Type Encyclopedia No.05 / 15
Evangelist
"For your work, here's how you can use it" — teaches by making eye contact and staying close.
Who is this type?
Who is this type?
You translate a new use into the language of someone else's job and deliver it there. Being able to use a tool and being able to make someone else use it are different abilities, and yours is the second one.
Strengths
- Translating into the listener's job
- Energy that pulls people in
- Empathy that loosens resistance
- Listening that surfaces what people actually think
Pitfall
Spreading it slips into being the point. If the person you taught with such energy is not using it next week, that round did not land.
What to grow
What to grow
How it felt on the day you taught is not evidence. Whether the same person is still using it a week later is the only evidence you get. Once you go and look, the way you build the lesson changes.
Next actions
Where they shine
Rolling out a new tool
Translate usage for each team's context.
Lightning talks
Share "5-min tips" casually, drawing curious people in.
Riding with a struggling colleague
Sit beside someone stuck and get their first step across.
How others see them
"When they teach, it clicks somehow" — respected as a teacher who makes it stick.
People who fit well
You can move people, and the fuel is not inside you. A Curator carries fresh material in and a Sponsor arranges the time and the room. Only then does the spread keep going.