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Wood types can often be concerned about rules, structures and boundaries. Organizing and structuring are natural activities and most of the time they go unnoticed. A plan of what we’re going to do for the day is a structure. We might consider what to wear, how to deal with traffic on the roads, how to prioritize our work, what to buy in the shops or what to eat for supper, all with very little effort. Dividing up the jobs when we go camping is structuring. Deciding how to organize our books on a new bookshelf is structuring. Sorting how we will run a meeting is structuring.

Wood types often have issues around organizing. This can manifest in their life as a keenness for organizing or the opposite, hating to structure, or both at different times. For example, the Wood type may in their personal life be very poor at structuring, but in their work really enjoy, and be good at it. Harry, a Wood type said:

I like to get everything sorted out and tidied up, whether it’s the schedules for the week, the invoices sent out or the maintenance jobs to be done. I put everything up on the board and everybody knows exactly what has to be done by when. At home I’m quite different. I’m much more of a slob and I can have difficulty getting even the smallest jobs done.

Often Wood types who are good at organizing find it difficult when others are not as well structured as they are. They may especially like to see everything done in the correct way. Delia describes this:

I just challenge things — I pick up on things if they’re not quite right. Things don’t sit comfortably with me unless they’re right and I get frustrated if they’re not. I also expect it of myself and I’m my greatest critic. It might show as impatience. It’s difficult to sit down and let someone else organize something as I know I can do it better.

Good organization helps people to know where they are. If an organization is not well structured this can create chaos. Lack of structure or things done badly can be especially unsettling for some Wood types who like things to be carried out correctly. For example, Julia told us:

I hate it when anybody breaks ‘the rules’. I can never understand why people don’t keep appointments on time or don’t keep promises. I have a clear sense of what’s right and I try to follow that. When someone else blatantly ignores what’s right I feel frustrated.

Good structures and planning should make anything from an office, to a party, to an airport work better. Many Wood types can be found at the heart of an organization feeling literally ‘in their Element’ as they create well-organized administration. They can excel in creating clear rules and guidelines for others and setting up systems. As well as having a flair for administration, some of the many other jobs for good structures could be as architects, town planners, air traffic controllers, accountants, teachers or designers.

At the other extreme some Wood types don’t relate so easily to rules, structures and boundaries. Any constraints put on them may lead them to rebel.