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Extroverts are outgoing and Introverts are shy, right? Not exactly! Current research dispels this myth. By understanding the character traits of these personality types, you can improve your relationships and a vast range of experiences. Mike Townson will help answer the questions: What is an introvert? and extrovert? How can you use this information at work? What it means to the UX community? How does it impact design empathy? What does it mean to managers and workers?
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Introverts & Extroverts
Extreme UX Personalities
by Mike Townson
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Mike TownsonUX Designer
I work at projekt202 and focus on user research and software design.
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AUSTIN DALLAS SEATTLE
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What are Introverts & Extroverts?
What are the extremes?
Why you should care.
History of UX and how I&E’s fit
Work Environments
Leadership Styles
Communicating
Networking
Procrastinators and Perfectionists
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I had a serious problem...
I used to be an EXTREME extrovert.
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7:00AM
8:30AM
10:00AM
5:00PM
7:30PM
9:00PM
10:30PM
12:00AM
1:30AM
Wakeup & get to school on time
Class
Go to work
Guitar Lessons
Help a buddy with studies
Party #1
Party #2
Party #3
Party #4
Typical (college) Extrovert Day
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1 Year, 100 Books
1 Day, 100 People
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1year100books.com
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Introverts
Extroverts
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What’s an extrovert?
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Extroverts according to Myers-Briggs
“I like getting my energy from active involvement in events and having a lot of different activities. I’m excited when I’m around people and I like to energize other people. I like moving into action and making things happen. I generally feel at home in the world.”
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp
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FERRIS BUELLER
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STEVEJOBS
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BIGBIRD
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What’s an introvert?
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Introverts according to Myers-Briggs
“I like getting my energy from dealing with the ideas, pictures, memories, and reactions that are inside my head, in my inner world. I often prefer doing things alone or with one or two people I feel comfortable with.”
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.asp
CAMERON FRYE
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BILLGATES
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LIZLEMON
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Can you be a little of both?
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Ambiverts
“An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.”
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What can make you extreme?(or possibly unhealthy...)
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Reminder: I am not a doctor.
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Introvert
Decide when something is finished, or done
enough.
Extrovert
Not focusing on a task at hand, never getting started.
The inability to...
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The inability to...
Introvert
Talk to anyone.
Extrovert
Shut up.
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The inability to...
Introvert
Work well with others.
Extrovert
Work well with others.
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Personality Disorders
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Pathological Gambling
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Kleptomania
Pyromania
Trichotillomania
Self-mutilation
Sexual impulsivity
Borderline Personality Disorder
Impulsivity which has been linked to extroversion can in its extreme case cause:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f03/web1/nkrimgold.html
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Personality Disorders
Social Anxiety
Major Affective Disorder
Somatoform Disorder
Eating Disorders
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-Compulsive
Schizoid
Cases of disorders stemming from extreme introversion could be:
https://www.ima.org.il/FilesUpload/IMAJ/0/46/23023.pdf
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Drug Use
•Drugs like cocaine, alcohol, or prozac, all affect an individual's degree of extroversion.Natalya Krimgold, Extroversion, Introversion, and the Brain, http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f03/web1/nkrimgold.html
•This can artificially correct an ineffective dopamine system and make someone feel more sociable or motivated to pursue a goal.Susan S. Lang, Dopamine linked to a personality trait and happiness, http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1996/10/dopamine-linked-personality-trait-and-happiness
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YOU’RE IN GOOD
COMPANY
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User Experience
History
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Where did UX come from?
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IT DOESN’T
WORK
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IT DOESN’T
WORK
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UX DOESWORK!
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Development/Research = Introverts?
Marketing = Extroverts?
(ok, not always)
Personal theory...
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Why is all this important?
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This is the core of who we design for and the people we work/live with.
Most Introverts naturally understand this...
USER
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How do we focus on these personality types then?
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Discover
Analyze Existing
User Observations
UX Strategy Ideation &User Validation
Detailed Design& Development
System Testing
UserTesting
Design Specs &UX Pattern Library
Ideate Design & Build
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Let’s do some user research!
