About QRWe are grateful for you -- We at Quiet Revolution acknowledge, with gratitude, that you have joined us in support of our mission of empowering introverts for the benefit of us all. Thanks for finding us and for looking for ways to join us. Together we can make a difference. We are glad you are here.The Quiet Revolution Manifesto: 1. There is a word for "people who are in their heads too much" -- thinkers. 2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation. 3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths. 4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend-extrovert. There is always time to be quiet later. 5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is the key to finding work you love and work that matters. 6. One genuine relationship is worth a fistful of business cards. 7. It's okay to cross the street to avoid making small talk. 8. "Quiet leadership" is not an oxymoron. 9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. 10. "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." ~ Mahatma GandhiQuiet Revolution, LLCQR_256407b0-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d9We're a mission-based company, dedicated to using our platform and products for the greater good.IntrovertsThinkersQR TeamSusan CainChief Revolutionary and Co-Founder of Quiet Revolution -- I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings. I like to think before I speak (softly). Until a few years ago, I was terrified of public speaking, and I am still amazed that such a giant fear is conquerable. During the last few years, I've given hundreds of talks, a fun fact that would have astonished my childhood -- even my 40-year-old -- self. I dream big and have audacious goals, and I see no contradiction between this and my quiet nature. You can read about some of these goals here and read about why and how I co-founded Quiet Revolution here. I live on the banks of the Hudson River in an 1822 captain's cottage with my beloved husband, sons, and magnolia trees. My favorite activities are reading, writing, lounging around cafés, and traveling the world with my family. Lately, I've also been on a tennis kick. A few times a year, I try to like cooking. I use a lot of old-fashioned expressions. I’m insatiably curious about human nature. To me, one of the best things in the world is that sublime moment when a writer, artist, or musician manages to express something you’ve always felt but never articulated, or at least never quite so beautifully.Paul ScibettaChief Executive Officer and Co-FounderMichael GlassDirector of Creative and DigitalHeidi Kasevich, PhDDirector of Quiet EducationNidhi BerryEditorial DirectorJenny LeeCommunity ManagerColleen QuinnSpecial Projects ManagerMadeleine SmithQuiet SupportQR Advisory BoardDoug ConantFounder, ConantLeadershipAmy CuddyProfessor, Harvard Business SchoolAdam GrantProfessor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton SchoolScott Barry KaufmanScientific Director, The Imagination Institute, University of PennsylvaniaBrian LittleFellow, Well-Being Institute, Cambridge UniversityGretchen RubinBestselling author of The Happiness ProjectAlex WellinsCo-Founder, The Blueshirt GroupRon ZamirPresident & CEO, Allen Communication LearningTo create a world where introverts are celebrated for their powerful contributions and, more importantly, for who they are. And where everyone’s quiet strength -- no matter what their personality type -- is validated._25640a58-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d9To unlock the power of introverts for the benefit of us all._25640b70-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d9KindnessBe kind. To each other, to our partners, to our global community.* Everything we do, we do for the next generation of quiet children. And quiet grown-ups. And their family, friends, and colleagues. *This can seem like too high a standard. We’re all human, and no human being is perfectly kind, all the time. But we can aspire to it all the time. And part of kindness is forgiving each other -- and ourselves! -- when we mess up.ExcellenceBe excellent. When our co-founder Susan Cain was 10 years old and working on a new writing project, her mother told her that the people who achieve great things are the ones who "go the extra mile." Today, Susan's mom says that she has no memory of that conversation! But Susan does, and this idea informs everything we do.SoulfulnessBe soulful. Embrace feeling, emotion, and the unseen.QuirkinessBe quirky. All human beings are quirky, even those of us who seem smooth and cool. We don’t hide our quirks or ask others to. This is part of what makes us human.HonestyBe honest. We always strive to honor commitments, tell the truth, and work out our differences. This last one is hard because it requires having difficult conversations. Introverts don’t like difficult conversations. But we try.AlignmentBe aligned. We are clear about our values and try to act in accordance with them. We take care to align our actions with our words. When we find ourselves in misalignment (as all humans sometimes