D + C · one of the twelve blends

Dc personality type (The Architect of Results)

The Architect of Results moves fast and gets the numbers right.

The Architect of Results is driven and precise, and builds systems that deliver.

Dc is one of the twelve blends in the WiredType model. Dominance leads, and Conscientiousness is close behind. People also write this blend as DC or D/C. The Cd blend, in which Conscientiousness leads, is a different type. This page describes the Architect of Results. If the Architect of Results is your type, you will likely recognize yourself in it. If you live or work with an Architect of Results, it shows what the Architect of Results is wired to do and how to work well together.

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Traits of the Architect of Results

This section covers what drives the Architect of Results and what the Architect of Results works to avoid, then the Architect of Results's main strength, main weakness, motto and signature animal, from WiredType's profile of the Dc type.

What drives the Architect of Results

  • The Architect of Results wants work that holds up on the first try, so they check a form or a schedule down to the last line before a coworker sees it.
  • They want the household to run on a plan, so they settle the weekend schedule by Thursday and check every pickup time.
  • The Architect of Results wants a group plan decided fast, so when the group chat drifts for an hour, they post the time, the place and the cost.
  • They want their money on a plan, so they set the budget in one evening and test each line against last month's statement.
  • They enjoy taking a messy process apart and redrawing it on one clean page that people still use months later.

What the Architect of Results works to avoid

  • The Architect of Results can hate being proven wrong, so when a coworker sends new numbers after the Architect of Results has signed off on the estimate, they redo it that night.
  • They can worry about looking careless, and when someone at home spots one wrong date on the family calendar, they recheck the whole month.
  • The Architect of Results can dread giving an opinion without facts, and the hard moment comes when a friend asks which car to buy before they have compared the cars.
  • They can tense up when a bill or form goes out before they have checked it, so they hold their tax return one more night.
  • The Architect of Results can fear the moment someone finds an error they could have caught last week, and they replay that missed check for days.

Superpower (main strength)

The Architect of Results decides on Monday and tests that decision all week, so the plan they hand over on Friday works the first time and nobody has to fix it.

Kryptonite (main weakness)

The Architect of Results promised the paperwork by 4 and wants it perfect, so they hold it for one more check and send it at 5:30.

Motto

“I'll check every number this morning. You'll have it, correct, at 3 like I promised.”

Signature animal

The falcon is the fastest bird in a dive and hits its target precisely.

How the Architect of Results works with each style

Each section describes what tends to happen between the Architect of Results and a colleague of one style, and gives a line the Architect of Results can say. If you are that colleague, read your own style's section.

DDc and D (Dominance)

A D-type colleague respects how fast the Architect of Results moves and trusts the data behind it, so the D-type often listens to the Architect of Results before deciding. The D-type will get impatient with the quality checks. The Architect of Results will get frustrated when the D-type wants to ship work before it is finished. The D-type asks whether the work is fast enough, and the Architect of Results asks whether it is right enough.

What the Architect of Results can say to a D-type colleague: “I'm on board with the choice. Give me until tomorrow night to check one risk. If it holds, we go ahead. If it fails, I'll bring you the fix.”

IDc and I (Influence)

The Architect of Results and an I-type colleague start a project with different first moves. At 8:40, before a 9:00 kickoff, the Architect of Results opens last quarter's spreadsheet. The I-type opens the meeting with five ideas. The precision of the Architect of Results can intimidate the I-type, and the I-type's improvising can alarm the Architect of Results. At its best, the I-type's pitch wins over the board, and the Architect of Results answers the director's hard questions with numbers.

What the Architect of Results can say to an I-type colleague: “I like the energy. I'll take your top idea and price it out by Thursday. If the numbers work, I'll book it. If they come up short, I'll show you what does fit.”

SDc and S (Steadiness)

An S-type colleague gives the Architect of Results steady follow-through and keeps up the team relationships that a fast pace wears down. The speed and blunt corrections of the Architect of Results can hurt the S-type, who often says nothing. On Tuesday the Architect of Results returns the S-type's draft with six tracked changes and no greeting. The S-type replies "Got it." The next draft arrives on time, with less of the S-type's own thinking in it.

What the Architect of Results can say to an S-type colleague: “Before I give you notes, I want you to know I count on how steady you are. There's one thing I'd like us to change together. Tell me if you see it differently.”

CDc and C (Conscientiousness)

A C-type colleague shares the standards of the Architect of Results, which makes the work easier and the finish harder. Both ask for the source, and both read the evidence before the opinion. The risk is a draft neither one will release. It is Thursday, the third review round. Each finds one more fix, and the deliverable waits another week.

What the Architect of Results can say to a C-type colleague: “We both want this right. Can we agree now on what done looks like, so we both know when to send it?”

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