•Personality types are important to take into account.
•Where are they?•Who are they?•What is the emotional value?
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Designing for someone you are not
•As an extrovert, it’s hard to design for an introvert.
•Data is a sanity check.•Be empathetic to the user.
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Contextual Inquiries can help
•Don’t just ask what a user wants.•What they tell you might not be true.•Observe them in their natural habitat.
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If Henry Ford had asked customers what they wanted, they’d said “A faster horse”.
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If Henry Ford had asked customers what they wanted, they’d said “A faster horse”.
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The Creative
Work Environment
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My office took a survey...
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Open work area where I can see & hear my co-workers.
Excluded offices where I have four walls and a door around me.
Semi-open work area where I am in a cubical but can still hear my co-workers.
36.84%
15.79%
47.3%
Work Area Preference
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Loud conversations
People walking around or behind me
Co-workers taking phone calls or virtual meetings at their desks
73.68%
47.37%
52.63%
Office Distractions
18.42%
44.74%
18.42%
Co-workers gathering around someone's desk to look at something
Nerf darts flying over my head
The smell of food from the kitchen or someone's desk
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Meeting Invites
Mass Emails
Instant Messages
31.58%
68.42%
31.58%
Mental Distractions
52.63%50%
Software Update Notifications
Facebook, Twitter, or other Social Networks
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How can we have a more friendly work environment for all personality types?•Quiet time blocks•Check with someone over IM/email
before coming over to talk with them.
•Huddle rooms for quick conversations
•Phone “booths” for conference calls
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Quiet Time Blocks
Allows heads-down work to be done from 8am-lunch time:•No large gathering in main room •No NERF gun shooting•No victory yells•No distractions from getting some
serious shit done.
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Check in over IM
•Tapping someone’s shoulder can break an important thought.
• IM’s can be ignored if something is more important.
•Not online? Don’t bother me.
Pro tip: Obviously if there is a fire you should let me know...
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
In Person
Over the Phone
39.47%
55.26%
2.63%
Communication Preferences
2.63%
Video Conferencing
Someone was trolling me...
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Huddle Rooms
•Get in a room to talk•Don’t hover a desk•No one likes a hovering art director
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Don’t be them: HoveringArtDirectors.tumblr.com
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Office phone calls
•Phone call at your desk? Might as well be an elevator.
• It’s distracting.
...go ahead, make my day.
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Managing both
Introverts & Extroverts
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Extroverts be like...
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Introverts be like...
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“Hey! Over here!!”
Managing mixed teams
•Extroverts can overpower a room.
•Not everyone will want to speak at that time, especially an introvert.
•Make some time to circle back with the ones that didn’t give input at the time.
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Having mixed management
•Take advice from all angles.
•Use it to your advantage.
•Just because they are not the same as your personality, they can have some insight.
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Correct Brainstorming Sessions
•Defer judgement
•Reach for quantity
•Give everyone a heads up.
•Have a moderator
•Lots of breaks!
I wrote on this
so I don’t haveto speak out loud.
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
I feel like my voice is heard and that I am usually given enough time to think of an idea that is worth presenting.
I feel like my voice is heard but I wish I was given time before to come up with ideas.
I don't feel like my voice is always heard, but I am usually given enough time to think of an idea that is worth presenting.
50%
42.11%
2.63%
Brainstorming
2.63% 2.63%
I don't feel like my voice is heard and I wish I was given time before to come up with ideas.
I have never done a brainstorm
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NOT EVERYONE
ANYONEIS DATA
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Networking
...not just for extroverts
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Extroverts are naturals
•Small talk•Swapping stories•Talking about yourself•Talking about ANYTHING•Keeping up with your contacts•Remembering names & aspirations
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Extroverts are naturals
•Small talk•Swapping stories•Talking about yourself•Talking about ANYTHING•Keeping up with your contacts•Remembering names & aspirations
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How can an introvert network?
•Use tools that make it easy•Get help from more extroverted friends•Practice makes perfect
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Tools
•LinkedIn - duh
•Twitter•Any way you can continue talking
I have an extremely well connected friend @nathansmith who has many times helped connect me to someone.
