The Process
Complete your HBDI profile on a paper form first...
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or go directly online with the key code provided by your facilitator (click here)
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Is the HBDI Valid?
Yes. An overview is available on this web site.
Validation studies have been conducted for over 20 years. Early EEG studies were conducted in Berkeley, CA, and three separate studies were conducted by C. Victor Bunderson of WICAT.
The studies are detailed in The Creative Brain by Ned Herrmann.
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How Does the HBDI Work?
The HBDI is a 120-question diagnostic survey. Your answers indicate your thinking style preference. Scoring results are free of value judgment and cultural bias. Because it is a self-analysis, most people immediately recognize their results as accurate. However, the HBDI questions are framed to minimize any attempt to tilt answers to a specific result.
The HBDI picks up where other assessment tools leave off. Identifying your thinking style is just phase one. Where most assessments end with a single findings report, the HBDI offers a valuable range of applications. (See Creative Applications)
What Does It  Measure?
The HBDI measures a person's preference or dominance both for left-brained or right-brained thinking and for conceptual (cerebral) or experiential (limbic) thinking. It identifies your instinctive approach to thought: emotional, analytical, structural or strategic.
One of the benefits of the HBDI profile is its ability to identify the modes that give us the greatest satisfaction. A preference or dominance does not indicate competence. Although there is often a link between how we process information and what we are good at, the HBDI makes a distinction between the two.
Competencies are things we do well. Preferences are the things we love to do. We often have competencies in areas of lesser preference. This means we can achieve levels of excellence in these areas but they may never be particularly fulfilling to us personally. When competencies and preferences do m atch, enjoyable high performance is usually the result.
Your Profile Results
The results of your HBDI profile are represented in a four-digit Preference Code which designates your preference in each quadrant: ABCD. Preferences are listed as Primary 1 (prefer), Secondary 2 (use) and Tertiary 3 (avoid).
The sample profile at right is a 1-1-3-2. Contact your HBDI facilitator for detailed explanations of the HBDI profile.
HBDI for Teams
The HBDI can also be used to measure thinking style preferences of entire teams. Each individual receives his or her own profile and then averages and composites are calculated to demonstrate the team's preferred mode of thinking, working and communicating.
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