Author: Darrel Kirby

I am what I am.

Towards Androgyny

I note that a new TV series called Man Lab started this week, where James May sets out to save the male. I confess that I didn’t watch it, but according to my TV guide, ‘Captain Slow’ sets out to reconnect modern man with long-forgotten male skills. Modern man, it says, is in crisis. “Written off as a boozy underachiever who can’t multi-task, he has been cut off from his manly roots and has lost his identity and his way.”  

I tend to agree. Recent years have seen a strange phenomenon where men seem to have become distinctly less, well, manly. Continue reading “Towards Androgyny”

What Personality?

Hi there. Before I wade straight in here, since this is my first post on Boadicea’s Chariot, I thought it only polite to say hello.

I have my own WordPress blog, but have also been invited to contribute to this one so since, unlike mine, people actually seem to read this one occasionally I thought I’d give it a go.

My first offering isn’t especially exciting or controversial, which is probably best as Idon’t want to raise unrealistic hopes for the furture. Hope you like it though….

This week started off in a rather introspective manner as I attended a course largely based around the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment.

If you are not familiar with MBTI you are obviously starved of management courses as in my experience it is quite prevalent – this is the third time that I have been assessed using this psychometric technique. Based broadly on the work of the philosopher Carl Jung it seeks to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. Continue reading “What Personality?”