Our Objective
Our aim is to offer an engaging tool to help people navigate in an increasingly complex and competitive world. The contradictory nature of the wonders of technology heighten these issues by making the means of communication seem limitless while often leaving people feeling alone, isolated, and even fearful of close personal contact with others. To thrive, let alone survive, today requires being willing to grow up, to act professionally at work, and to reconnect with others in our private spheres. The key, of course, is learning how to observe, understand, and relate to others based on who they are, and then adjusting our own behavior accordingly.
We don’t even venture to imagine the various ways our users will find to apply this tool. In our own experience so far, people have surprised us with suggestions on how our tool could be useful, even for fun, and we anticipate and hope for more such pleasant surprises.
Character Radar’s Story
A portfolio manager, an urban planner, and a filmmaker went into a bar one afternoon. Having known each other for years, they chatted about the goings-on in their lives over glasses of ale and wine. The fellow in finance began to relate how the five-character model of behavior the other two had taught him were proving helpful in and out of the office. After hearing his examples, the other two began to provide their own experiences of how this construct, which they had created to define consistent fictional characters for movies and other narratives, seemed to be a window into the character of real people.
They all agreed that, armed with this understanding of what made people, including themselves, tick, they were better equipped to deal with what others say and do, even to the point of predicting behavior. They also agreed that, over the years, they had come to realize that with those original 5 they could describe everyone they encountered, and that, alas, there was no need for a sixth. Amazingly, the construct was complete. It dawned on them: if they found the Characters helpful, wouldn’t others as well? So they went about the task of trying to think of a way to teach the Characters in an engaging, dynamic, and interactive way. Thus, Character Radar was born.