Rational Mastermind

You are introspective, pragmatic, directive, and attentive. As a strategist, you are better than any other type at brainstorming approaches to situations. You are a natural but not an eager leader, stepping forward only when it becomes obvious that you are best for the job. Strong-willed and very self-assured, you may make this decision quickly, as you tend to make all decisions. But though you are decisive, you are open to new evidence and new ideas, flexible in your planning to accommodate changing situations. You tend to excel at judging the usefulness of ideas and will apply whatever seems most efficient in accomplishing your clearly envisioned goals. You do not feel bound by established rules and procedures, and traditional authority does not impress you, nor do slogans or catchwords. Only ideas that make sense to you are adopted; those that don't, aren't, no matter who thought of them.

You are highly pragmatic, and they will put forth a great deal of time and effort to implement effective ideas. You are driven to solve complex problems and to create organized, decided, and executed solutions. You tend to make positive statements instead of negative ones, focusing on how to make the organization more efficient in the future rather than dwelling on past mistakes.

You are also highly theoretical, and the most open-minded of the 16 role variants. Before adopting a theoretical notion, you insist on researching all the available data and checking the idea against reality. You are suspicious of theories based on poor research and will discard ideas that cannot be effectively implemented.

Famous Masterminds include Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and Isaac Newton.