The Resilience Innovator Type Assessment

We have officially launched the Resilience Innovator™ Type Assessment (RITA) and we want to tell you all about it.

What is RITA?

The Resilience Innovator™ Type Assessment (RITA) is a first-of-its-kind two-part assessment that measures resilience and innovation, and it was developed by Epicenter Innovation and the UK’s leading business psychology firm. RITA was created after analyzing 20 years worth of research on resilience and innovation and interviewing dozens of subject matter experts in the field.

Part One of RITA is a psychometric personality questionnaire. It’s similar to the Myers-Briggs assessment or 16 personalities if you’ve taken that. The second part is a situational judgment test consisting of nine questions based around hypothetical real-world scenarios. Because resilience and innovation are measured by analyzing similar but different sets of characteristics, RITA’s two-part design is uniquely comprehensive.

The goal of RITA is to measure an individual’s resilience and propensity to innovate in times of crisis. The 18-page report you receive upon completion includes:

• Your unique Resilience Innovator™ Archetype
• Your unique Resilience Innovator™ subtypes (two)
• Your results to the situational judgment test
• A strengths in the workplace breakdown
• A professional development worksheet
• Insights into all the types
• A personalized and ranked list of 50 Key Traits related to resilience and innovation

Why Take RITA?

Whether you’re in emergency management or higher education or healthcare–or a field entirely different–RITA can help you. But how?

Because RITA is an individual assessment, all of the results are personalized to you. Like other assessments, RITA has a goal to provide you with personalized information about yourself. Learning your type provides you with the language and a framework to understand your unique behavioral tendencies in times of crisis. For example, if you are a Warrior, you might approach a pressure situation with laser focus. This is a strength, particularly in situations that require an intense approach to getting things done.

While knowing your type is valuable to your personal and professional development, knowing the types of those around you can make an even bigger impact on the communities you serve. To continue our example from above, if you, a Warrior, have to work closely with a Harmonizer, who is on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to approaching problems, there might be friction between both of you when it comes time to make a decision. With the language and frameworks that RITA provides, you and your colleague can recognize your individual strengths and learn to approach a problem more effectively and efficiently by utilizing the full spectrum of your unique traits.

What’s Your Type?

If you’re looking for a way to level up in your professional development, learn more about how you handle crises, or help your team work more effectively, RITA is the assessment tool for you. Take it now to learn your type.