BG5 – How Human Design Can Help You Professionally

BG5: The Business Application of Human Design

Within Human Design — also known as the Science of Differentiation — there is a branch called BG5, which has refined the system to focus precisely on who we are in a professional context. Human Design  allows us to understand the full essence of who we are: from our Life Purpose, to the reason why we are the way we are — or the way we’re meant to be. In all its magic, a  Human Design chart   is still something truly remarkable — it can be applied at any stage of life, at any point in time, and in any circumstance. The Human Design system may seem absolute in what it reveals, but the knowledge it provides is meant to be experimented with and embodied gradually. The focus of the BG5 system is to find specific solutions to each individual’s professional challenges.

BG5 is therefore a system that draws from Human Design but is still unique and independent. Its analysis method is different, and even the terminology has been adapted to meet its specific needs. Ra Uru Hu envisioned this system when he realized how difficult it was for people to integrate Human Design due to its complexity.

Nowadays, many companies already use personality tests like Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and others to understand what kind of employees they have, how to best harness their potential, and how to place them in roles where their innate characteristics can shine. When a company functions like a machine in which all the pieces must fit together, what do we do when those pieces aren’t working in harmony?

We’re all different — with unique traits and skills, ways of communicating, and ways of assimilating information — but many of us operate on autopilot, trying to be what others expect of us, forcing abilities we don’t naturally have, and creating enormous resistance within our professional lives. Understanding our potential, where it lies, and how to access it is the fastest way to develop our career and maximize ourselves professionally. Personality tests can provide useful insight into who a person is, but they’re limited by time and context, often revealing multiple “personalities” within the same person. With the BG5 system, the only variable is conditioning — because even if the person hasn’t yet stepped into what the chart reveals, we already know that’s who they are meant to be, and who they can become.

How does the BG5 system work?

The BG5 system is based on ancient philosophies, but also on our unique genetic information. Unlike personality tests, which rely on subjective questions and are heavily dependent on an individual’s ability to express and self-analyze, the BG5 System offers an objective analysis of each person’s traits based on a single question: “On what day, at what time, and where were you born?”

The truth is that the answer to this question allows us to unlock the key to our BG5 Success Code, as it enables an analysis of both our conscious and unconscious traits — giving insight into our innate, unchangeable competencies.

Of course, it might seem strange to conduct a professional competency analysis based on something that lacks peer-reviewed scientific studies. Trusting an individual or team BG5 analysis is, in some ways, an act of faith — but if humanity only moved forward with what had already been scientifically proven, we would never have made so many scientific advances.

The system used in BG5 has been around for three decades and has helped many people find their professional path and reorganize their departments. When so much of who we are is already genetically programmed within us, we can’t limit ourselves to choosing someone for a role based on a single A4 sheet with a résumé and an interview that reflects just one singular moment in that person’s life.

As extraordinary as it may seem: what if hiring someone was based solely on what that person can naturally bring to the company — not on the privileges or misfortunes they’ve had in life, or on what they want so badly to be but, in essence, are not? What if we could know in advance that someone with great experience in the field and so much knowledge to offer would, in reality, end up drowning in a department with fifteen other people?

How to find the ideal job?

Many of us feel lost professionally. We reach a point where what we do no longer brings us satisfaction, and we want to find something that truly motivates us and brings us joy. “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” — that’s what they say, but it’s not quite that simple. Life ends up pushing us in certain directions, we follow opportunities that offer employment, that offer money, or that are handed to us, and we adapt to the environment we’re in. We begin to operate within what is expected until one day, the money in the bank stops making sense, our coworkers drain us, or we simply feel that the path we’re on is no longer ours. We enter a period of self-questioning where our CV and qualifications mean nothing to us anymore, and although we know our happiness is no longer there, we also don’t know where it is.

The truth is that what we are looking for is also looking for us. It’s a matter of learning how to look at ourselves as a whole and being able to tell the Universe what we want. We exist to live out our Purpose and to make our energetic exchanges with everything around us more genuine and efficient.

They say that to find what we’re really meant to be doing, we need to go back to our childhood and remember what we loved doing for hours on end without worrying about the outcome. It’s a good starting point for many people, but there are two major flaws with this method: it doesn’t take into account that some of us didn’t grow up in an environment that allowed us to explore the world with curiosity, and it doesn’t consider that today’s job market includes many more niches and areas that didn’t even exist thirty years ago. However, when we were born, we already had the necessary skills to do the work we were made for.

On the other hand, we know that the education system doesn’t favor certain traits like creativity and individuality. Society shapes us into a “work hard” mindset — study/work to reach the dream. But that dream isn’t always ours. It may be one that was sold to us by society or our parents, or triggered by some random comment that activated our shadow sides.

We all have a role to play, and it’s not wrong if some are meant to lead while others are here to respond. However, if we don’t operate in harmony, none of us can truly fulfill our role. That’s why BG5 analyses are just as — or even more — important when done in a group context (department, company, partnership, etc.), as they help optimize the entire working group.

BG5 Professional Design

A BG5 analysis answers many important questions about who you are in the work environment and, as a result, what your strengths are and how you behave energetically while working. It gives you permission to explore different paths in your professional life and to recognize skills you have that aren’t necessarily reflected on your CV. In this way, you can find your ideal job and live the life you’re meant to live.

The goal of a BG5 professional analysis is to empower individuals and companies by providing them with tools and strategies to better recognize and harness their unique strengths and talents. When more than a third of our lives are spent working, it’s essential that this be an area where we feel satisfied and fulfilled.

The tools provided during a BG5 Professional Design analysis guide the recipient toward a more successful career with greater material rewards, helping both individuals and companies not only to create a more supportive and satisfying professional environment but also to increase financial success.

The BG5 success code defines a set of key areas that help both an individual find their career and a company find its ideal employee. The BG5 Success Code is unique and individual, so each member of a group needs to be analyzed individually to understand how they fit into the group.

Some of the parameters used in the BG5 Success Code are:

Career Type: your Career Type reveals how you express yourself in the professional world. Your Professional Design is unique, but it will fall into one of the 5 existing Career Types: Classic Builder, Express Builder, Innovator, Advisor, and Evaluator.

Personal Interaction – explains how you are here to express yourself.

Decision-Making Strategy – reveals how you can make trustworthy decisions that will optimize your professional career or business.

Key Indicators – tells you the signs that show whether you are on the right or wrong path for your professional development and financial prosperity.

Assimilation – tells you how you process and digest information.

Environment Style – reveals the type of environment where you work best.

Entrepreneurial Skills – what skills you bring and can offer to your team.

Team and Small Business Characteristics – what role you naturally play within these types of groups.

The Nine Functions – shows how you function best at work.

Shadows/Distractions – explains the types of things that can throw you off your professional path.

Public Role – reveals how others perceive you.

Life Work – what you are here to contribute to the world in a professional context.

Themes, Strengths & Contributions, Traits & Qualities – you are the sum of all your talents and competencies.

Larges Companies and Group Strengths – shows whether your talents and characteristics fit well within larger groups.

Curious to Explore Your Professional Design?

If you’re interested in learning more about BG5 analyses and how they apply to your career or business, feel free to get in touch with me here — or go ahead and book your General or Full Analysis Session now.

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