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Design leadership for introverts with Tim Yeo
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015 - We’re kicking off Season 2 with Design Director of IBM Consulting, Founder of the Quiet Achiever and proud introvert, Tim Yeo. In this episode, Tim shares his personal journey in his career as an introverted designer and design leader and the learnings he picked up along the way to be comfortable with his introversion and do the things that don’t come naturally to him as an introvert. Tim now helps other introverts like himself have impact and influence without pretending to be extroverts in a world that desires the extroverted ideal.
In this episode:
- We’re all ducks, calm on the surface, paddling furiously underneath and that’s ok
- Embracing your introversion rather than pretending to be an extrovert
- How experience helps you recognise repeatable patterns and increases your confidence
- Why our definition of what a successful leader looks like is flawed
- Why you don’t have to wait to speak up till you think you’re 100% right
- Building a strong design team remotely
- And much more!
Links and resources
The Quiet Achiever
Tim Yeo on Twitter
Tim Yeo on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timyeo/
Susan Cain’s Book ‘Quiet’
https://susancain.net/book/quiet/
Scott Berkun’s Book ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’
https://scottberkun.com/the-books/confessions-of-a-public-speaker/
Christina Wodtke’s books ‘Radical Focus’ and ‘The Team that Managed Itself’
https://cwodtke.com/writing-2/
Patrick Lencioni’s Book ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
Situational Leadership® Model
https://situational.com/situational-leadership/
Oliver Burkeman’s Book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortal’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54785515-four-thousand-weeks
Show credits
Illustrations by Isa Vicente
https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/
Music by Brad Porter
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Chapters
1. Design Leadership for Introverts with Tim Yeo (00:00:00)
2. Intro (00:00:13)
3. Welcome (00:02:16)
4. Tim's journey so far (00:03:49)
5. How Tim realised he's an introvert (00:06:29)
6. Where extroverts and introverts get their energy from (00:11:57)
7. Why extroversion is a more desired trait in leaders (00:14:32)
8. Do skill and experience make you more extroverted? (00:17:36)
9. Parts of the design process preferred by introverts and extroverts (00:22:59)
10. Try out different things and focus on your strengths (00:25:13)
11. Modelling other people's behaviours (00:29:30)
12. How can junior designers learn from seniors in a remote environment? (00:32:18)
13. What can design leaders do to help junior designers? (00:35:51)
14. The shift in mindset needed from design leaders (00:37:31)
15. Being aware of biases when hiring designers (00:39:31)
16. Why Tim started the Quiet Achiever (00:42:17)
17. Tim's favourite resources for introverts (00:45:37)
18. What would Tim ask himself? (00:47:46)
19. Getting over the fear of being an imposter (00:54:32)
20. Tim's last message to humanity (00:56:32)
21. Nirish's recap (00:59:44)
22. Finding Tim online (01:04:16)
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