Topic Title: The Introvert’s Survival Guide to Agile

Initiator: Julee Bellomo

Participants: Michelle Obama, Simon Stankevicius, Laura Melendez, Amanda Serrano, Carrie Waddell, Jody Dattisman-Wagman, Jonathan Elbert, Elton Nix, Carolyn Haack, Sam Falco, Eric Casas, Farrah Miller, Shelly Bishop, Chris Levine

Discussion Highlights:

• Introverts in an ecosystem defined by extroverts
• Self -Identified your introvert level, myths and myth busters, leadership in agile, actions for solutions

Action Items:

• Create a balance
• Writing over speaking
• Solitude over action
• Restore self over bias to action
• Being useful over huggles
• Intellectual over social

Ideas:

• Potlucks instead of happy hours
• Create silence in meetings
• Allow space to think (ex: have a day with no meetings)
• Get permission to take breaks
• Brainwriting over brainstorming

Big take away:

• Balance action with thinking
• Check in on your self-bias towards labels
• Introverts should communicate and participate when needed, but provide time to restore
• Extroverts should find out how others want to work
• Ambiverts are in the middle