Vaniver comments on Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 28 June 2012 04:04:15PM 4 points [-]

I don't know of any guides. My own strategies for working with introverts include:
- Explicitly create a space for them to express their ideas, without obliging them to do so. E.g., ask open-ended questions in a diffuse way, rather than either putting them on the spot to express a position on a topic of my choice or counting on them to grab the floor when they have something they want to say
- Explicitly pick up on the stuff they say, refer back to it often as I respond to it. (This is also helpful with extroverts, but for different reasons, and not nearly as necessary.)
- Allow myself to be comfortable with silence... don't feel obligated to fill it.
- Find tasks we can both concentrate on together, rather than concentrating exclusively on one another. (This is also helpful with extroverts, but for different reasons, and not nearly as necessary.)

Comment author: Vaniver 28 June 2012 05:40:16PM 0 points [-]
  • Allow myself to be comfortable with silence... don't feel obligated to fill it.

This is the best place to start, I think- note how it is a foundation for the first and last items on your list.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 28 June 2012 05:59:18PM 0 points [-]

Sometimes. Sometimes not. Depends on the person and the situation.
But it's one of the easiest things to do on that list, and it's something I can practice even in groups of extraverts. So, yeah, it's often a good place to start.