste of time, but the execs got big wall sized color charts and pinned everyone's names to them, so I guess they enjoyed their made up work for a bit.

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