Influencing and Problem Solving for Leaders and Others Susan Cain

Is Collaboration Groupthink?

Posted on19 Feb 2015

Tagsleadership, Vijay Govindarajan, Jay Terwilliger, groupthink, facilitation, extroverts and introverts, Susan Cain, New York Times, J. Michael Fox, introvert, Harvard Business Review, extrovert, collaboration, brainstorming

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Groups get people to conform. They cannot exist if people do whatever they want. Those who do not conform leave. If not...

Creative Innovation (Pt 14): Time Alone

Posted on14 Jan 2013

Tagsbrainstorming, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, introvert, Susan Cain, The Atlantic, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Gregory Feist, solitude

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Creativity and innovation requires alone time. In her article, “Hire Introverts,” The Atlantic (July/August 2012 edition) Susan Cain cites the work of...

Extroverted vs. Introverted Leaders – The Important Point

Posted on06 Sep 2012

Tagsconditionality, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, The Atlantic, Susan Cain, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, leadership, Jr., Jack Welch, introvert, extrovert, organizational culture, business, Adam Gant, Abraham Lincoln, 12 Most

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American business culture tends to prize extroverted traits over introverted ones. One online survey of 1,500 senior business leaders found that 65%...

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