Founder
“I plant seeds that will outlive empires.”
Ambition, Power, Strategy, Self-interest
Belonging, Growth, Patience, Ecology
Curiosity, Clarity, Precision, Mastery
Fairness, Responsibility, Order, Boundaries
Passion, Impulse, Honesty, Risk
Understanding the Founder
You want to achieve meaningful things, but you believe that real success comes from investing in people. You think about growth in long time scales and you notice potential where others see limitations. You lead through support and strategy at the same time. You feel most fulfilled when you help others reach a level of strength or stability they did not know they were capable of.
Dominant Driver
Black is the drive toward agency and effective achievement. It shows up in people who notice power dynamics, think in terms of trade-offs, and are willing to do what it takes to move from wishing to actually getting results. This might be the person who negotiates, sets clear personal goals, or quietly builds leverage instead of waiting for permission. At its hardest moments, Black can become suspicious, guarded, or calculating, afraid of being weak or dependent and struggling to fully trust that others will have their back.
Auxiliary Driver
Green is the drive toward connection and organic growth. It shows up in people who think about how things and people fit together over time, who notice the emotional atmosphere in a room, and who care about whether a path feels alive rather than just impressive. This might be the person who tends to friendships like a garden, who values slow, steady progress, or who keeps an eye on whether everyone is actually okay beneath the surface. At its hardest moments, Green can avoid necessary conflict, stay too long in familiar situations, or bend itself around others until it’s not sure what it really wants anymore.
Lacking Driver
When you lack White, plans stay vague, boundaries are unclear, and you often postpone decisions with a vague 'we'll sort it out later' until something breaks. Commitments feel optional, shared spaces slide into mess or drama, and it becomes hard to trust that anyone—including you—will actually show up in the way they said they would.
Lacking Driver
When you lack Red, life starts to feel muted and overly careful. You swallow strong feelings or postpone them, and you make choices mostly to avoid conflict or trouble. Days blur into routines that are ‘fine’ but rarely exciting, relationships stay polite rather than alive, and big desires are often shelved until the moment to act has already passed.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Builds systems that last because they're designed around people, not against them
- Invests in others strategically—you develop talent instead of just hiring it
- Creates cultures of trust where high performance feels sustainable, not extractive
- Achieves through empowerment; people want to succeed because you helped them believe they could
- Hesitates to make painful decisions, letting problems grow while you search for a kinder solution
- Struggles to prioritize results when care conflicts with efficiency—you'll sacrifice the deadline to protect the person
- Over-invests in people who aren't growing, hoping patience will eventually pay off
- Delays pruning underperforming projects or relationships because cutting feels like betrayal