are), we admit it and work to change our course.Ying & YangBe yin and yang. Introverts and extroverts love and need each other deeply. The world could not go on without both types, and the same is true of our organization. We hire with care to preserve this balance.RevolutionBe a revolutionary. This revolution will outlive us all. We expect to see radical changes in our culture as a result of our collective efforts. Those changes will be glorious and exhilarating. And they won't be enough. We always have to try harder.ArticlesPublish articles._25640c2e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91WorkPost articles on work life for introverts._25640d32-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91.1IntrovertsLifePost articles on life for introverts._25640dfa-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91.2IntrovertsParenting & KidsPost articles for parents of quiet children._25640ec2-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91.3Parents of Quiet ChildrenQuiet DiariesPost the perspectives of young people. _25640f9e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91.4Young PeopleKidsTeenagersWritopia LabThanks to Writopia Lab for providing several of our talented writers as well as guiding their work toward publication.Quiet Diaries is our space for younger voices to post their perspectives on life. We hope you enjoy these smart, introspective kids and teenagers as much as we do!PortraitsPublish portraits of Quiet Revolutionaries of all ages from across the globe._2564105c-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d91.5Quiet RevolutionariesQuiet Revolutionaries are readers who embody the spirit of Quiet Revolution: strong yet gentle, firm but kind, they are as indomitable as they are unassuming. These are intimate portraits of people of all ages from across the globe, whose stories run the gamut from hilarious to heartrending.We'll be adding a new Quiet Revolutionary to the mix every week. Want to join them? We'd love to hear from you!Networking_2564112e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92SchoolsCreate Quiet Schools, which are characterized by an inclusive culture in which everyone is recognized for their potential to learn and lead in authentic ways._2564120a-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.1SchoolsHeidi Kasevich, PhDAt Quiet Revolution, Heidi Kasevich, PhD, designs and implements educational initiatives to unlock the power of introverts for the benefit of us all. A member of The Deak Group, Kasevich also gives lectures at schools and conferences nationwide on the topic of girls’ leadership. She is the author of the Guide to Giving, a highly acclaimed philanthropy curriculum, and founder of Time Regained, a CSPA award-winning student journal of current affairs. Her proficiency is grounded in over two decades of experience as an educator at Nightingale-Bamford, where she also served as history department chair, Dalton, Berkeley-Carroll, NYU and Cooper Union. Committed to expanding students’ perspectives, Kasevich has served as Director of Académie de Paris, an Oxbridge Academic Program, and led high school groups on trips to India and Africa. A gcLi Alumna Scholar, she received her BA from Haverford and her doctorate from NYU. Her biography on explorer Alexandra David-Néel is forthcoming in 2017.Quiet Schools NetworkTrainingTrain Quiet Ambassadors._256412d2-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.1.1SchoolsQuiet Ambassador Program -- Our yearlong comprehensive training and support of one or more Quiet Ambassadors from your school includes in-person and online workshops, individual and team coaching sessions, and a treasure trove of online resources for the entire community. Susan Cain, whose work has been deemed by educators as "salient, timely, and crucial," typically kicks off each Quiet Schools Institute with a keynote about the Quiet Revolution in education, which is followed by a multiple-day design thinking workshop that promises to be engaging and enlightening. …and Membership in Quiet Schools Network -- When schools partner with Quiet Revolution through the Ambassador Program, they become part of a national school community dedicated to collective innovation and the sharing of best practices. Network benefits include a monthly newsletter, a yearly student magazine, consulting services offered by our Quiet Revolution team, and measurement tools for year-end assessments.Quiet AmbassadorsWe partner with schools to train Quiet Ambassadors to serve as experts in introversion/extroversion and work with their colleagues to:Engagement, Creativity & KindnessEnhance engagement, creativity and kindness._256413a4-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.1.1.1CommunicationFoster the ability to communicate with presence and compassion._25641494-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.1.1.2LeadershipTap into the power of quiet leadership._2564157a-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.1.1.3TechCreate cultures where women technologists (and introverts) thrive._25641656-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.2Anita