What it is
Instincts, not skills.
They turn up whether the job calls for them or not. That is what makes this a dimension and not a skill.
You think about what isn't true yet. While everyone else is handling today, you're already describing what comes next — and describing it well enough that people want to go there. That's not daydreaming; it's where a team gets a direction in the first place. The hard part is the middle. The long, unglamorous stretch between the idea and the finished thing.
- Thinks past the next step
- Gives the work somewhere to go
- Connects two things nobody joined up
- Makes an idea worth following
Works well with
These cover its blind side.
Where it snags
Two instincts, different first moves.
Read as The Dreamer
What this looks like when it is the thing going wrong.
Stalled projectsWhen something stops moving, your instinct is to go back to the shape of itRead this oneFeedback and redirectionTold that something has to change, you hear an invitation to rethink the whole thingRead this oneUnderperformanceWhen your own work slips it's rarely because you stopped caringRead this one
Which one is yours
You are reading The Dreamer. Is that actually you?
Ten situations, about three minutes, no sign-up. It tells you which of the five you reach for first — and which version of this page is yours.