Nathan K. Bryce

Nathan is the founder of the Insight Intellectual Reserve, LLC, and the co-founder of the nonprofit Insight Learning Foundation where he is presently serving as the Executive Director. His duties include overseeing the training and product development efforts of the company.. He is the author of most of the educational products and training programs currently used by Insight. Below is a list of some of his publications and consultancies.

Publications

• Standing Naked in the Shower: Life-Enriching Insights That Expose Human Nature. This 400-page book explores in detail each of the four personality temperaments in ten categories: Values, Motivation, Communication, Work, Supervision, Recreation, Childhood, Youth, Education, and Love. It also includes the full-length Insight Personalty Instrument, and a historical review of 21 major quaternary personality theories.
  

• How to Deal With Difficult Learners. An 8-16 hour training program, a three-hour video series, and a 70-page participant workbook that are all used to teach professional educators how to work more effectively with different personality styles, especially at-risk students. It was co-developed with Dr. Darryl Townsend and George Nelson.
  
  
• Understanding Personality Styles: A Key to Effective Teaching. A 10-episode video series that was produced for a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and has since been broadcast over public television. It was designed to help professional educators learn how to alter their teaching styles to accommodate the learning styles of their students. It was co-developed with Dr. Darryl Townsend and George Nelson.
  
  
• The Insight Skills Library. 2,175 pages of "colorized" learning activities for teaching 53 cognitive, social, personal and employment skills to teenagers and adults. It was designed to complement the US Government's JTPA and SCANS program requirements.
  
  
• The Cognitive Skills Program Volume 2. A collection of 44 lesson plans for teaching life skills to youth and adults involved in a cognitive restructuring program. It was co-developed with George Nelson.
  
  
• The Insight Personality Instrument. A 40-item, self-scoring, psychometric device used to identify an individual's unique personality temperament. It is based on the author's own research as well as work from Carl Jung, Isabel Myers, David Keirsey and other personality researchers.
  
  
• The Insight Resource Book. A collection of six booklets, totaling 45,000 words, that provide a thorough analysis of each type and offers suggestions for application.
  
  
• The Insight Card Deck. A patented version of the Insight Personality Instrument that uses graphics and text on 40 cards to identify an individual's temperament.
  
  
• The Insight Discovery Cards. A set of four, 5x7" cards with pictures on one side and text on the other that are used to identify an individual's primary personality type. Available in adult, youth and child versions.
  
  
• The Insight Discovery Kit. A 28-page summary of the information contained in the Insight Resource Book. It provides suggestions for enhancing relationships, communicating more effectively, reducing stress and conflict, magnifying personal strengths and successfully motivating others.
  
  
• The Insight Discovery Audio. A 60-minute cassette that features the author's comments on personality styles and instructions on how to identify your own personality style and the style of others.

Curriculum and Training Consultancies

• Windham School District, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• California Department of Corrections, Coalinga, California
• Arizona Department of Corrections, Adult Education Division
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division
• Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections, Houston, Texas
• Juvenile Justice Services, Arizona Department of Corrections
• Texas Workforce Commission, AFDC Recipient Training Program
• Sutter County Career Training, Yuba City, California
• Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Arizona Child Protective Services
• Spencer School District, Spencer, Iowa
• Spirit Lake School District, Spirit Lake, Iowa
• Clay Central-Everly School District, Everly, Iowa
• Scottsdale School District, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Mesa School District, Mesa, Arizona
• Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Houston, Texas
• Desert Eagle Charter School, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Youth Leadership Conference, Rice University, Texas
• Charles Schwab, Phoenix, Arizona
• Schlotsky's, Phoenix, Arizona
• Educational Management Group, Paramount Pictures

Occupational Record

• Insight Learning Systems - Phoenix, Arizona. (Mar 1995-Present) Co-founder, President. Authored the Insight Personality Instrument and its related line of products. Designed and developed company training programs, dramatic presentations, marketing materials, videocassette tapes, audiocassette tapes, textbooks and interactive CD-ROMs. Provided direction and support to internal staff, independent distributors and clients.
  
  
• Anasazi Computing - Phoenix, Arizona. (Oct 1991-Jan 1997) Proprietor. Developed commercial software and authored user's manuals and promotional materials. Supervised the production of custom CD-ROMs. Installed personal computer systems and provided training to end-users. Provided computer consulting and full-service desktop publishing services.
  
  
• National Curriculum and Training Institute - Paradise Valley, Arizona. (Oct 1989-Feb 1994) Director of Publications and Computer Services. Supervised the development and production of all company training programs, student workbooks, merchandise, office materials, business papers, proposals, marketing materials, advertisements, newsletters, brochures, etc. Recommended, installed and customized computer hardware and software used throughout the company. Developed an extensive, multi-user, telephone registration network and trained operators on computer operations.
  
  
• Southwest Corrective Training Institute - Tempe, Arizona. (Jan 1988-Oct 1989) Manager of Data Processing and Desktop Publishing. Transferred written records into a computer database. Generated reports and audited data. Provided desktop publishing services to generate office forms, presentation materials and company products.
  
  
• J Samuel Park - Portland, Oregon. (July 1986-Oct 1987) Office Manager and Publishing Director. Recommended and installed computer system in a 250-person organization. Developed custom database systems to record and evaluate personnel, inventory, sales and financial data. Streamlined office procedures and managed office personnel. Designed and produced office forms, training books, promotional materials, reports and newsletters.
  
  
• Arizona Public Service - Phoenix, Arizona. (May 1985-Sep 1985) Summer Intern. Developed comprehensive database applications to inventory and monitor the company's extensive computer hardware and software resources.
  
  
• Honeywell - Phoenix, Arizona. (May 1984-Aug 1984) Summer Intern. Obtained job as part of the grand prize award for a state-wide computer programming contest. Worked on mainframe and personal computer systems to develop software applications.

Additional Information

Nathan is a fourth-generation Arizona native, in his mid 30's, married to Kristin Roberts, and the proud father of four boys: Christopher, Andrew, Matthew and Timothy. His hobbies include making candy, watching classic movies, programming computers and composing music (he arranged and performed the music on the Insight Discovery Audiocassette and the Understanding Personality Styles: A Key to Effective Teaching video series.) He is an active member of his church where he spends about a dozen hours each week volunteering his services.

His colors are:

• 39% Green
• 26% Gold
• 24% Blue
• 11% Orange