Borg InstituteWomenWomen TechnologistsIntrovertsQuiet AmbassadorsWHAT IS THE QUIET TECH NETWORK? Quiet Ambassadors. The Network is comprised of women and men; introverts, extroverts and ambiverts; all united by their belief in the power of complementary personality styles and their commitment to serving others. We call these people Quiet Ambassadors. And they already work for you.ANITA BORG INSTITUTE AND QUIET REVOLUTION -- The Quiet Tech Network -- THE PROBLEM: Our workplaces favor an ideal self that is bold, alpha, and gregarious. Men tend to be associated with these "ideal" traits more often than women (and extroverts more frequently than introverts). These biased ideals have seeped into our definitions of leadership, our creative processes, and our assumptions about what good performance looks like. As a result, large numbers of talented people are living in -- and oftentimes leaving -- workplace cultures unsuited for them. THE SOLUTION: There is a longstanding dearth of women in technology, and no one has known what to do about it. The Anita Borg Institute and Quiet Revolution have formed an alliance with a new vision to tackle this longstanding challenge. Our shared vision: the key to gender and personality equality is to expand the definition of the ideal employee and leader. To make this vision a reality, we have formed the Quiet Tech Network.DiscoveryFind the Quiet Ambassadors._25641746-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.2.1Self-Awareness Journey. QLI will help you find the Quiet Ambassadors in your midst (usually 10-20 to start).Awareness & ExpertiseHelp the Quiet Ambassadors develop self-awareness and build their expertise in temperament._2564182c-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.2.2Quiet AmbassadorsTeams & CulturesBuild inclusive teams and cultures._2564191c-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.2.3Insights into Action. Ambassadors apply that self-awareness to help their colleagues build inclusive teams and cultures. We support them with coaching, online tools, and “best practice” conversations with their Network peers.MetricsMeasure the impact Quiet Ambassadors._25641a16-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.2.4Anita Borg InstituteThe Impact. The Anita Borg Institute will ensure we stay focused on the primary objective of increasing representation of women technologists in the industry by helping everyone measure the short and long-term impact Quiet Ambassadors have in your organization.AmbassadorsBuild a network of Quiet Ambassadors from leading companies._25641b06-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3Quiet AmbassadorsQuiet Ambassadors believe: * Temperament matters -- more than most realize -- because it influences every aspect of how we live, learn, and lead * Relationships thrive when the power of temperament is unlocked. * Stronger relationships create higher engagement, better leaders, and extraordinary innovation Quiet Ambassadors are empowered to apply their expertise in temperament to fix broken relationships. A Quiet Ambassador understands that where one falls on the introversion and extroversion scale is an authentic and innate characteristic that brings to the table a valuable and unique perspective. Ambassadors take a proactive and leading role in encouraging and uniting workplace communities to leverage the strengths of both introverts and extroverts to create workplace cultures where no potential remains untapped or under-appreciated.The Quiet Ambassador Network -- THE PROBLEM: Our workplaces favor an ideal self that is bold, alpha, and gregarious. Extroverts tend to be associated with these "ideal" traits more often than introverts (and men more frequently than women). These favored traits have seeped into our definitions of leadership, our creative processes, and our assumptions about what good performance looks like. The result: a large number of highly valued, talented people are living in -- and oftentimes leaving -- workplace cultures unsuited for them. THE SOLUTION: To solve this problem, Quiet Revolution is building a network of Quiet Ambassadors from leading companies in the workplace. The Network is comprised of women and men; introverts and extroverts (and ambiverts); all united by their belief in the power of complementary personality styles and their commitment to serving others. We call these people Quiet Ambassadors. And they already work for you... The solution unfolds over three months ...InsightsArm people with the skills to embrace their own and each other's strengths._25641bf6-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.1First, you arm an influential cohort of your existing people with the skills to embrace their own and -- as importantly -- each other's unique natural strengths. These people become your Quiet Ambassadors.ActionConvert that insight into action._25641d04-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.2Second, your Quiet Ambassadors convert that knowledge into action:LeadershipExpand definitions of leadership to