On Sep 23, 2015 4:53 PM, "Jim Jagielski" <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > > > > > > Spending a weekend with my kids, who are both introverts, helps > > remind me of the needs of those who are not 'public people'. We > > have many successful examples, I'm thinking especially of Sam > > or even Rich who are actually much quieter and reserved and > > generally 'go off into their own space' to accomplish things, and > > thrive in the solitary spaces where they can assemble something > > they are happy with. All of our many introverts then bring back > > Cool Things(TM) and interact with the community to get them > > accepted, but the "fun" for them is the detached-creative process, > > while the "fun" for the extroverts is the communal nature of the > > whole collaborative development effort. > > > > These are good points. I would suggest that we are all, at times, > both intro- and extroverts, and all of us occasionally will > go off on their own and bring back goodness. But we all "bring > back", which I think is key. We all work towards a common goal > and have created a way in which intro- and extroverts can contribute > equally and equally obtain merit.
++1... I was primarily pointing out that we want to remember to respect different approaches, and that includes folks who do this 9-5 on weekdays or shows up with something cool and then just disappears again for a while. Shambhala comes to mind :)
