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40% of us are introverts, 40% are extroverts, with the middle 20% being charmingly described by Susan Cain as ambiverts. Many of the world’s most successfully people are introverts, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, to name but two. Similarly many of the more creative or inventive people are introverts. The world needs introverts, and yet our society and [...]

I am just back from a near-perfect conference. I go to conferences because I am attracted by the sound of the headline speakers. There is the potential for interesting conversations, and hopefully there is a nice venue. And so often I have come back the speakers were OK – they had obviously done their thing too many [...]