A Quote by Susan Cain

Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

Susan Cain

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Susan Cain
American - Writer
Born: March 20, 1968

Solitude is a catalyst for innovation

Mahatma Gandhi

Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.

Laurie Helgoe

Extraverts are comfortable thinking as they speak. Introverts prefer slow-paced interactions that allow room for thought. Brainstorming does not work for them. Email does.

Laurie Helgoe

Conversation is a catalyst for innovation

John Seely Brown

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

Laurie Helgoe

Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Meaningful innovation can be an important catalyst in encouraging resilience in seniors, keeping them independent and engaged.

Frans van Houten

Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping one another on the back, team building, and making fun of introverts to get much done. Extroverts are amazed and baffled by how much some introverts get done and assume that they, the extroverts, are somehow responsible.

Mark Vonnegut

Deloitte Catalyst is enabling Deloitte and our clients to more easily tap the power of innovation.

Cathy Engelbert

I think innovation as a discipline needs to go back and get rethought and revived. There are so many models to talk about innovation, there are so many typologies of innovation, and you have to find a good innovation metric that truly captures the innovation performance of a company.

Indra Nooyi

Sometimes the only kind of innovation comes when you have some solitude; when you step away.

Anand Mahindra

When your four biggest tournaments all operate relatively independently, and the ATP and WTA tour operate independently, and you have Davis Cup and Fed Cup that operate independently, it makes it a tough message.

Jim Courier

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

Pablo Picasso

Like to have a catalyst - reduces dependence on the market: Distressed debt inherently has a catalyst - maturity.

Seth Klarman

In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a national art form can abrade some naturally aloof personalities until they flower into deadly nightshade.