015 - We’re kicking off Season 2 with Design Director of IBM Consulting, Founder of the Quiet Achiever and proud introvert, Tim Yeo. In this episode, Tim shares his personal journey in his career as an introverted designer and design leader and the learnings he picked up along the way to be comfortable with his introversion and do the things that don’t come naturally to him as an introvert. Tim now helps other introverts like himself have impact and influence without pretending to be extroverts in a world that desires the extroverted ideal.

In this episode:

• We’re all ducks, calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath and that’s ok
• Embracing your introversion rather than pretending to be an extrovert
• How experience helps you recognise repeatable patterns and increases your confidence
• Why our definition of what a successful leader looks like is flawed
• Why you don’t have to wait to speak up till you think you’re 100% right
• Building a strong design team remotely
• And much more!

Links and resources

The Quiet Achiever

www.thequietachievr.com

Tim Yeo on Twitter

https://twitter.com/timyeo

Tim Yeo on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/timyeo/

Susan Cain’s Book ‘Quiet’

https://susancain.net/book/quiet/

Scott Berkun’s Book ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’

https://scottberkun.com/the-books/confessions-of-a-public-speaker/

Christina Wodtke’s books ‘Radical Focus’ and ‘The Team that Managed Itself’

https://cwodtke.com/writing-2/

Patrick Lencioni’s Book ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team

Situational Leadership® Model

https://situational.com/situational-leadership/

Oliver Burkeman’s Book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortal’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks

Show credits

Illustrations by Isa Vicente

https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/

Music by Brad Porter

https://prtr.co/