I’ve had to take those tests as well, and I’ve had some good hearted chats with some of the organizational psychologists who design and administer them. The odd thing is that some of these tests are designed to identify and promote predictability… a great straight for an executive in finance or operations, but not for an executive who is charged with bringing you innovation and creativity in design, marketing, and even sales to a degree. Predictability is the opposite of creativity… bringing the conversation back around, I think the macro take away for me here is that a lot of organizations want predictability, wether that it is an employee, or in a design they “know will be successful”… the result is a MacBook air clone.