Abstract
Do you ever catch yourself saying "If only I was a more organised person", "if only I was better at time management". In studies of office and computer desktops the first thing most people do is to apologise for the untidiness of their real or virtual desk. We recognise that we have different physical abilities and intellectual aptitudes, but when we come to personality or cognitive style, we treat our differences as signs of moral turpitude.
Alan is Director of the Computational Foundry in Swansea University, and has worked previously in both academia and industry including start-ups, and high-tech products. In areas from technical creativity and innovation to debugging and design, he seeks to develop techniques to augment and compliment professionals' and students' varying cognitive traits. In general rather than saying, "if only I were different", to help each person achieve given who they are.
Keywords: Personality Types, Cognition, Self Esteem, Walking, Education
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