Comparing Assessments

Understanding thinking and behavioral preferences is essential for personal growth, effective communication, and team dynamics. Two popular tools used for assessing these preferences are the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment (RITA) and Emergenetics. In this article, we will compare and contrast these two assessments, exploring their similarities and differences, and their potential applications in personal and professional contexts.

What is Emergenetics?

Emergenetics® is a brain-based assessment tool that identifies an individual’s thinking and behavioral preferences based on seven attributes: Analytical, Structural, Social, Conceptual, Social, Expressiveness, and Assertiveness. Each attribute represents a different aspect of thinking and behavioral style, and each has its unique strengths and preferences.

How Can I Use Emergenetics?

Emergenetics® can be used in various personal and professional contexts, such as team development, leadership development, and communication enhancement. It can help individuals and teams understand their thinking and behavioral preferences, improve self-awareness, and enhance collaboration and communication with others. It can also support organizations in creating high-performing teams by leveraging the diversity of thinking and behavioral styles.

What is RITA?

The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment (RITA) is a personality assessment tool. It identifies an individual’s Resilience Innovator® archetype, of which there are ten. These archetypes represent different approaches to resilience, problem-solving, and innovation, with each type having its unique strengths and preferences.

How Can I Use RITA?

RITA is specifically designed to assess an individual’s resilience level and innovation style and can be used in various contexts, such as innovation and entrepreneurship training, organizational development, and leadership development. It can help individuals understand their reactions to stressful environments, their natural innovation tendencies, their strengths in the innovation process, and their areas for growth. It can also facilitate effective teamwork and collaboration by bringing together individuals with complementary innovation styles.

How are Emergenetics® and RITA similar?

Both RITA and Emergenetics® are concerned with team-building and creating a more successful company culture. Emergenetics® does this by determining behavioral preferences while RITA examines an individual’s unique personality traits.

How are Emergentics and RITA different?

There are several differences between both assessments, which are broken down below:

1. Focus: While Emergenetics® focuses on thinking and behavioral preferences, the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment focuses on an individual’s strengths and weaknesses specifically under pressure.
2. Number of Attributes: The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment has ten archetypes, while Emergenetics® has seven attributes representing thinking and behavioral preferences.
3. Depth of Assessment: Emergenetics® provides a detailed assessment of an individual’s thinking and behavioral preferences, with practical tips for leveraging these preferences in various contexts. The Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment provides a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s levels of resilience and innovation potential, with detailed descriptions of each archetype’s characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses.

In conclusion, the Resilience Innovator® Type Assessment and Emergenetics® are two valuable assessment tools that provide insights into an individual’s thinking and behavioral preferences. They have different focuses, contexts, and depths of assessment, making them suitable for different personal and professional contexts. Individuals and organizations can choose the assessment tool that best aligns with their specific needs and goals for personal or professional development, team dynamics, and communication improvement.