Open Metal
The Straight Talker
Like raw metal out of the ground — heavy, unfinished, and it cuts.
The Straight Talker wants to cut a thing down to what is actually true about it.
What it’s good at
- Saying the sentence everyone in the room had decided to walk around
- Ending a bad plan while it is still cheap to end
What it costs
- The same edge lands just as hard on people who only needed a gentler version of the same true thing
That cost is the same trait from its expensive side — they come together, and a version without the second would not have the first.
The work this suits
Where somebody has to say the unpopular true thing early, while it is still cheap — review, diligence, quality.
And what it costs at work
A room that runs on agreement, where being right early gets remembered as being difficult.
Where that shows up
- Audit and diligence
- Quality assurance
- Risk
- Investigative work
- Turnarounds
Examples, not a prescription — plenty of Straight Talkers do none of these and are very good at what they do instead.
Who lifts them
Their element feeds this one.
Who pushes them
Their element controls this one — harder going, and the reason it sharpens up.
Who they lift
This element feeds theirs, so this is the one putting energy in.
Who they steer
This element controls theirs, which makes these easy pairs to get things done in.
Same footing
The same element, running the other way round.
Is this you?
One date and the app tells you which of the ten you are — and shows how it got there.
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