As some of you know, I have been regularly shouting about Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. I think it’s a breakthrough book. Put simply, I judge that many of us have undervalued, and often underemployed and underutilized, roughly half the population—introverts. In any event, as usual, I turned my favorite bits into, what else, a PowerPoint “presentation.” You’ll find it here. I urge you to take it seriously—start by buying the book!
(I first used Cain’s book at a talk to a tough-as-nails company in a wildly competitive market. They talk tough, and acknowledge having a strong hiring bias in the direction of “aggressive” people. Makes sense in their world—but what if they’re missing out on a huge hunk of the population that brings different and desirable traits to the party? E.g., looking before leaping. Several folks came up afterwards and claimed that they’d give this a lot of thorough examination—that there might be another planet to explore.)
I repeat: This could be huge!