Business Communication 8th Edition by Dana Loewy,Mary Ellen Guffey

Exercise 1

Author and teamwork critic Susan Cain claims that research "strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption." In her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, in articles, and public appearances, Cain cautions against the current emphasis on teamwork in the workplace. Cain cites studies by the psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Gregory Feist, according to whom "the most spectacularly creative people in many fields are often introverted.... They are not joiners by nature." 71 How would you, as a critical thinker, respond to these statements?