From the course: Finding Your Introvert/Extrovert Balance in the Workplace
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Calm and commotion
From the course: Finding Your Introvert/Extrovert Balance in the Workplace
Calm and commotion
- Hundreds of studies conducted by scientists worldwide indicate that introverts are more sensitive than extroverts to various kinds of stimulation. Susan Cain in her wonderful book called Quiet, gives some examples like this one, introverts and extroverts were asked to play a word game while wearing those headphones that emitted random noise. The subjects were asked to adjust the volume so that it was just right. Well, guess who dialed in at significantly louder volumes? - Extroverts. - (laughs) Precisely, and get this, when asked to play with the volume set louder or quieter than they would have chosen, the performance of both, introverts and extroverts, dropped. The overstimulation was dragging down the introverts. - And the extroverts who were under-stimulated by the quiet conditions also dropped in performance. The implications of this for our productivity are huge. - [Brenda] Yes, think about what this means for workspace design. Open office concept is all the rage right now…
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