Organizational Character Index
Organizational Character Index (OCI)
The OCI was developed by William Bridges (in his book The Character of Organizations) to apply the principles of Myers-Briggs® to organizations. Using the OCI you can determine the character of your organization in terms of how it gets energy, how it gathers information, how it makes decisions, and how it shows itself to the outside world.
Here are a few instructions for taking the OCI:
a. Answer the question in terms of how your organization ACTUALLY operates, as opposed to how you THINK it SHOULD operate.
b. The OCI lets you express a ‘degree of strength’ between two choices. The choices will be indicated by (a) and (b) in the questions. Select your response as follows:
1 = Distinctly or usually (a)
2 = Somewhat (a)
3 = Somewhat (b)
4 = Distinctly or usually (b)
c. Don’t agonize too much over your answers - select what you think is the best fit. Be sure and answer all questions.
d. Include your name and email address and the results will be sent to you in a day or so. You will be sent your organization’s four letter type and a brief discussion on how to interpret it.
OCI For Groups - the form I’ve encoded below is optimized for individuals. If you have a group that you’d like to have take the OCI, I have another version optimized for groups. Email me from my About page and I’ll send you a link.
Note - A lot of visitors are filling out the survey but not submitting the data. As a result, I have no way to view and interpret it. Remember, when you are done entering data you must hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the survey. Please and thank you.
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