Updated 01/06/16

What's the Quiet Revolution?

Various studies indicate that one third to one half
of Americans are introverts: 

Chances are good, that any extrovert / outward-directed temperament
is connected in some meaningful way with an introvert / inward-directed
temperament. 
 
Yet, introverts seem to have become one of the most misunderstood and
undervalued sectors in today’s extrovert-dominated population…..

What’s going on? 

"Our most important institutions, our schools and our workplaces… are designed
mostly for extroverts…..” says Susan Cain, author of this recent best seller:
"Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that can‘t stop Talking"
http://www.quietrev.com/quiet-the-book/

Cain compares the position of introverts in Western society to that of 1950’s and 1960's women,
treated as less equal than their noisier counterparts, while their particular skills and contributions
are overlooked and sidelined. 

Cain's interview with Gareth Cook:
“ It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy
of half the population"

"We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it's time to realize it with
introverts...."

"The Power of Introverts: a Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance", posted January 24, 2012
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-power-of-introverts


Watch Susan Cain asking us to 'stop the madness'  at TED2012: 
(Viewed nearly 13 million times)
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

Excerpts from Susan Cain interview after TED2012:

“…..This is our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues’ loss and our communities’
loss.  And at the risk of sounding grandiose, it is the world’s loss. 

Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing
what they do best……”

" We make a grave mistake to embrace the Extrovert Ideal so unthinkingly…..”

"The year of the introvert: A Q&A with Susan Cain on the release of her paperback"
Posted by Kate Torgovnick http://blog.ted.com/author/kateted/ on February 5, 2013
http://blog.ted.com/the-year-of-the-introvert-a-qa-with-susan-cain-on-the-release-of-her-paperback/

“If you’re an introvert, you also know that the bias against quiet can cause
deep psychic pain.

It is as fundamental a part of who we are as our gender is…."

"Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge;
It governs every part of the way you live and work and love..."
Susan Cain, http://www.quietrev.com/quiet-the-book/

"Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking"....represents
seven years of detailed intensely researched evidence and anecdotes sparking today's
growing Quiet revolution.

After this best seller was published January, 2012:

"Leading universities are now examining their admissions policies to better
favor introverts.....schools are setting up clubs for introverted and quiet children....
while businesses and office design firms are rethinking how space is used in
workplaces to benefit introverts as well as extroverts...."


"The big noise in the quiet revolution, why introversion is in: Susan Cain on her
bestseller about keeping life on the lowdown" 
Susan Cain interview with Jane Mulkerrins, April, 2013:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2310503/The-big-noise-quiet-revolution-introversion-Susan-Cain.html


"What should we do with the quiet kids? A conversation with Susan Cain
on the future of classroom"
Kate Torgovnick May, September, 2014
http://ideas.ted.com/how-to-teach-a-young-introvert/


 "The truth is, this is a job not for one person but for hundreds, thousands, maybe
millions."
"Luckily, many other people have started to write about and work on these issues, too.
I’ve (Susan Cain) listed some of them in the 'Resources' area of my website". 
http://www.quietrev.com/resources/

 
"There truly is a Quiet Revolution afoot.  I really hope that people reading this will
think about the places in your own world that you’re in a position to influence."

"The year of the introvert: A Q&A with Susan Cain on the release of her paperback"
Posted by Kate Torgovnick:  http://blog.ted.com/?cat=blog_posts&s=cain 
http://blog.ted.com/the-year-of-the-introvert-a-qa-with-susan-cain-on-the-release-of-her-paperback/

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