Susan Cain: Quotes about ideas and thoughts

Susan Cain is self-help writer. Explore interesting quotes on idea.
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“There's no correlation between expressing an idea assertively or charismatically, and having a good idea.”

Susan Cain

Guerrero, Aaron (interviewer), "Introvert Susan Cain Explains Why Shy People Thrive at Work," U.S. News and World Report, October 3, 2013

“There is zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”

Susan Cain

Downey, Maureen (interviewer), "Teaching introverts: Do schools prefer big talkers to big thinkers?", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 5, 2016.

“It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.”

Susan Cain

Cook, Gareth (interviewer), "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance," Scientific American, January 24, 2012.

“Groups follow the most charismatic person, even though there is no correlation between being a good speaker and having great ideas.”

Susan Cain

"An introverted call to action: Susan Cain at TED2012," TED, February 28, 2012.

“Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place.”

Susan Cain

"The Rise of the New Groupthink," Opinion section of The New York Times, online January 13, 2012; in print January 15, 2012.

“We need systems that reward the best ideas, not the best presenters.”

Susan Cain

Guerrero, Aaron (interviewer), "Introvert Susan Cain Explains Why Shy People Thrive at Work," U.S. News and World Report, October 3, 2013