Used in education and workforce settings.
MNTEST has a history of use in settings where people explore decisions about study, training, employment, and client support. That use history does not by itself validate the current instrument or predict outcomes.
Greater Raritan One-Stop has used the Multiple Natures framework with career-center clients since 2019. SOS Children's Villages India has used the work since 2012, with more than 10,000 children reached to date.
SOS Children's Villages India is also undertaking a longitudinal study to examine job placement outcomes and the role MNTEST may have played in student success.
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What it returns
MNTEST produces a provisional estimate of two relative patterns: the kinds of demand you report moving toward across the Nine Natures, and the channels you report using across the Ten Intelligences. Together they offer a reflection aid, not a type, aptitude finding, or fixed account of who you are.
For a plain-language introduction before you request the pilot instrument, read Why You Thrive Here and Not There. It is free in ePub and PDF.
Nine Natures
What kinds of demand you are oriented to meet.
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Ten Intelligences
The channels through which you engage.
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Profile
A relative shape across the full set, not a type.
After the pilot estimate
MNTEST offers one provisional estimate of your self-reported pattern. It does not establish what work you are built for or explain what your current job is doing to you. A separately guided MN Situation Map can use the profile as one input while examining the actual situation, what is working, and what is creating strain.
How MNTEST is different
Many assessments stop at the person. They name a type, trait, strength, or preference, and the result starts to feel like an identity. MNTEST is designed to keep the current pilot estimate provisional.
It reports a relative pattern across the Nine Natures and the Ten Intelligences, then leaves the situational question open for reflection and human judgment.
