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Compare Future, Past & Present Thinking Concepts

FUTURETHINKING

PASTTHINKING

PRESENTTHINKING

GENERAL ADJECTIVES

TYPE OF THINKER

LIKES TO THINK ABOUT

THINKS BEST BY

MENTAL ENERGY

NATURE OF THOUGHT

PREFERRED WORKING ENVIRONMENT

DESK IS

ActiveAgreeableCreativeDynamicExtrovertedEnergeticHopefulImaginativeImpulsiveIngeniousInnovativeIntuitiveOpen to new experiencesOptimisticResilientSpontaneousVisionary

AnalyticalCautiousContemplativeCuriousCynicalFair-mindedIndependentInformedIntrovertedJudiciousNeuroticObsessivePrudentReflectiveReliableSkepticalStudious

Action-orientedConscientiousDependableDeterminedDisciplinedDoerEfficientEmotionally stableInflexibleMethodicalOrganizedPracticalReliableResourcefulStableStructured

Scattered thinker Deep thinker Deliberate

New ideas Abstract theories Practical Information

Brainstorming with others

Contemplating, reflecting alone

Planning, doing

Quick and dynamic Slow and reflective Focussed and deliberate

Ethereal and flighty Deep Rhythmic

Flexible and dynamic, few rules, chaos is OK

Quiet and studious Tidy and organized, functional

Complete chaos Organized chaos Neat and clean

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FUTURETHINKING

PASTTHINKING

PRESENTTHINKING

LEADERSHIP STYLE

COMMUNICATION STYLE

PERSUADES BY

APPROACH TO TASKS

DECISION MAKING

LEARNS BEST BY

CREATIVITY

GUIDED BY

SEEKS

Inspirational and charismatic

Informal and transformational

Managerial and transactional

Ideas and metaphors

Verbose and wordy

To the point

Articulating a vision Presenting well informed and cogent arguments

Knowing how to do things

Starts more than can finish

Completes projects in plenty of time

Methodical and timely

Quick, intuitive, and spontaneous; based on best opportunity at the time; based on gut feeling

Slow and analytical; based on having the best information available, agonizes over decisions and second-guesses

Expedient and practical, makes decisions by what fits in best with existing plans

Experimentation, trial and error

Research, reading, observation

Reading instructions, following a manual, doing

Experimentation Insight Practice

Hope Truth Harmony

Opportunity Evidence Control

FUTURETHINKING

PASTTHINKING

PRESENTTHINKING

VALUES

IS DRIVEN TO

ORIENTED TOWARDS

WORK OR CAREER

SOCIAL INSTITUTION

FEARS

SUCCESS DEFINED BY

LOVE

ROLE

FOCUS POINT

KEY QUESTION

DRIVES

MANIPULATES BY

Change, creativity, flexibility, ideas, spontaneity, innovation

Authenticity, evidence, fairness, history, accuracy, knowledge, security

Planning, control, continuity, stability, status quo

Explore Validate Organize

Change Tradition Status quo

EntrepreneurSalespersonDeal makerCEO

AcademicArchitectural engineer physician, CFO

AdministratorCivil engineerCity plannerAccountantCOO

Business Academia Government

Loss of hope Loss of information Loss of control

Ideas Theories Projects

Impulsive Cautious Realistic

Innovator Researcher Planner

What could be What was What is

What if? Why? How?

Change Research Order

Persuasion Withholding information

Control

FUTURETHINKING

PASTTHINKING

PRESENTTHINKING

SELF ESTEEM FROM

KNOWN FOR

NEEDS

LIFESTYLE

LIFE APPEARS

LIVES

WORLD VIEW

LOOKS FOR

BELIEVES IN

RESPECTS

WORKS BEST WITH

GUIDED BY

Celebrated ideas Validated ideas Goals achieved

Ingenuity Being Informed Resourcefulness

Options and openended scenarios

Information, data Rules and structure

Avant-garde Traditional Contemporary

Random Set in stone Planned

Spontaneously Cautiously Practically

Big Picture Measured Practical

Opportunities Meaning Usefulness

Possibility Truth Stability

Anarchy Evolution Status quo

People Data Things

Intuition Rationality Practicality