The Benziger BreakthroughThe Benziger Breakthrough“Sets the Benchmark for Best Practices in HR Management”
2002 Deloitte & Touche, Latin AmericaGrounding Jung’s Typology with Breakthroughs in Neuroscience
Setting the Benchmark for Best Practices in HR
Neuro-science
Carl Jung
Human Resource Management
Dr. KatherineDr. Katherine BenzigerBenziger, Ph.D., USA
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Jung
“In the last analysis it may well be that physiological causes inaccessible to our knowledge today (in 1926) play a part in this (Typology).
… reversal of type often proves exceedingly harmful to the physiological well being of the organism, often provoking an acute state of exhaustion.”
“As a rule, when falsification of type takes place as a result of external influence, the individual becomes neurotic later, and a cure can successfully be sought only in the development of that individual’s natural way.”
Carl Gustav Jung, physician and psychiatristPsychological Types (pages 415-416)
Harcourt Brace and Company in 1926
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Carl Jung
1926
Jung’s in-depth knowledge of human beings was tremendous, at a time when the amount of knowledge in physiology and the neuro-sciences was very limited.
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Physiology and theNeuro-sciences in 1926
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Physiology and the Neuro-sciences in 2006
Carl Jung
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2006
Jung’s in-depth knowledge of human beings can be explained today, because the amount of knowledge in physiology and the neuro-sciences has expanded tremendously.
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961 Switzerland) Jung’s Theoretical Model of Type and its Physiological Foundations
Richard HaierPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Leadwhich would be each person’s natural compass
Karl PribramPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s 4 Specialized Functions
Hans EysenckPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Introversion Extraversion
Jung’s Typology
1. 4 Specialized Functions2. Introversion and Extraversion3. The Existence of a Natural Lead
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Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Breakthrough #1: Recognition that Human’s Who are Thriving Experience Flow
Other neuro-sicentists exploring human potential
discoveredOptimal Thinking was
characterized by Enthusiasm &
Effortlessness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi the 1st scientist to report the ground-breaking discovery Optimal Thinking exists Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience: Steps Towards Enhancing The Quality of Life.
1. Mihaly Csikszenmihalyi’s focus was on the mastery & anxiety 2. He proved Flow existed, but did not know how to help anyone
else experience it.
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Carl Jung
Karl PribramMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Carl Jung
Karl Pribram
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Richard Haier
Breakthrough #2: Recognition that human’s using their brain’s natural preferencealso report experiencing FlowFlow
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Richard Haier the 2nd scientist discovers the existence of an area of focused natural efficiency in our brains, 1 area which uses only 1/100th the energy.
1. Richard Haier’s focus was on the mastery & electrical efficiency 2. He found that mastery is not nearly as important;3. Using the 1 area which is naturally efficient is important to
achieve Optimal Thinking which is characterized by Effortlessness.
…and that less than Optimal Thinking is characterized by boredom & exhaustion
Richard Haier showed other areas of the cortex even when mastery has been achieved (i.e. the brain is as efficient as it can be simply through practice) use 100 times the energy used by the area of focused natural efficiency to “think”. In other words when you are using a non-preferred mode even if you become competent in something, you will exhaust your brain doing it.
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Breakthrough #3: Recognition that people who are not experiencing Flow, are very often experiencing exhaustion
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Jung
Karl Pribram Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Richard Haier
A continuum of human potentialhuman potential or not?
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Optimal Thinking
Flow
Effortless
Dependable
High Self-Efficacy
Thriving
Less than Optimal Thinking
Exhausting
Not Dependable
Low Self-Efficacy
Exhaustion
Using your brain’s 1 preferred mode it burns only 1/100th the energy every minute you use it.
Using any of your brain’s 3 non-preferred modes requires it to burn 100 times the energy every minute you use it to think
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The Societal CostsSocietal Costs of Falsifying TypeKatherine Benziger
1985Falsification of Type Study
of 10,000 Persons
Arlene Taylor Carl Jung
Gallup International Research & Education
Center 2001 studyof 2 million persons
Falsification of Type Dr. Katherine Benziger (1985, USA, sample of 10,000 persons) using the BTSA and interviews to determine whether people were falsifying type and if they were falsifying type what was falsifying type doing to them. The conclusions were that 70 to 80 percent of the population were falsifying type and that the those falsifying type were trapped in a less than optimal life experience, triggering one of both of the crisis responses regularly.
