Social Groups define group values or cultures that are found between Social Profiles who share the same number. For example, a team comprising of a 1Fe, 1Si and 1Ti would all be from Social Group 1, whilst a team of people whose profiles were 3Ni, 3Se and 3Te would be from Social Group 3.
When individuals are part of the same Social Group, they come together to share common group values, enabling the group to work together more cohesively. By extension, performance is likely to be above average.
4G also identifies which value system the Social Group will have an affinity with in terms of values, working environment, group pioneers and early adopters.
Social Group Proxies
As a point of reference, the ideas behind Social Groups can be seen in other approaches and theories. The first is the idea of a product life cycle consisting of innovation, early adopters, mass market and late adopters. Each of these four stages are analogous to the four Social Groups detailed below.
The second approach is the Cynefin model which outlines a four domain theory for sense-making consisting of Chaos, Complex, Complicated and Simple (a fifth domain or vacuum also features). This also offers a good degree of analogy or representation when considering metaphors and alternative definitions for the Social Groups.
Social Group Summaries
The table below introduces summary definitions of each of the four Social Groups.
| Social Group | Social Profiles | Values | Optimal Working Environment | Pioneers (p) and Early Adopters (a) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Group 1 | 1Fe 1Ne 1Si 1Ti | Adaptive Flux Revolution Over Evolution | Innovative Novel | 1Ne (p) 1Ti (a) |
| Social Group 2 | 2Fe 2Ni 2Se 2Ti | Competitive Egalitarian Pluralistic | Early Adopter Emergent | 2Fe (a) 2Ni (p) |
| Social Group 3 | 3Fi 3Ni 3Se 3Te | Cause and Effect Control Replication | Mass Market Good Practice | 3Ni (p) 3Te (a) |
| Social Group 4 | 4Fi 4Ne 4Si 4Te | Structure Stability Perfection | Value Maximiser Best Practice | 4Fi (a) 4Ne (p) |
