Savanna
Strengths
- Builds coalitions quickly
- Improvises under-resourced
- Reads political dynamics accurately
- Comfortable in ambiguity
Archetype
Hyena
The Adaptive Operator
Social, opportunistic, and resourceful. Hyenas read the room, work the network and make do with what is in front of them.
Growth edges
- Can prioritise optics over substance
- Risks shortcutting process
- Loyalty fluctuates with context
Work style
Sales, partnerships, BD, founding teams, community. Anything requiring negotiation and improvisation.
Delivery style
Whatever-works pragmatism. Will cut corners but knows which ones are safe to cut.
Cognitive style
Typically neurotypical social cognition with high social-energy reserves. Some Hyenas show ADHD-style novelty-seeking expressed socially rather than via tasks.
Big Five trait pattern
| Extraversion | high |
| Conscientiousness | medium |
| Openness | medium-high |
| Agreeableness | medium |
| Neuroticism | medium |