Our Story
The Myers-Briggs Company, formerly CPP Inc. is global brand with a rich history devoted to helping people better understand themselves and better engage with the world around them.
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Type Intelligence™ is launched

2025
Type Intelligence™ is launched to connect type with essential soft skills and accelerate the development of individual and organizational capability.
 
 

Science Meets Innovation

2020's
We continue to lean into our trusted science to provide valuable people insights during the age of unprecedented, technological advances.
 
 

We Become a B Corp

2018
Making our desire to be “a force for good” official, The Myers-Briggs Company becomes a B-Corp.
 
 

A Thriving Global Practitioner Community

2000
A respected, global practitioner community continues to grow by leveraging our assessment brands to do their best work.
 
 

Xicom Acquisition

1998
We purchased Xicom and its catalog full of various instruments including the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode (TKI).
 
 

MBTI® Qualification Program Launched

1980's
We launch the first MBTI® qualification program, allowing people outside the field of psychology to access and use the MBTI assessment for the first time; the company obtains FIRO.
 
 

Exclusive Publisher of MBTI®

1975
We became the exclusive publisher of the MBTI assessment, which becomes widely available to the psychological community for the first time.
 
 

MBTI® in Psychology Research

1960's
The MBTI® is used by various psychologists and researchers.
 
 

Strong Interest Inventory Acquired

1957
We obtained the rights to the Strong Interest Inventory from Stanford University (then called the Strong Vocational Interest Test)
 
 

CPI® Released

1956
Developed by Professor Harrison Gough (UC Berkeley) and Professor Harrison G. Gough (Stanford), the California Psychological Inventory (CPI®) instrument is released for sale.
 
 

MBTI® is Developed

1943

During WWII, the MBTI® is developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, both pioneers of personality assessment.

 

Carl Jung Publishes Psychological Types

1921
The foundational theory for MBTI® is born with Jung’s seminal work.