allow more people to fulfill their inherent potential._25641dfe-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.3CreativityAmend creative processes so they tap into every person's natural strengths._25641f02-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.4PerformanceRedefine good performance so it recognizes everyone's contributions._25642010-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.5GuidanceProvide guidance and support._25642204-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.6Third, the Quiet Revolution team provides guidance and support in the form of individualized and group coaching, thought leadership, online resources, and all around kindness.CoachingProvide individualized and group coaching._25642308-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.7Thought LeadershipProvide thought leadership._2564243e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.8ResourcesProvide online resources._25642542-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.9KindnessProvide all around kindness._256427a4-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.3.10NetworkExtend learning and impact beyond the boundaries of your organization._25642902-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.11Fourth, your Ambassadors build relationships across the network with Quiet Ambassadors in other organizations. Best practices are shared. Problems are explored. Creative ideas are generated. In sum, learning and impact extends beyond the boundaries of your organizational culture.ResultsMeasures impact for your business and across the network._25642a1a-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d92.12And finally, Quiet Revolution measures that impact for your business and across the network as a whole. Do employees feel valued? Is creativity unleashed? Do teams perform better? And are new leaders emerging?Custom Experiences_25642b28-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93WorkshopsDeliver workshops to facilitate understanding of how best to work together to achieve shared goals._25642c68-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.1TeamsEMBRACE THE YIN AND YANG OF COGNITIVE DIVERSITY -- The Quiet Power of Mixed Teams -- Quiet Revolution delivers powerful workshops with the potential to transform your workplace. We challenge traditional thinking about leadership, creativity, and performance and offer a clear path to fully leverage both introverted and extroverted strengths inherent in your people. Team dynamics are deeply influenced by the personality style of each team member. Temperament -- that singular quality that encourages one to sit back and listen or to sit up and share, that quality that craves solitude for innovation or seeks engagement to spark ideas -- is one of the most fundamental elements of who we are as human beings. First by learning about their own unique temperament, and then by embracing the unique strengths of their introverted and extroverted colleagues, your team begins to understand how best to work together to achieve shared goals.Performance ConditionsIlluminate the peak performance conditions for introverts and extroverts alike._25642d76-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.1.1IntrovertsExtrovertsQuiet Revolution's Power of Mixed Teams seminar is designed to illuminate the peak performance conditions for introverts and extroverts alike and help teams construct ways of working together that maximize those conditions. OptimizationConstruct ways of working together that maximize the contributions of both introverts and extroverts._25642e8e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.1.2PracticePractice techniques that transform how innovation happens._25642fc4-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.1.3During this one-day experience, participants apply their newfound awareness of and appreciation for the symbiosis of personality and performance to practice techniques that transform how innovation happens.Speeches & WebinarsMake the case for fully leveraging both introverted and extroverted strengths._256430dc-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.2Susan CainSusan Cain is the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop Talking. Drawing on her original research and the latest in neuroscience and psychology, Susan will radically change your view of the best way to develop leaders, manage teams, make smart hires, and stimulate innovation. She has spoken to hundreds of companies, associations, schools, and parenting groups from all over the world, including Microsoft, Google, the U.S. Treasury, the S.E.C., Yale, and West Point. