Zoe Williams wrote this week in the Guardian about the things that can go wrong when we get together with family at Christmas. It’s not surprising that there are a few, let’s say, “tensions”, when we bring together people of different generations, add new...
Now that #lockdown is lifting, how do you feel about meeting up indoors with other people? Are you raring to go, can’t wait to see people and already have lots of events lined up? If so, you probably have a bias towards Initiating contact (similar to Extraversion). ...
Now that we are able to hug people again, we have the dilemma of deciding whether to hug or not. Your decision will be influenced by lots of things – including what the norm is in your family, friendship groups or culture. How comfortable you are with hugging is...
It was World Introvert Day recently and now that most of the UK is in another period of lockdown, it’s a good moment to work out how, and how much, to interact with others, especially if you are working from home. Research by JohnHackston of the Myers Briggs Company...
World Introvert Day started 10 years ago with the aim to help people around the world to better understand and appreciate introverts. Having a bias towards introversion does not mean you are shy, or nerdy, or can’t communicate. It simply means that you get more of...
When we raced to learn how to use Teams/Zoom/Google Meet, as a substitute for face to face meetings with our colleagues, we didn’t have time to think about what might be the best way to communicate in the virtual world – we simply transferred our meetings from...
