“The Big Shift sug­gests we are mov­ing away from a world where stocks of knowl­edge and short-​​lived trans­ac­tions are the key to suc­cess. In its place, we find a world where par­tic­i­pa­tion in many, diverse flows of knowl­edge and long-​​term, trust-​​based rela­tion­ships deter­mine suc­cess. In this new world, shy peo­ple can be at a sig­nif­i­cant dis­ad­van­tage. We run the risk of becom­ing increas­ingly stressed and mar­gin­al­ized by the extro­verts who wel­come the oppor­tu­nity to broaden and deepen rela­tion­ships. They thrive in crowded rooms while we are deeply uncom­fort­able with expos­ing and sharing.”