I + C paradox · one of the four paradox types
IpC personality type (The Precise Storyteller)
The Precise Storyteller tells a good story and checks every fact in it.
This type used to be called The Inspired Analyst.
The Precise Storyteller brings creative ideas and checks the facts behind them.
IpC is one of the four paradox types in the WiredType model. Influence and Conscientiousness pull in different directions. This page describes the Precise Storyteller. If the Precise Storyteller is your type, you will likely recognize yourself in it. If you live or work with a Precise Storyteller, it shows what the Precise Storyteller is wired to do and how to work well together.
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Traits of the Precise Storyteller
This section covers what drives the Precise Storyteller and what the Precise Storyteller works to avoid, then the Precise Storyteller's main strength, main weakness, motto and signature animal, from WiredType's profile of the IpC type.
What drives the Precise Storyteller
- The Precise Storyteller wants people at work to enjoy their explanation and trust every number in it, so before they walk anyone through a budget, they recheck every number.
- They want their coworkers to enjoy the stories they tell on break, so before they tell one again, they look up on their phone what year it happened.
- They want their friends excited about the trip they suggest, so they post it in the group chat with every ticket price checked.
- The Precise Storyteller wants their hobby playful and exact, so on Saturday they sketch the idea fast and spend Sunday checking every measurement.
- They want people to feel the spark of a hard idea, and the proof comes when the quietest person asks them a second question.
What the Precise Storyteller works to avoid
- The Precise Storyteller can fear a wrong fact in front of people at work, so the question "Where did that number come from?" makes their stomach drop.
- When a relative says, "You always make it bigger," it can hurt, because they worry their family hears their stories as exaggeration.
- They can fear one careless slip will cost their friends' trust, so a wrong date in their invite bothers them for days.
- Rigid rules worry the Precise Storyteller, who can fear a budget app that locks every dollar in place will drain the fun from their plans.
- Being treated as unimportant is a fear for the Precise Storyteller, so they notice at once when a point they just made gets no answer.
Superpower (main strength)
The Precise Storyteller can turn a dense document, like a lease or a hospital bill, into a story people follow, and when someone asks, they point to the exact line behind each claim.
Kryptonite (main weakness)
The Precise Storyteller can reopen an essay or a slideshow that was ready at 6 p.m. and recheck it past midnight. The person waiting for it gets it a day late.
Motto
“Let me tell you what happened first. Then I will show you the exact numbers behind it.”
Signature animal
The mockingbird learns every song, then makes each one its own.
How the Precise Storyteller works with each style
Each section describes what tends to happen between the Precise Storyteller and a colleague of one style, and gives a line the Precise Storyteller can say. If you are that colleague, read your own style's section.
DIpC and D (Dominance)
A D-type colleague wants to ship, and the Precise Storyteller wants the number right first. At 4 p.m. the D-type asks, "Can we ship today?" The Precise Storyteller is still rechecking one total. The D-type values how the Precise Storyteller brings a room along, and cannot see why every figure gets verified first. The Precise Storyteller values how fast the D-type decides, and worries when the D-type ships on unchecked data. On a good week, the Precise Storyteller brings people and proof, and the D-type brings speed. On a bad week, the D-type calls the Precise Storyteller the holdup, and the Precise Storyteller calls the D-type reckless.
What the Precise Storyteller can say to a D-type colleague: “I am in on this plan. Give me until 9 tonight to check the fees and the details. At 9, I will tell you yes or name the one thing that worries me.”
IIpC and I (Influence)
The Precise Storyteller and an I-type colleague share the same social style, and a lunch together can run long on talk alone. The Precise Storyteller also wants to check the number before it goes on a slide. When the Precise Storyteller asks for the source, the I-type may laugh and call the Precise Storyteller the careful one. The Precise Storyteller sees the I-type as a creative partner whose idea needs a fact-check before it goes public. The two stay warm when the Precise Storyteller offers each correction as an improvement to the I-type's idea.
What the Precise Storyteller can say to an I-type colleague: “I love this story. Let me find the source so you can tell it again and every detail holds up.”
SIpC and S (Steadiness)
An S-type colleague may find the warmth of the Precise Storyteller reassuring and the pace hard to match. The Precise Storyteller pitches an idea on Monday and sends a revised table on Wednesday, after the S-type planned around Monday's version. When the Precise Storyteller shows the checked numbers, the S-type sees the work is reliable. The Precise Storyteller counts on the S-type's steady pace while checking sources. The Precise Storyteller does well to give the S-type a day's notice before changing the plan.
What the Precise Storyteller can say to an S-type colleague: “I know my pace can be hard to follow. If I go quiet for a day, I am checking the details. I will answer you by 4 p.m. tomorrow, and you can check in with me any time.”
CIpC and C (Conscientiousness)
The Precise Storyteller and a C type colleague both check the numbers, so each trusts the other's care from the first shared file. In front of a group, the Precise Storyteller is warm, and the colleague uses a dry, exact style. Each style can grate on the other. The pairing works because the Precise Storyteller turns the colleague's analysis into a talk a committee follows, and the colleague checks every claim in the story against the data.
What the Precise Storyteller can say to a C-type colleague: “I want to build this around your analysis, and I will keep every number exactly as you have it. I will add an opening story and headlines, and you can check each page before it goes out.”
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