Show notes
How do you make an impact as an introvert without pretending to be an extrovert? Often designers find themselves as quiet people in a noisy world, struggling in silence and being frustrated at not being heard. Tim Yeo joins us to talk about how introverted designers and design leaders can work with their introversion and use it as a super-power.
“I think a lot of times people just inherit and are “oh, this is the way that things are”. But actually, you could intentionally say that these are the ways that we operate. When we’re in a group environment, we get the chance to actually pass a microphone to everyone so that everyone does have a turn to say something”
(Listening time: 43 minutes, transcript)
References:
- Full transcript for episode 296
- Tim Yeo:
- Website: https://thequietachievr.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/timyeo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timyeo/
- Design Leadership for Introverts iso edition (Tim Yeo, YouTube)
- Susan Cain – The Power of Introverts (TED talk)
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