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 15 million times. She is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. To find out more about Susan’s enlightening talks, check out her speaking page.Heidi Kasevich, PhDAs Educational Director at Quiet Revolution, Heidi Kasevich, PhD, runs the Quiet Schools Network, a nationwide program that focuses on guiding school communities to cultivate inclusive cultures where all temperaments can thrive. The creator of Quiet pedagogy, she gives lectures and workshops on quiet leadership and temperament inclusivity at schools and universities across the country. Kasevich is also the author of the Guide to Giving, a highly acclaimed philanthropy curriculum, and founder of Closing the Gap, a sought-after leadership curriculum for aspiring women leaders. Her proficiency is grounded in 25 years of experience as an educator at Nightingale-Bamford, where she also served as history department chair, Dalton, Berkeley-Carroll, NYU and Cooper Union. Committed to expanding students' perspectives, Kasevich has served as Director of Académie de Paris, an Oxbridge Academic Program. A gcLi Alumna Scholar, she received her BA from Haverford and her MA and PhD from New York University.Karl Moore, Ph.D.Karl Moore, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management; an Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University; and an Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College, Oxford University. Karl’s passion is strategy and leadership and in its pursuit he has spoken, taught, and consulted all over the world at leading universities and businesses, including Oxford, Cambridge, Morgan Stanley, and IBM. He has written extensively on the subject, blogged for Forbes Magazine, hosted a video cast for The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper, and hosted a CEO series radio show for Montreal’s CJAD. His is currently writing a book based on his research on postmodern leadership and introverted leaders. Karl completed his MBA at the University of Southern California and his Ph.D. at the Schulich School, York University.QUIET REVOLUTION would be honored to partner with you to provide a speaker for your event. Our powerful presentations challenge and broaden traditional definitions of "good performance" -- currently favoring the "bold, alpha and gregarious" workers -- and make a case for fully leveraging both introverted and extroverted strengths inherent in your people. We dynamically present a unique new model based on pioneering research for bringing this vision to reality in your workplace.IndividualsLearn, join in, and share._256431fe-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3IndividualsIndividuals - A Call to Join Us -- Individuals interested in Quiet Revolution have lots of options; all free and all aimed toward spreading knowledge and building community. Our initial focus for workshops and courses has been on serving leading organizations. We've gained valuable experiences to lay the groundwork for offerings for individuals in the future. For now, we are pleased to offer free resources, which we believe are key to the Quiet Revolution journey. Check out our suggestions for ways to embrace your own, as well as others', natural strengths:LearningLearn about yourself._25643352-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.1Make a commitment to learn about your own temperament -- to work towards self-awareness and to realize your own authentic qualities. * Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Take our quiz to find out. * Watch Susan's TED Talk * Read Susan's book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop TalkingExpertiseBecome an expert._25643488-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.2Challenge yourself to expand your knowledge about introversion and extroversion and develop an understanding and appreciation of the unique temperaments of others. QuietRev.com is brimming with resources, stories, and tips about temperament -- all offered at no charge. Overwhelmed with options? Start here: * The Surprising Benefits of a Quiet Ego by advisory board member Scott Barry Kaufman * The Gifts of Introversion by Adam McHugh * Why Introverts and Extroverts Are Different: The Science by Jennifer Granneman * 6 Illustrations That Show What It's Like in an Introvert's Head by Liz Fosslien and Mollie WestNewsletterReceive updates with featured articles and announcements._256435b4-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.3Stay up to date -- Sign up for our newsletter and receive updates with featured articles and announcements of new and continuing initiatives.CommunityJoin the online community._25643712-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.4Add to the conversation with thousands of Quiet community members on Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter.SharingSpread the word._25643848-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.5When you find an article that resonates with you -- share it with friends, family, or colleagues. Send a link to Susan's TED talk and tell them about her book. Spreading the word helps others understand that temperament matters.WorkplacesBring Quiet Revolution to work._2564397e-b9fd-11e7-86bf-366c9142c8d93.3.6Would you be interested in talking to someone about one of our workshops or the Quiet Ambassador Network? Check out our tips for introducing Quiet to your workplace.2017-10-25https://www.quietrev.com/about-us/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net