Now, Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton. Gallup International Research & Education Center (2001, 200 countries, 2 million people) “created a revolutionary program to help people identify their talents, build them into strengths and enjoy consistent, near perfect performance.” It was the result of a 25 year multi-million dollar retrospective study which found 80 percent of people around the world were not using their natural strengths or gifts.
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Why is it so dangerous? Costs of Falsifying TypeBased on Haier’s breakthrough discoveries about learning,
we now understand why Falsifying Type is so harmful to a person’s physiology.
By leading with a mode other than their brain’s preference, they are forcing their brain to overwork– to burn 100 times the energy it is set up to burn for hours and hours, day after day.
• Essentially, they are over heating or frying their brain; and
• Causing the Brain to burn more than its allotted 20% of the Oxygen
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The Benziger BreakthroughThe Benziger BreakthroughPerceiving the Pattern of Societal CostsPerceiving the Pattern of Societal Costs
Carl Gustav Jung1875-1961 Switzerland Theoretical Model of Type
Richard Haier Physiological Foundations for Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Lead which would
be each person’s natural compass
Karl PribramPhysiological Foundations for Jung’s 4 Specialized Functions
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Gustav Jung1875-1961 Switzerland Theoretical Model of Type Richard Haier
Physiological Foundations for Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Lead which would be
each person’s natural compass
Costs of Falsifying Typemore about why it is so dangerous
The Oxygen FactorThe Oxygen FactorThe normal oxygen distribution in the body is:
20 % for the brain80 % for the rest of the body
This is one of the body’s key operational rules.
When the rule is followed all parts of the brain-body receive the oxygen they need to do their jobs.
When the rule is violated, when the brain takes too much oxygen, it can throw the body out of homeostatic balance and causing the metabolism to shift from anabolic to catabolic.
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Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Gustav Jung1875-1961 Switzerland Theoretical Model of Type
Karl PribramPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s 4 Specialized Functions
Richard HaierPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Lead
which would be each person’s natural compass
Falsifying Type and Its Falsifying Type and Its Societal CostsSocietal Costs
Why is it happening so frequently?Why have people lost touch with their brain’s inner compass?
Both Benziger and Gallup found 70-80% of global workforce doing it.
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Benziger’s research points to these 3 answers:
1.Maslow’s Hierarch of Needs – to meet “lower level needs”
2.The 400 Year Pattern of The Industrial Revolution set up an educational system teaching the general population who were expected to be the workers everywhere, Basal Left skills; and the elite who were expected to be leaders, Frontal Left skills.
3.We didn’t know any better.
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Gustav Jung1875-1961 Switzerland Theoretical Model of Type
Richard HaierPhysiological Foundations for Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Lead which would be
each person’s natural compass
Karl PribramPhysiological Foundations
for Jung’s 4 Specialized Functions
The Good NewsThe Good News:: Now that we know better , we can make a difference Now that we know better , we can make a difference::
Implications for coaching and for businessesImplications for coaching and for businessesGiven 70-80% of the population are Falsifying Type, it can be helpful to start by assuming the people with whom you are working may be Falsifying Type. You will find it will be true for most people. Then:• Use Benziger & BTSA to identify each person’s natural preference.• Help them let go of long term habits of using highly developed non-preferred competencies. • Help them identify, embrace & develop their natural preference.• Teach them how to “leverage” their preference.
Best Practices in HR Management Hans EysenckPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Introversion Extraversion
Dr Katherine Benziger, Ph. D., USA Benziger Breakthrough
Carl Gustav Jung1875-1961 Switzerland Theoretical Model of Type
Richard HaierPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Posited Existence of a Natural Leadwhich would be each person’s natural compass
Karl PribramPhysiological Foundations
for Jung’s 4 Specialized Functions
Hans EysenckPhysiological Foundations for
Jung’s Introversion Extraversion
The Benziger BreakthroughThe Benziger BreakthroughGrounding Jung’s Typology with Breakthroughs in Neuroscience
The Good News:The Good News:“Dr. Benziger and her tools help CEO’s and managers effectively manage the balance between creativity and operations in business.”
Charlie M. Leighton, Chairman of Board, The CML Group
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