John Enoch Strategy Director Hall & Partners
Let’s face it – social distancing for an introvert sound like a match-made-in-heaven.
Introverts have experienced years of metaphorical (and physical) walls being torn down, cubicles being replaced with open workspaces, and new technologies and apps being released at an accelerating rate, making communication easy and frequent. It’s been a long and arduous adjustment we have endured over the past two decades, and right when we were finally adapting (at times, begrudgingly) to this hyper-social new normal – boom, COVID-19 forces another shift in convention!
Overnight, we’ve been thrown back into a socially isolated working style: home offices, cancelled meetings, and calls-instead-of-coffees have abruptly become the new normal for all of us (at least for the time being). Sounds like a dream for introverts, right? Surprisingly, this sudden sense of distance is weighing heavily on all of us equally.
When I first learned that our LA office would be working from home for the foreseeable future – admittedly I thought “I’m going to get so much more work done without any distractions…”
We’re four days into our new working arrangement, and some clear benefits have emerged: flexible working hours, less interruptions, time to recharge creativity, etc. However, this newfound sense of peace and quiet comes with its own set of complexities.
It’s increasingly important that we sustain some of the positive social habits we have adapted to in recent years. Here are some tips for introverts and extroverts, alike:
Let’s face it – social distancing for an introvert sound like a match-made-in-heaven.
Introverts have experienced years of metaphorical (and physical) walls being torn down, cubicles being replaced with open workspaces, and new technologies and apps being released at an accelerating rate, making communication easy and frequent. It’s been a long and arduous adjustment we have endured over the past two decades, and right when we were finally adapting (at times, begrudgingly) to this hyper-social new normal – boom, COVID-19 forces another shift in convention!
Overnight, we’ve been thrown back into a socially isolated working style: home offices, cancelled meetings, and calls-instead-of-coffees have abruptly become the new normal for all of us (at least for the time being). Sounds like a dream for introverts, right? Surprisingly, this sudden sense of distance is weighing heavily on all of us equally.
When I first learned that our LA office would be working from home for the foreseeable future – admittedly I thought “I’m going to get so much more work done without any distractions…”
We’re four days into our new working arrangement, and some clear benefits have emerged: flexible working hours, less interruptions, time to recharge creativity, etc. However, this newfound sense of peace and quiet comes with its own set of complexities.
It’s increasingly important that we sustain some of the positive social habits we have adapted to in recent years. Here are some tips for introverts and extroverts, alike:
John Enoch Strategy Director Hall & Partners