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Thinker | HBDI® profile sharing: personalize, share & compare | How-to

 

Audience: Thinkers (and Practitioners supporting them)
Summary: Use the Sharing features in the Thinker Portal to personalize your HBDI® profile, choose what to share, and compare with colleagues who’ve shared theirs.

What it is

HBDI® Sharing lets you add context to your results (e.g., “About me,” communication preferences) and choose which parts to make visible inside your organization. You can then search, view, and compare with others who have shared.

Who can use it

  • Thinkers who have completed the HBDI® assessment and unlocked their results (via My Journey or an unlock code).

  • Visibility is limited to people inside your organization per your company’s data roles configuration.

How to personalize and share

  1. Go to the Thinker Portal → open Sharing (or follow the prompt at the end of My Journey).

  2. Grant permission to share your profile. (You can revoke this later.)

  3. Complete the short activities (examples below).

  4. For each activity, choose Share or Keep private.

  5. Review your personalized profile and confirm what you want visible.

Sections you can personalize (may vary by org setup):

    • General Description (based on your HBDI® profile)

    • About Me

    • Introversion/Extraversion

    • Communication

    • Frustrations

    • Building Trust

Only the sections you choose to share will be visible to others.

How to find and view other shared profiles

  1. In the Thinker Portal, open Sharing and use Search (name or email).

  2. Select a colleague who has shared their profile.

  3. Browse the tabs they’ve shared. If a tab isn’t visible, it’s because they kept it private.

You must share your own profile before you can see other people’s shared profiles.

How to compare profiles

  1. Open Sharing → Compare.

  2. Search and select a colleague who has shared.

  3. Toggle between HBDI® Profile and Under Pressure to see similarities and differences.

  4. Explore any shared sections (e.g., Communication, Building Trust) to plan how you’ll work together.

Privacy & control

  • You can revoke sharing at any time from the Sharing area.

  • You control which activities are shared vs. private.

  • Organizational data roles govern which people are discoverable inside your company.

Why it matters

Sharing turns insight into action. It helps teams build trust, set clear communication norms, and adapt under pressure by seeing how people prefer to think and work.

Related articles:

  • Thinker | What are the self-paced HBDI® learning journey modules? | Reference

  • Thinker | How to get access to the self-paced HBDI® learning journey | How-to

  • Practitioner | My Journey: what it is and how to offer it | Reference

Need help with data roles or access? Contact your Herrmann representative or Support.