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Extroverted Friends
I naturally want to “hook people up” with someone I think they will like.
So ask the friends who like to put themselves out there for help. They won’t mind.
Kinda like how I want everyone to listen to the band “The Shouting Matches”
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LISTEN TO THEM
Spotify Link: spoti.fi/1dysMdX
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Practice makes perfect
Like leveling up your WOW character, talking to people takes practice.
Things to work on (for everyone):•Remembering names•What they do•Basic topic of conversation•Follow up later (Twitter or LinkedIn)Sounds silly, but remembering these go really far.
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It’s not easy...
http://theoatmeal.com/pl/brain/name
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Start to Finish
Procrastination and Perfectionism
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“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
Pablo PicassoSpanish Painter & Sculptor
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Who procrastinates?
Chronic procrastination affects 25% of adults.According to the book “Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do about It Now” by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen
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Who procrastinates?
An estimated 25 to 75 percent of college students procrastinate on academic work.
http://psychology.about.com/od/the-psychology-of/a/psychology-of-procrastination.htm
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Who procrastinates?
One 2007 study found that 80 percent to 95 percent of college students procrastinated on a regular basisAccording to “The Psychology of Procrastination: Why We Keeping Putting Things Off” by Kendra Cherry
http://psychology.about.com/od/the-psychology-of/a/psychology-of-procrastination.htm
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Are Extroverts more prone to procrastination?Introverts have a strong disposition for will-power.
Extroverts have a better ability to mobilize outside influence.
Possibly even between the two.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/changepower/201103/do-introverts-have-more-willpower-extroverts
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Again...I am not a doctor.
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What psychologist say:
• It's not trivial. It represents a profound problem of self-regulation.
•Procrastinators are made not born.
•Having a harsh, controlling father keeps children from developing the ability to regulate themselves.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200308/procrastination-ten-things-know
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What psychologist say:
•Procrastinators drink more than they intend to—a manifestation of generalized problems in self-regulation.
•Procrastinators lie to themselves.
•Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that don't take a lot of commitment on their part.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200308/procrastination-ten-things-know
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How to beat it
•Find inspiration in a part of the task from an outside source.
•Have others hold you accountable.
•Set a schedule and organize your time.
•Limit your distractions.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200308/procrastination-ten-things-know
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“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
Salvador DalíSpanish Painter
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Are Introverts more prone to perfectionism?"...extraverts tend to broaden the sphere of their work, to present their products early (and often) to the world, to make themselves known to a wide circle, and to multiply relationships and activities...
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/self-promotion-introverts/200909/introverts-manage-your-perfectionism-and-reduce-your-agita
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Are Introverts more prone to perfectionism?...the introvert takes the opposite approach, going more deeply into their work, introverts are reluctant to call it finished and publish it.”
Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers, Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, Davies-Black Publishing, a division of CPP, Inc., 1980, 1995, pp. 54-55.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/self-promotion-introverts/200909/introverts-manage-your-perfectionism-and-reduce-your-agita
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What psychologist say:
•Perfecting can become the joy of the work instead of the thought of finishing it and moving on.
•An affliction of the gifted
•Rooted in the fears of not being able to live up to others expectations.
• Introverts are half the population at large and well over half the gifted population.
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How to beat it
•When your product is 'good enough' (but not 'perfect'), ship it, and see what happens." - Guy Kawasaki: Don’t worry, be crappy
•Set a depth, don’t go deeper.
•Remember the purpose. Focus on the journey.
•Cultivate a "learning" rather than a "performance" mindset.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/self-promotion-introverts/200909/introverts-manage-your-perfectionism-and-reduce-your-agita
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I like to beat the ship out of it.
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What are Introverts & Extroverts?
What are the extremes?
Why you should care.
History of UX and how I&E’s fit
Work Environments
Leadership Styles
Communicating
Networking
Procrastinators and Perfectionists
That was a lot of stuff...
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Questions?Extroverts:
Yell them out really loud while waving
your hands in the air.
Introverts:
Tweet or email me :)
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