Interaction + Inclusivity
Every interpersonal interaction is an opportunity for true human connection.
Every interpersonal interaction is an opportunity for true human connection.
WHAT IS INTRIVITY?
Intrivity is a one-of-a-kind online assessment tool that empowers people to have more positive, productive, and meaningful human interactions.
Our Core Values
These guiding principles dictate how we operate and interact with one another.
We choose to assume positive intent.
We recognize diversity as a way to strengthen community.
We value practical experience grounded in scholarly research and validated theoretical models.
Why Choose Intrivity
There is no shortage of personality assessments available. Intrivity is the only research-based assessment exclusively focused on the way people communicate across four domains of human interaction. It also uniquely addresses the role of non-verbal cues in communication.
Personalized Insights
Each report is fully customized with recommendations for how to translate your MRTS Profile into practice for better human interactions.
Complements Other Tools
Our tools and training are meticulously designed to work in diverse environments for individuals or teams within academic and business settings.
Diverse Reporting Options
There is such a thing as too much information which is why we provide different levels of reporting—so you can choose the level of detail to meet your needs.
Tested and Validated
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team of behavioral scientists, our methodology has been tested and validated in English, Mandarin, and Spanish.
Grounded in theory. Validated by research.
Intrivity is the first model that includes all four elements of cultural anthropologist Edward T. Hall’s communication and culture theory and recognizes variation across the four domains. Intrivity is also the first empirically validated tool that allows us to explain and measure distinct patterns of low and high context communication behavior across message, relationship, time, and space.
Powerfully simple. Simply powerful.
Intrivity evaluates the attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics of your communication style across the four domains of message, relationship, time, and space.
Your personal MRTS Profile
Your MRTS Profile creates a shorthand to represent your individual tendencies in communicating across the four domains
Message Domain Styles
How a message is communicated and heard
Message style is the way you use and interpret literal vs subtle meaning and emotions in communication. It includes the degree to which you mean what you say, the extent to which you allow feelings to guide your communication, and whether you are inclined to understand and express subtle meaning
The Message Domain
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Very Literal
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More Literal
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Fairly Literal
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More Indirect
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Very Indirect
The Message Domain
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Very Literal (1)
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More Literal (2)
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Fairly Literal (3)
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More Indirect (4)
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Very Indirect (5)
The Relationship Domain
How relationships influence communication
The Relationship Domain refers to the way you adjust communication to your counterpart’s status and relationship with you. For example, do you adjust your message depending on whether you are interacting with your boss, your direct report, or your peer?
Relationship Domain Styles
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Very Transactional
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More Transactional
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Fairly Transactional
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More Relational
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Very Relational
Relationship Domain Styles
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Very Transactional (1)
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More Transactional (2)
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Fairly Transactional (3)
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More Relational (4)
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Very Relational (5)
The Time Domain
How time is used to convey meaning
The Time Domain is about how you attend to and manage time to communicate with others. For example, do you get upset when someone is late to a scheduled meeting with you and interpret it as a sign of disrespect? It also refers to how you prefer to organize your day or meetings: do you prefer to allow things to unfold naturally, or do you tend to rigidly adhere to schedules and deadlines?
Time Domain Styles
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Very Structured
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More Structured
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Fairly Structured
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More Flexible
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Very Flexible
Time Domain Styles
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Very Structured (1)
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More Structured (2)
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Fairly Structured (3)
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More Flexible (4)
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Very Flexible (5)
The Space Domain
How physical, auditory, and vocal space is shared with counterpart(s)
The Space Domain explores the way you attend to and communicate through the physical, auditory, and vocal space shared with your counterpart. This includes how you use silence in conversation, engage in physical contact, such as touching your counterpart’s shoulder, as well as the body posture you maintain during your interactions.
Space Domain Styles
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Very Reserved
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More Reserved
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Fairly Reserved
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More Engaging
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Very Engaging
Space Domain Styles
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Very Reserved (1)
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More Reserved (2)
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Fairly Reserved (3)
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More Engaging (4)
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Very Engaging (5)
Discover your MRTS Profile
The Intrivity MRTS Report provides you with your communication style profile within the four domains of message, relationship, time, and space. Each report is fully customized with a detailed breakdown of the characteristics, behaviors, and attitudes specific to your personal MRTS profile. Your comprehensive, personalized report provides everything you need to:
• receive recommendations based on your communication style
• understand your MRTS profile and characterstics of your personal interaction style
• recognize the behaviors and attitudes related to your MRTS profile
• communicate more effectively based on your interaction style
• understand how to interact more effectively with different interaction styles
Meet the Intrivity Team
The Intrivity Assessment was created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers with deep scholarly and business expertise.
