Hands up Tinkers
Douglas Johnston has been developing a taxonomy of different archetypes of people who are constantly playing with their productivity systems: Tinkers, Tailors, Soldiers and Spies. It was immediately obvious to me which I was—like Douglas, I am a Tinker. To quote him:
- “The Tinker is the consumate tweaker for tweakingâs sake.” Oh, that’s me all right.
- “…modify existing setups (even if they already work fine)”. Check.
- “Tinkers are far less concerned about using the system than the idea of creating it…”. Check.
- “Fascinated by planners, bags and utensils with multiple uses, hidden compartments…”. Oh my, yes.
- “…the Tinker might also carry a Swiss Army Knife, Leatherman…” Check!
Hey, has he been going through the hidden compartments in my multi-purpose bag?
