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Creative GeniusThe 12 Hodges Types of Creative Genius®
There’s a gap between who you are today and who you know you could truly be. Your greatest gifts are overlooked, and your full potential is waiting to be unleashed.
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You are more creative than you know. You just stopped believing it.
Somewhere along the way, a classroom, a boardroom, a culture that defined creativity as painting and poetry, you got the message: that's not you. So you stopped raising your hand.
The problem was never a lack of creativity. It's that you've never had a framework that showed you how your creativity actually works.
You show up, do the work, do it well. But there's a nagging feeling you're operating at a fraction of your potential. Watching others get recognized for ideas you never voiced. Wondering if what you bring even matters.
You're not burned out. You're overlooked and underutilized.
The most painful professional experience isn't failure, it's the suffocating feeling that your greatest gifts are completely unseen.
The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius® was built to bridge that gap.
What changes when you finally discover your creative genius?
You walk into rooms differently.
You articulate your value with confidence.
You’ll understand why certain work energizes you.
You lead better, collaborate better, and contribute in ways that are unmistakably, irreplaceably you.
Imagine in Less Than a Few Minutes
Waking up Monday actually looking forward to work, because you finally understand the gifts you bring to it.
Being able to tell your team, your boss, or a future employer exactly how you solve problems, and having the language to back it up.
Knowing you were never not creative. You were just waiting to be discovered and recognized.
That's what The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius® does.
Recognition Starts With the Right Definition
Creativity is the intentional process of generating novel and useful ideas to solve complex problems.
Not just art. Not just a talent you're born with. Creativity is problem-solving, and you've been doing it your whole life. You just never had anyone call it what it actually is. The Hodges 12 Assessment gives it an actual name.
The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius®
12 Types, 3 Domains. Your Creative Genius Trifecta.
Developed from doctoral research and validated with hundreds of professionals around the world, The Hodges 12 Types of Creative Genius® identifies the twelve distinct ways people solve problems, and reveals which three are your natural superpowers.
In just a few minutes, the assessment gives you that language. You'll discover your Creative Genius Trifecta, your top three types, along with detailed profiles that explain how you naturally approach challenges, what energizes you, where you thrive, and how to develop your gift even further.
Three domains. Twelve types. One framework that finally puts
words to what you've always known was inside you.
The Relational Genius types solve problems by nurturing relationships, developing others, and creating human connections.
The Analytical Genius types solve problems through thinking, analyzing, communicating, and combining ideas.
The Functional Genius types solve problems through making, building, and organizing.
Finally, you will have words for gifts you've never known how to describe.
3 Simple Steps to Creative Clarity
STEP 1:
Take the Assessment
In just 15 minutes, answer real questions about how you naturally approach challenges and solve problems.
STEP 2:
Discover Your Trifecta
Receive your personalized results with your Top 3 Creative Genius Types and detailed profiles for each.
STEP 3:
Do Your Best Work
Use your creative superpowers to increase your impact, articulate your value, and come fully alive.
The 12 Types of Creative Genius®
Pioneered by Heather Hodges, PhD
RELATIONAL GENIUS
ANALYTICAL GENIUS
FUNCTIONAL GENIUS
The Connector
Intuitively sees potential matches between people, opportunities, and resources.
The Cultivator
Creates environments where people can do their best creative work and ideas flourish.
The Healer
Addresses root causes, not just symptoms and helps people and organizations become whole again.
The Teacher
Design learning experiences that transform what people know and
can do.
The Communicator
Finds novel ways to make complex ideas clear, compelling, and actionable.
The Scientist
Generates new knowledge and understanding by asking questions, gathering data, and testing what’s true.
The Strategist
Solves problems by envisioning future possibilities and charting clear paths to reach them.
The Synthesizer
Integrates insights across multiple fields to weave diverse information into new solutions.
The Artists
Creates expressions that help people see, feel, or understand in new ways.
The Builder
Turns novel ideas into tangible products, prototypes, and solutions.
The Designer
Crafts elegant solutions that are both beautiful and functional.
The Organizer
Solves complex problems by bringing order to chaos & building systems that simplify complexity.
How Is The Hodges 12 Different?
You've probably taken personality assessments before. Maybe you know you're an INTJ, an Enneagram Three, or high in Strategic. Those tools are real and valuable. The Hodges 12 isn't here to replace what you've already learned about yourself. It answers a question none of them were built to ask.
| Assessment | What it Measures | Result Format | Mostly Used For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enneagram | Your core motivations and fears | One core type | Personal growth, coaching |
| Myers-Briggs | How you perceive and process information | One 4-letter type | Team communication, self-awareness |
| CliftonStrengths | Your natural talents | Top 5 themes | Talent development, employee engagement |
| DISC | Your behavioral style at work | One primary style | Workplace communication |
| Predictive Index | Your workplace drives and job fit | Behavioral pattern | Hiring, role fit |
| The Hodges 12 | How you're wired to solve problems through creativity | Top 3 types (your Trifecta) | Discovering your Creative Genius |
Most assessments tell you who you are or what you're good at.
The Hodges 12 tells you how you approach challenges and solve them through CREATIVITY.
Of the leading personality and workplace assessments, only The Hodges 12 measures your creative problem-solving style specifically, and gives you a top-3 profile instead of a single fixed label.
Unlike assessments built to sort you into a category, your Creative Genius Trifecta is dynamic. It grows as you practice and apply what you learn.
Why Bring The Hodges 12®
to Your Team?
You've just discovered your Creative Genius. Now imagine what happens when your whole team does.
Individually, The Hodges 12 gives you language for your own gifts. When brought to a team, it becomes something bigger, a shared vocabulary for how everyone around you actually solves problems, where the gaps are, and where the genius has been hiding in plain sight the whole time.
The Hodges 12 For Teams™ gives your organization a shared language for innovation, so every creative strength on the team gets put to work.
Creativity: In Their Words
The results were so on point, more so than any other assessment that I have taken. I needed this confirmation as I move forward in my gifts!
KIM TATE, RN, BSN
Creativity is the only way to future-proof our industry.
CECILIA DE LA HOZ
Partner, EY Parthenon
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