Quote Originally Posted by FDG
Quote Originally Posted by Expat
For a time I thought ISTj was more likely, but maybe ENTj it is.
That has always been my doubt about him as well. Hard to decide imho.
I found that the way he described other leaders, working alongside him in WW2, helped put his type in perspective. I forget the names but he was talking about one general that was so pissed off with pilots bailing on bombing missions that he made sure to be on the first plane in enemy territory on each trip. This guy seemed ESTp-ish. Then he also talked about another general, (Lemay? I think) whom hardly ever spoke in meetings and such but was non-the-less reknowned for his tough view of things, and the few times he did speak everyone listened, which seemed kind of ISTj-ish. Both these guys seemed Se dominant, and McNamara seemed to imply that he respected them but also that he was different.

also McNamara seemed to hold purposeful activity in high regard, in terms of increasing efficiency in whatever department he was in. In other words he made things more efficient by collecting and analyzing all the available data and then using his knowledge to implement changes that would bring positive results in the long-run (I suppose I'm thinking of how he described his work at Ford here, but he seems to value Te and Ni)